<p>^when someone mentions Japan, I remember DoCoMo. <3</p>
<p>^^^ That’s exactly what happened with my exams. The weather was great when I was stuck inside revising, and it went totally crappy the day I finished them.</p>
<p>Rayna, you have no idea how much I envy you for enjoying playing the piano and wanting to work up to practicing as much as you can. After being dragged through piano exams for grades 5 and 7 and practicing as little as possible, I just gave up on piano lessons. I still play every so often, but my guitar is now my best friend because nobody’s forcing me to play it. I mean, I was the one who wanted to start playing the piano in the first place, but I was five. And after grade 5, it just seemed like there was all sorts of pressure to keep going from my teacher and from my other friends who played the piano :</p>
<p>OnTheFridge:
I’m your exact opposite. My teacher kinda dragged me till grade 5, but afterwards I’ve found those pieces that revive my interest once again. That’s a pity to put down when you are already up high. Right now I’m trying to pass grade 8 and diploma…
BUT YOU HAVE GUITAR! I’m so jealous!</p>
<p>^ I prepared for grade 8 for over a year, playing maybe 6 or 7 pieces during that year so often that I basically killed them. I can barely stand to listen to some of them anymore…they just seem like such routine pieces of composition. Which is kind of odd, seeing as they’re complex enough to be chosen as grade 8-level pieces.</p>
<p>Heheh, guitar’s easy to pick up. I had the advantage of having one lying around at home because my mom kind of plays, so I just started teaching myself. I love composing as well…I’m kind of ticked off at myself for not taking IB Music, but if I had, I’d have had to continue the piano.</p>
<p>^my grade 5 experience. 
Well, grade 8ers have the privilege of playing whatever pieces we want, so I cannot complain. 
Ah, I’d love to learn guitar!! <em>super jealous</em></p>
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<p>aww 
I know what you mean, actually.</p>
<p>I started playing the piano in 2nd grade because I wanted too. Once the pressure started to get good, I lost motivation. By 3rd grade it got super boring and easy, I would only play at lessons 
Once, in 4th grade, I taught myself Fur Elise (the real version). I quit in 7th grade, and only started picking it back up. I was probably at level 4 or 5 or something…</p>
<p>haha anyone wanna guess Fur Elise’s level?</p>
<p>^ Five or Six?</p>
<p>Random question: Is there a way to replace a damaged fret (for a guitar) entirely by yourself? Of somehow to fix it</p>
<p>My 1st fret of my guitar somehow got scraped and it’s causing a lot of fret buzzes (1st and 2nd string). It’s annoying me.</p>
<p>I really don’t want to go to a luthier or the local guitar shop - they overcharge for EVERYTHING.</p>
<p>^check youtube maybe?</p>
<p>^^Seriously?
That high up?</p>
<p>I can’t picture that being so high… I mean I was like in 4th grade and I taught it to myself o.O</p>
<p>^ I’d say five. Fur Elise is about the same level as the easier of the Bach two-part inventions which span levels four to seven.</p>
<p>^ that’s better then I expected, at least.</p>
<p>Sadly, none of my eight (yes eight) teachers never bothered with teaching me theory. So I’m playing catch up >.<</p>
<p>Guys, I’m not familiar with the levels here :(</p>
<p>Hmmhmmhmm
Btw, what might be the level for Fantasie Impromptu by Chopin?
It has been hard to practice since I got in highschool. <em>sob</em>
The only one I can play quite decently is the one mentioned above…
I basically crammed during the winterbreak to enter a competition once and for all
because I knew I won’t be able to play after then.
Ehh… My fingers got basically clumpy so I can’t play all the high level stuff as easily as before-I play easy new-age or ones that I’ve mastered thoroughly that doesn’t need much more practice :)</p>
<p>I miss playing piano.</p>
<p>…and violin!! (no orchestra @school either)</p>
<p>^ Level eight I’d say. It’s a quite difficult piece, playing the notes isn’t that tough but getting a good tone especially in the fast sections is not easy at all.</p>
<p>^ that sounds like a super hard piece o.O
One day, I hope to play that well (hopefully before college, but that doesn’t matter much).</p>
<p>New obsession/hero: Gackt. Famous J-Rock/Pop singer. Anyone heard of?
He’s basically done/accomplished everything that I basically want to do in my life…</p>
<p>Rach 3 is my newest obsession (I’m nowhere ear that level though, not many people are as it’s the 2nd hardest piece written in the piano repitoire) but it is such as amazing piece the cadenza at the end of the first movement gives me chills every time.</p>
<p>^ holy cow! 2nd hardest?!?!? o.O what’s the hardest???</p>
<p>miley cyrus is a girl.</p>
<p>^^ Prokofiev’s 2nd piano concerto is insane it’s not as good of a piece as Rach 3 though. Gaspard de la Nuit is also ridiculous.</p>
<p>^ must look those up on youtube.</p>
<p>they all sound ridiculously hard. you must be ridiculously good :D</p>
<p>^ Haha, I’m nowhere NEAR that level! I wish I was but my fingers just refuse to move that quickly XD</p>
<p>If you are looking up piano music on Youtube looking at recordings from the QEC competitions is a good place.</p>