Someone who knows about music exams...

[frogs]

...please tell me what a mark of 127 in a Grade 1 exam means? I've just had a phone message from dd1's flute teacher telling me that was the mark she got, but flute teacher has now gone off to France and I have no way of contacting her to find out what that actually MEANS! She did say congratulations in her message, so I assume it's a pass, but also said that the examiner had been very tough?!

Please put us out of our misery...

[Ponka]

It's been a long time for me but thinking back to when I did them Pass was 100 and merit was 120. Can't remember what distinction was 130? 140? If things haven't changed. 127 is good!

[motherinferior]

I think it's a merit. Hang on, will do a check...

[Ponka]

here

[frogs]

I thought it would be easy to find the mark scheme on Google, but it wasn't...

[motherinferior]

Tough examiner means she just missed a distinction, too.

[frogs]

Excellent, thanks y'all -- you're better googlers than I am, clearly!

The perfect mark, too, IMO -- enough to reward efforts already put in, but not so high as to make her think she doesn't need to practise next time round.

FAB.

[Ponka]

Nah. Not better googlers. Just remember the name of the board that does the exams and searched for that.

Yeah, nice mark though!

[Gillian76]

Well done frogette! A great mark