From the New Zealand Herald 21st February 1931.
This is a copy of a letter that would have been sent to a candidate’s teacher after sitting the L.R.A.M examination in April 1939.
The candidate arrived early for the examination so that they would have plenty of time to complete the Fingering and Initiative tests. There was a piano in the room where the candidate completed these two tests.
It is hard to ascertain what the Initiative test entailed.
Marywood Square is in Glasgow, Scotland.
There was the choice of a piano stool or chair for use in the exam.
There were three examiners.
The candidate found the piano to have a rather ‘brilliant’ sound.
The candidate did not play the pieces all the way through.
After playing the scales and pieces, one of the examiners played some of the music that the candidate had played and asked what could be improved. The areas that were covered were - the bumping of the notes, too loud dynamics, lack progression, incorrect timing and not bringing out the upper notes of chords.
The third examiner gave her the aural tests.
