I think the alla turca was about Grade 5-6 when I learnt Piano😂 Grade 8 meant a Baroque contrapuntal style, a sonata movement, and a tricky Modern Piece to me, but not now anymore 😅
I’m so surprised to see Joe Hisaishi’s piece in the selection as I love Ghibli’s movie soundtracks very much, thanks for sharing this, a very good guide for me as I’m preparing for the exam❤️
I agree with A1 B1 C2. Those are definitely the best pieces. I’m hoping to do my exam either 2025 or early 2026. I just started the syllabus with all a turca
tbh i dont agree with a1 and b2 because too many people will choose these pieces, it doesnt mean it is not good but minor error will be deadly in these pieces because the examinar heard too much is these years lol
I thought I'd take up piano again on retirement after 45 years of not having played it. Got a straight pass in grade 8 all those years ago when I got merit in G2-7. I bought the 2023-24 G8 syllabus, tried one piece "Over the Bars" by James Johnson and thought S--t this is diffcult. I used to play Maple Leaf Rag for fun when I was a teenager, I thought it's around G6-7 standard, certainly a lot easier than Over the Bars. And Rondo alla Turca and the B3 Liszt piece look perfectly manageable, will aim for entering the exam in 2026. Someone else below already commented on the error in bars 59 and 60 of Maple Leaf Rag, that hit me instantly.
It’s true that the 2025-2026 pieces are much easier than the 2023-2024 grade 8 exam piece , especially the 2023-2024 C3 piece Over the Bars was the hardest and I picked it 🤦🏼♀️
I watched this whole video knowing im only grade 5 and not gonna get to grade 8 before 2027, which means I am missing out on my fav piece (Maple leaf rag, and im also sad about missing A1) 😭😭 At least i can practice it in my spare time haha
20:56 Left hand, bar 59: The notes should be Gb not G natural, you’re playing the chords of Eb major but it should be Eb minor. Right hand: Same as the left hand, basically all G naturals that you’re playing should be Gb 👍 I play this piece a lot so I know how it sounds like lol, btw I think I’ll pick A1, B1 and B3 sounds good so I’ll have to decide between them and def C2!
I'm suprise that B1 pieces happens to appear in one of the ABRSM grade 8 pieces for 2025 - you play wonderful and it makes me want to watch the film. I might consider choosing this as my piece for exam. Usually among previous year, the pieces are based on chopin, mozart etc...
This has to be my favorite of all grades. Three of our familiar pieces are featured in this grade 😭 Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca, The Maiden with Flaxen Hair and Maple Leaf Rag 😭
@HampsteadPianoAcademy A1, A3, B3, C3. I'll still go for Trinity, though & focusing more towards the classical one. They have wider choices and best part they reuse their pieces 🥰
I had to suffer through grade 8 2023 syllabus when I could've just wait for this!! maple leaf rag is the only valid one and I still played it in grade 6 with more speed
Thank you very much for playing! You made it look soo easy, which helps me to go on practising and one day in the future, play the exam for Grade 8 too! Many greetings and blessings from Amsterdam, the capital of The Netherlands! 😁🙋♀️⚘️🌷⚘️🦋🎹🎼🎵🎶
@@HampsteadPianoAcademy i lost the right to pick a color with the arrogant tone in my comment, but any higher-contrasting colour would be appreciated:)
Maybe a darker yellow. It turns out my favor for low brightness + the true tone colours activated at all times don’t help me out and it really is a me problem
What prey is the full name of the instrument you are teaching. How about echos is the alla turka. I just about hear the f as louder. Nothing is quiet anywhere. Wouldnt the start of thje second piece be beautiful if it was mp. I cannot guess the dynamics you are attempting . Exams dont get good marks if dynamic range isnt present. The full use of the piano is more important than strikct ahearence to markings .
@@ngcpiano No just play with dynamics. They are an essential part of the music. No piano performance is complete that doesnt at times peak lower than 55db* (a strong p) and sometimes higher than 80 (a subdued but clear f) For nearby audience. This is all on one level and a very bad message for candidates
@@James-io8lj The person who is playing is trying their best and it's not easy recording all the grade 1-8 pieces perfectly. I understand that we need dynamics for the exam but this video is just a guide, like a starting point and you can improve your pieces from there
Wait, this is grade 8?!!! Teachers are probably gonna focus more on playing passionately because of the easier pieces. But even as someone who only has 1 year experience, this seems oke comparred to pieces i played like vivaldi Winter arr by Rousseau and the succession theme arr by karim kamar.
