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I still hold firm that I wouldn't want there to be any option of doing the exams unaccompanied though, however much marketed as an option for the desperate, as it is a slippery slope. Still if there is enough repertoire and of different eras it might just work.
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Perhaps a few pieces on the list having optional guitar accompaniment instead, but I can imagine hard to implement as it might be hard to pick an entire programme that works like this, so have to do one piece with guitar, then accompanists swap over for the next piece so a piano can do the list B piece. It would be a nice ideal though if what you propose could be incorporated sometimes as an option.
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I suppose ABRSM always stick to piano for the sake of simplicity, and because even if the sound is not always authentic (not just with recorders - for concerti for example the piano is substituting a full orchestra), it is practical and can always provide adequate harmonic and rhythmic support whatever the music. You do make a very good point about recorder exams. The insistence on live accompanists is one of these principals from which they have not yet wavered and I trust they will continue to hold firm. One of ABRSM's strengths is how it holds onto long held principals and upholds certain standards.
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The fact that the accompanist fee is regarded as the straw that broke the camel's back can't help but make accompanists feel that their art is an undervalued skill sometimes. Of course we need to be sensitive to people in financial difficulty, but people rarely question the cost of the actual lessons, and the one off cost of an accompanist for an exam and rehearsal time is still nothing compared to the costs of lessons. I also find it frustrating how people balk at the cost of accompanists. After all, orchestras get together to rehearse regularly - they don't just practise their own parts, then all turn up on the stage together to play the concert and get a shock at how it all sounds together, yet the situation is rather similar. Sad but understandable for someone taking grade 1, but by this level, completely shocking! Still, very representative of a widely held attitude which I find really sad. He had never even heard the piano part, or even considered that the piece involved more than the solo clarinet line. An example I recently encountered was doing an official accompanist job last term which meant meeting all the candidates on the day, and playing for a clarinettist doing the Schumann Fantasy Pieces. For many candidates, doing an exam might be the only chance they get to experience playing with the accompaniment which completes the musical experience.Īs an experienced accompanist, I find it very sad how rarely some single line instrumentalists get this vital experience.
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Doing unaccompanied exams would involve limiting repertoire to unaccompanied music, or playing just the solo line of pieces intended to be played with piano, rather like playing the right hand only of a piano solo!Īpart from solo repertoire, the single line instrument's repertoire is intended to be played with piano or other accompanying instruments, which provide the complete music and harmonic structure.