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jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: Lauradf36 on July 30, 2016, 04:43:31 pm ---Thanks so much for your tips! A demo is a good idea, as I am having a hard time getting it short enough - especially since they might ask me random questions that get me off topic! :-\ I doubled up on "Hey Ya" to help, but do you think I would need to play it both times, or just once??
My viva is on similarities in 21st century music so I will specify that. And I agree about having less detail, I just wasn't sure if I needed to give the markers more direction so they wouldn't just ask anything. But at the same time I don't want to give too many spoilers, so I'll probably change it a bit.
Thanks so much again, this is super helpful :D
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Definitely just play it the once! Just be like, "Yo, that excerpt from earlier? Yeah that was irregular metre ;D"
No problem at all! Happy to help ;D
jamonwindeyer:
For anyone interested, I've just posted an article on Tips for Viva Voces ;D
Lauradf36:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on August 10, 2016, 11:53:56 am ---For anyone interested, I've just posted an article on Tips for Viva Voces ;D
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Thank you, I will be sure to have a look! I did my viva for trials last week and it was not what I expected/had practised for at all, so no idea how I went. And midway through the marker was like "I'm not exactly sure what point you're getting at here" which just made me panic :-\
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: Lauradf36 on August 10, 2016, 07:49:14 pm ---Thank you, I will be sure to have a look! I did my viva for trials last week and it was not what I expected/had practised for at all, so no idea how I went. And midway through the marker was like "I'm not exactly sure what point you're getting at here" which just made me panic :-\
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It's okay, I am sure you went fine! ;D in situations like that, don't panic! That statement was just a cue for you to attempt to explain your point again, or link to your main idea a little more clearly, though I do think it's a bit harsh to have expressed it in that fashion :P but hey, that's what Trials is about, dealing with those sorts of issues in preparation for the real thing, let me know how you went! ;D
Lauradf36:
What are your pre-music practical exams rituals, by the way? I know there are rituals for writing ones but I wasn't sure how to get in the right head/fingerspace for music. I had to search all around the school for pianos to warm up my fingers (I obviously couldn't practise in any near the music room, where other people were being examined), and by the time I forgot my laptop for my viva as well, I was suitably stressed. And not in the best mental space to play my pieces!
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