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Is it just me or are these pieces a lot easier compared to the syllabus of the other years?
I’ve got that same feeling
I think the alla turca was about Grade 5-6 when I learnt Piano😂
Grade 8 meant a Baroque contrapuntal style, a sonata movement, and a tricky Modern Piece to me, but not now anymore 😅
Rondo Alla Turca was one of my G8 piece 30 years ago 😂
People say this every year it annoys me so much
It’s true I would have got distinction if I didn’t take grade 8 LAST YEAR
Had to re look at the title to make sure this was grade 8 and not 6
That much difference? I guess you went though the grades some time ago?
I’m going from grade 6 to grade 8 and let’s just say there is a difference
Grade 8 is much harder. I just took my grade 6 exam 2 years ago and grade 8 have a big difference with grade 6
I’m so surprised to see Joe Hisaishi’s piece in the selection as I love Ghibli’s movie soundtracks very much, thanks for sharing this, a very good guide for me as I’m preparing for the exam❤️
Glad it’s helpful! Thank you for watching 😊
I believe he is in grade 5 too
JOE HISAISHI????????!!! IS THAT JOE HISAISHI THE MASTERMIND THE GENIUS OF STUDIO GHIBLI MUSIC????? oh im buying this instantly
That’s the man
We crashing Grade 8 in the gap year with this one🗣🗣🗣
Nice! Which pieces will you choose?
@@HampsteadPianoAcademy Still has 1.5 years to go before I'm free from schoolwork, so let's see...
I'm so glad porco rosso got added into this, it was a bout time they included some joe hisaishi
There’s a few of Joe hisaishi in this syllabus, like grade 5, there is the village in may, etc.
Yup and there is also Always With Me in grade 3 ❤
A1 B1 C2 Best Selection... Skipping grade 7 for this one. 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
Good luck 🍀
A1 B2 C2 for me, a slight alter but I love the style of C2.
I agree with A1 B1 C2. Those are definitely the best pieces. I’m hoping to do my exam either 2025 or early 2026. I just started the syllabus with all a turca
Bro most people probably already know a1 and c2 if they have a lot of time and played them for fun
tbh i dont agree with a1 and b2 because too many people will choose these pieces, it doesnt mean it is not good but minor error will be deadly in these pieces because the examinar heard too much is these years lol
I thought I'd take up piano again on retirement after 45 years of not having played it. Got a straight pass in grade 8 all those years ago when I got merit in G2-7. I bought the 2023-24 G8 syllabus, tried one piece "Over the Bars" by James Johnson and thought S--t this is diffcult. I used to play Maple Leaf Rag for fun when I was a teenager, I thought it's around G6-7 standard, certainly a lot easier than Over the Bars. And Rondo alla Turca and the B3 Liszt piece look perfectly manageable, will aim for entering the exam in 2026. Someone else below already commented on the error in bars 59 and 60 of Maple Leaf Rag, that hit me instantly.
Great idea! Thank you for sharing it!
lol, that’s me who commented about the maple leaf rag
What I hear : Flight of the bumble bee
What Grade 8 pianists hear : Twinkle Twinkle little star
What it actually is : Alla Turca
😂😂😂
It’s true that the 2025-2026 pieces are much easier than the 2023-2024 grade 8 exam piece , especially the 2023-2024 C3 piece Over the Bars was the hardest and I picked it 🤦🏼♀️
Yeah, over the bars was harder than most
you havent seen the 2021-2022
Turkey march grade8 really?? i learn that in a very young age😂
That is all alla turca bruh
Alla turca
Im in 4th and i watch this and i wonder HOW?!
Its funny how I learnt the turkish march in grade 4
just did my grade 7 exam!! thank you for this ❤
Yeah! Hope it helps! Which are your favorites pieces ?
CONGRATULATIONS!
SUPER! You bought the book of Grade eight, already? Good luck!
Quite a bit of wrong notes for B2...
It’s not just the note, you also need to do the other staff in order to achieve is best result
Come on Rondo alla turca is no way grade 8. Bizarre
yep, pieces getting easier..
