Preparing for Jazz Piano Exams Online
Preparing for jazz piano exams adds an extra element of structure and concrete goals to your piano lessons, and provides an excellent source of motivation.
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) is the exam board of the Royal Schools of Music, which include the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the Royal Northern College of Music.
The ABRSM offers graded jazz piano exams from Grade 1 to Grade 5. The Grade 5 jazz piano exam can be used as the required prerequisite (instead of Grade 5 Theory or Grade 5 Practical Musicianship) for students who wish to pursue Grades 6 and above in the classical piano exam program. The jazz piano exam program also works great on its own!
Everyone is eligible to take these exams, and our online jazz piano teachers can make sure that you pass with high marks!
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- Styles: Classical, Advanced Classical, Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock, Advanced Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 5 and above
- Other instruments and subjects: Guitar, Suzuki
- Exam preparation: ABRSM, Trinity, Jazz ABRSM, Rockschool, Audition Preparation
- Languages: English, Polish
- Time Zone / Region: Europe and Africa
If you wish to benefit from the ABRSM exam program, the first step is to tell your online jazz piano teacher. Your online jazz piano teacher will assess your current level, and recommend the appropriate jazz piano exam grade to begin preparing for.
Once your grade level has been determined, it is time to purchase your jazz piano exam books. There are four parts to each jazz piano exam, and four corresponding books available for each grade level, including Jazz Piano Pieces, Jazz Piano Scales, Jazz Piano Quick Studies, and Jazz Piano Aural Tests. These books are widely available in music stores.
The last step is to choose the date for your exam. You can book the exam yourself, on the ABRSM website, and your jazz piano teacher can help you decide which exam session to enter, in order to give yourself enough time to adequately prepare.
One of the most exciting features of the jazz piano exams is the space they leave for creativity. There is fully notated piano music, and sections of the exam pieces that are devoted to improvisation. However, even the fully notated sections are flexible, and the exam notes encourage students to change the music to develop their own interpretation - as any professional jazz pianist would do.
It’s important to note, however, that the ABRSM jazz piano exam program, on its own, is not complete enough to encompass the entire course of study for your online jazz piano lessons. Your online jazz piano teacher must supplement additional material and instruction in order for you to achieve a well-rounded and thorough jazz piano education.
In addition to jazz piano exams, the ABRSM also offers exams in music theory and classical piano. It’s even possible to take pop/rock piano exams, which are offered through a different exam board called Rockschool.
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- Styles: Classical, Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock, Advanced Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 5 and above
- Exam preparation: RCM, Audition Preparation
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- Styles: Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 5 and above
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- Accepts students ages 6 and above
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- Languages: English
- Time Zone / Region: Europe and Africa
- Specializes in jazz piano
- Styles: Classical, Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock, Advanced Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 10 and above
- Exam preparation: Audition Preparation
- Has experience teaching students with special education needs
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- Time Zone / Region: Europe and Africa
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- Styles: Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock
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- Styles: Classical, Advanced Classical, Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock, Advanced Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 13 and above
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- Exam preparation: Audition Preparation
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- Styles: Classical, Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock, Advanced Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 10 and above
- Exam preparation: Audition Preparation
- Languages: English
- Time Zone / Region: North and South America
- Specializes in jazz piano
- Styles: Classical, Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock, Advanced Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 13 and above
- Exam preparation: Audition Preparation
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- Time Zone / Region: Europe and Africa
- Specializes in jazz piano
- Styles: Jazz, Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 13 and above
- Languages: English
- Time Zone / Region: Europe and Africa
- Specializes in jazz piano
- Styles: Classical, Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock, Advanced Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 4 and above
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- Has experience teaching students with special education needs
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- Styles: Jazz, Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 6 and above
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- Languages: English
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- Accepts students ages 6 and above
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- Exam preparation: ABRSM, Trinity, Jazz ABRSM, Audition Preparation
- Has experience teaching students with special education needs
- Languages: English
- Time Zone / Region: Europe and Africa
- Specializes in jazz piano
- Styles: Classical, Advanced Classical, Jazz, Advanced Jazz, Pop/Rock, Advanced Pop/Rock
- Accepts students ages 13 and above
- Other instruments and subjects: Music Theory
- Exam preparation: Audition Preparation
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Time Zone / Region: Europe and Africa
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