I have to have some GCSE coursework in soon, in the form of two recorded peices, one solo and one ensemble and a peice i have composed myself.
I am fine with the idea of composing a peice myself, and i think we have the ensemble peice figured out but I am unsure what to do for my solo peice.
I play the cornet and also the guitar, but i have not played it for very long so playing a guitar peice is out of the question as it has to be of Levels 4-5, my question is how hard are cornet or trumpet peices at these levels?
I have been playing a long time but I never had a 'proper' teacher.
Thanks for any feedback,
Felix

For my solo I did some dodgy keyboard version of 'Menuet' and got 65%. I'm going to do either 'Mountain Dance' or 'Summer Song' if I can learn it in time.

As for the cornet/guitar thing, I don't have a clue! I'm only Grade 2 on the Piano. :(

Level 2? Hmmn i reckon i can handle level 2 or mebbe 3 but i was scared by my teacher saying levels 4 n 5, thanks man uve took a big weight off of my mind.
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All I've said is that I'm rubbish on the piano! I can't see how that could help!

But if it does, you're welcome! ;)

Hey, Im currently doin my Music GCSE too Felix! hehehe, Well for my compositon for a 'special occasion' i'm doing a song from my band but saying its for a barmiztvah and doing the lyrics in hebrew... GREAT FUN!!! And I think I'm gonna sing for my performance (I'm Grade 8 which is cool, I should have a diploma by that time though)

Grade 8? WOW!

Well, me and two of my friends are thinking of recording 'Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White' with our instruments, which is Piano for me, and Bass Guitar and Drums for them.

It would sound good. The GCSE group has got Bach's 'Bourée' recorded as a back up incase we don't do any other ensembles. But all of us have got our next one planned!

We all get excited at the prospect of performance! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Yea, Singing is one of the few things I'm actually good at, lol.. I'm going for an ALCM diploma in the summer which would be absolutly amazing if I get it cause at GCSE age thats good going [img]smile.gif[/img] I'm crap at everything else though [img]tongue.gif[/img]