B2 is absolutely amazing👏👏 can’t wait to do this next year
Thank you for watching
Is this really eighth grade I don't think so these pieces are of 8th grade these seems to be of fifth or sixth grade
That’s it! Some of us believe the syllabus is getting easier over time
I watched this whole video knowing im only grade 5 and not gonna get to grade 8 before 2027, which means I am missing out on my fav piece (Maple leaf rag, and im also sad about missing A1) 😭😭
At least i can practice it in my spare time haha
Watch the alternative list - maybe your favorite ones are included there and you can also pick it in a future syllabus :)
For Alla Turca, how do you play the octaves so cleanly? I can't stretch my hands out to do that many octaves for my life ;-;
Practice just the thumb voice with your right thumb only
It’s only octaves? How can your hands be that small
20:56 Left hand, bar 59: The notes should be Gb not G natural, you’re playing the chords of Eb major but it should be Eb minor.
Right hand: Same as the left hand, basically all G naturals that you’re playing should be Gb 👍
I play this piece a lot so I know how it sounds like lol, btw I think I’ll pick A1, B1 and B3 sounds good so I’ll have to decide between them and def C2!
Thanks for spotting those mistakes - I guess it’s part of sight reading 80-90 pieces all at once 😅
@@HampsteadPianoAcademyomg you sight read all grade eight pieces? It’s like so dang hard I can’t even sight read grade two ones.😅
@@melikemozart78903You’ll get there eventually. The grade 8 sight reading is difficult that it feels like I’m sight reading grade 4-5
I'm suprise that B1 pieces happens to appear in one of the ABRSM grade 8 pieces for 2025 - you play wonderful and it makes me want to watch the film. I might consider choosing this as my piece for exam. Usually among previous year, the pieces are based on chopin, mozart etc...
I meant B2
This has to be my favorite of all grades.
Three of our familiar pieces are featured in this grade 😭
Mozart's Rondo Alla Turca, The Maiden with Flaxen Hair and Maple Leaf Rag 😭
That’s a great selection! Amongst my favorite ones
My piano teacher knows all the songs already so I’m gonna do those for my grade 8 this year
Thought Alla Turca used to be grade 6??
That’s what people is saying! 🤔
I think A1 and C2 is very famous and Joe Hisaishi is here too!
Turkish March is grade 8? Wow
in the abrsm exams are we expected to play the repeats in the pieces?
I am about to give the alla turca to a teenager who is working towards grade 6 - he will be delighted!
Fantastic 😃
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Isn’t Turkish march like grade 3 or grade 5 max?
Nope grade three def not but g5 maybe🤷♀️
What the this song selection WHAT??? MIGHT CONSIDER SKIPPING GRADE 6 and 7 for this????
Gonna have to be A1 B2 C2 for me
I hated previous year zero that i liked, and decided to switch to trinity. Heck what? I already like few of the pieces from here. Ugh!
Which ones?:)
Which ones?:)
@HampsteadPianoAcademy A1, A3, B3, C3. I'll still go for Trinity, though & focusing more towards the classical one. They have wider choices and best part they reuse their pieces 🥰
Does grade 8 really mean anything atp why are these so much easier than before 😭😭😭💔
@@exoticpumpkins same feeling
FIRE VID BRO
Thank you very much!
Are these pieces offical for the exam? Cause I thought Turkish march was grade 6.
For this year, yes, they are visibly getting easier..
Easy to get pass but difficult to get distinction
Which 3 pieces would you choose?
I’m doing grade 7 next year but I am 11 like 2024 and I can play Turkish march so I wanna do the grade 8 exam!! :(
12:45 just for me
I find Turkish March and Maple Leaf Rag more level 6 difficulty than level 8.
About 3:35 it’s like among us
@@flyingcheeseburger2970 nice metaphor
A1 C2 I learned when I first started playing the piano 😭 seems strange the drop in skill required to be a grade 8 pianist these days devalues it
I had to suffer through grade 8 2023 syllabus when I could've just wait for this!! maple leaf rag is the only valid one and I still played it in grade 6 with more speed
Yeah i know
I learned Alla Turca when I was like 5 😭💀
Why did it have to be Alla Turca 😭
bro this is so easy compared to rcm 10 i dont get how ppl think those r equal
True, grades are getting easier. Which one do you do at the moment ?
