Summer vacation came, and Li Tianran began to go to piano lessons every day.

Li Tianran has also studied piano for more than 1 year, practicing every day, and often practicing for a day on weekends, and has reached a certain level.

Li Tianran himself has also practiced a lot of songs, both popular and classical......

Li Tianran wants to take the exam, firstly, he wants to test and prove himself, and secondly, he can cope with the inquiries of relatives and friends.

People who know that Li Tianran is learning piano will basically ask a question, "What level of piano are you?" "If Li Tianran said that he didn't take the exam, people would ask why he didn't take the exam.

After communicating with Mr. Liu, Li Tianran finally chose the "Emperor Piano Examination".

The Royal Schools of Music Joint Commission is the world's first music grading exam and has a history of more than 100 years, with hundreds of thousands of people taking the exam every year.

In fact, there are several grading institutions, such as the piano examination of the Central Conservatory of Music, the examination of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, etc.

The reason why he chose the Emperor Examination is because his certificate is recognized by many countries, and if you want to study abroad, the certificate obtained from Level 6 can be used as a plus point for many universities in Europe and the United States.

Although Li Tianran has no plans to go abroad to go to university at present, he is prepared.

The Emperor Piano Examination is divided into 8 grades, and candidates who take the 6-8 examination must first pass Music Theory Level 5 before they are eligible to register.

Teacher Liu suggested that Li Tianran should take the piano level 6 exam, but Li Tianran felt that if he wanted to take the test, he would take the 8th grade, even if he didn't do anything every day and spent all his time practicing the piano, he had to pass the test.

Because the emperor is going to Beijing to take the exam, and he is far away, his parents are naturally not at ease, and he needs his father to ask for leave to accompany Li Tianran, and the cost and time cost are relatively high, so Li Tianran wants to take the full level at one time.

And there is still more than half a year before the exam, Li Tianran believes that he can.

Li Tianran filled out the registration form, and it is worth mentioning that the imperial examiner is a foreigner, and the exam is usually communicated in English.

Therefore, if candidates who do not speak English want to choose "Chinese" as their language, the examination room will arrange professional translators to translate, and a certain translation fee will be charged.

With Li Tianran's current English level, he naturally doesn't need a translator, so Li Tianran chose English in the language column and saved a small amount of money.

The Emperor's Examination is divided into two parts, the first part is the assessment of music theory, and the second part is the assessment of instrumental performance.

Among them, the full score of the music theory assessment is 100 points, 66 points are passed, and more than 90 points are excellent, which is convenient for Li Tianran to have no problem at all.

Li Tianran's focus is on the performance part, which is divided into four items:

The first part is three designated songs, each of which is 30 points, and this part can be played with a book, but it must be genuine.

But if you can, the memorization score will be better, this part accounts for 90 points, the proportion is the largest, so the song must be practiced well.

The second part is the scale part, which includes various scales.

The most important thing here is to remember how each scale is played, because the scale cannot be taken with a book, so you must remember it well, and speed is also the key to getting points.

This part is scored out of 21 points and 14 points are passed.

The third part is SIGHT READING, which means sight reading in Chinese.

The examiner will temporarily give the candidate a score, and then give you very little time to read it, and you have to be able to play, this part mainly tests the candidate's ability to see the spectrum in the face of danger.

The most important part of playing this part is the beginning and the end, because the examiner is also the first to watch, and the deepest memory should be the beginning and the end.

And the expression mark must be done well, the score will be high, and of course fluency is also a key.

This part is also a full score of 21 points and a passing score of 14 points.

The fourth part is the listening test, and the examiner will usually play a melody first, usually twice, and then ask you to sing this melody.

It is usually enough to sing with lalalalala, where the tempo and rhythm are the most important.

It may also allow you to answer questions such as how many beats the melody is, dynamics development, etc.

The full score for this part is 18 points, and 12 points are passed.

The total score is 150 points, 100 points are passed, and 130 points or more is excellent.

The exam is not just a progression, and the score is also very important.

When applying for a foreign school with a certificate, a low score at a high level (such as 105 points at level 8) may not give the admittance better than a high score at a relatively low level (such as 135 points at level 7).

For this examination, Li Tianran went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy four books to be used in the examination: "Piano Grading Works", "Piano Scales, Arpeggios and Decomposition Chords", "Piano Sight-Reading Exam Examples", and "Listening Test Demonstration".