@@HampsteadPianoAcademy rcm 10 i dont do abrsm
Maple leaf raggggggg❤❤❤❤❤
Yay!
NO WAY THIS IS GRADE 8
@@Kyenn_ getting easier right?
Dude how do you learn these pieces so fast?
Practice=)
alla turka is actually one of my fav❤❤
Im pretty sure a 6th grader can play these lol
Hmmmm I feel like if I do grade 8 later I might be able to do ok, currently preparing for grade 6 after like years of playing💀
Well done
Can you make a tutorial please for every single Level?
Check out the channel - they’re ready
@@HampsteadPianoAcademy Ok
omg alla turca time to flex my wrist strength for the octaves and left hand decorated notes
update: i just saw joe hisaishi definitely playing that one even if it's the hardest
i have to pay my respects
Isn’t alla turca like a 6th or 7th grade piece
used to be
its the aggresive page flip on the alla turca that gets me every time.
🤣
im grade 4 piano and already finished this song
Well done
Thank you very much for playing! You made it look soo easy, which helps me to go on practising and one day in the future, play the exam for Grade 8 too!
Many greetings and blessings from Amsterdam, the capital of The Netherlands!
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Glad it helps! Thanks for the kind words. They help to carry on uploading these videos for you guys!
Greetings from London 🇬🇧
The first one is actually Turkish March LOL
That’s right
Incredible sight reading! Very impressive!
Thank you 😊
Impressive playing 👏I think I can choose which pieces to play now :)
Have fun!
Thanks ,you help me a lot
Happy to help
Isn't ronda alla turca a grade 6/7 piece?? I remembered learning it in grade 7 😂😂😂
Grades are getting easier..
There's no need to do grades any more. Go straight for LRSM.
Agreed
I passed with merit in the 2008 syllabus and played Bach partita in A , Mozart sonata k330, and Schumann Faschinggschwank Aus Wien Intermezzo
Naw this is grade 3 stuff
That much?
@@HampsteadPianoAcademy yes bro i was expecting mazeppa lizts or smth
Que melodía tan❤ alegre
Thank you 🙏
Why are the pressed keys still yellow… is it not obvious that theyre barely visible on white and its way too easy to miss them
which color do you suggest?
Yellow looks fine and it’s not a harsh colour like blue
@@HampsteadPianoAcademy i lost the right to pick a color with the arrogant tone in my comment, but any higher-contrasting colour would be appreciated:)
Maybe a darker yellow. It turns out my favor for low brightness + the true tone colours activated at all times don’t help me out and it really is a me problem
@@calvin2013 needs to stand out among black and white keys alike 😊
Best syllabus ever!❤
Not too bad this year :)
@HampsteadPianoAcademy I think this was better than last year's syllabus 😅
@@dorsamilani glad you like it! Which grade are you on now?
@HampsteadPianoAcademy Thank you so much! I'm preparing myself for Grade 8. 🥰😉
@@dorsamilani oh! Amazing! One question, any idea how best could this channel help you?
Good luck 🍀
Love how you slide to the next page so fast 😂
Always!
What prey is the full name of the instrument you are teaching. How about echos is the alla turka. I just about hear the f as louder. Nothing is quiet anywhere. Wouldnt the start of thje second piece be beautiful if it was mp. I cannot guess the dynamics you are attempting . Exams dont get good marks if dynamic range isnt present. The full use of the piano is more important than strikct ahearence to markings .
Thanks for your feedback
I mean u could try to play and record the whole grade 8 2025 pieces perfectly lol😅😂
@@ngcpiano No just play with dynamics. They are an essential part of the music. No piano performance is complete that doesnt at times peak lower than 55db* (a strong p) and sometimes higher than 80 (a subdued but clear f) For nearby audience. This is all on one level and a very bad message for candidates
😭😭😭😭
@@James-io8lj The person who is playing is trying their best and it's not easy recording all the grade 1-8 pieces perfectly. I understand that we need dynamics for the exam but this video is just a guide, like a starting point and you can improve your pieces from there
Wait, this is grade 8?!!! Teachers are probably gonna focus more on playing passionately because of the easier pieces. But even as someone who only has 1 year experience, this seems oke comparred to pieces i played like vivaldi Winter arr by Rousseau and the succession theme arr by karim kamar.