Grading pieces by level

[Si]

well i was a bit free so i had a look at the future pieces i will be learning compared to the guqin certification program thats on the NAGA site.

I was shocked to see the in my grade C classes I will be learning:-
·ïÇó»ËFeng Qiou huang¡¢ÓñÂ¥´ºÏþYu lou chung xiao

but the NAGA has them as level 1!

Oddly, in grade B i will be learning:-
Ñô¹ØÈýµþYang Guan San Die , ¹ØɽÔÂGuan Shan Yue

but these loftly pieces are classified as Level 4 and 5 respectively.

Im Grade A now and am learning Qiu Feng Ci (still)....

Does any one have a possible reason for this difference in gradings.

All I can think is that ·ïÇó»ËFeng Qiou huang¡¢ÓñÂ¥´ºÏþYu lou chung xiao must be more complex scores to warrant the harder class.

[SCWGuqin]

Whats this grade A/B/C business?

I've seen other syllabi, including modifications of the main one. Opinions differ...

[Si]

my teacher has segmented her course into A-F

but its not the abc thats the issue, its the fact the the pieces are in a very different order to the NAGA sylibus.

[Charlie Huang]

As I said before, these so-called 'grading systems' are guidelines only. There is a great deal of error involved because they assume that any version of a said piece is classified under one grade. Some think that a piece is hard because of its difficult finger techniques, some think that because the piece is very long (thus difficult to memorise entirely) and some base the level of the score on whether the score is engaging and lyrical (therefore, more enjoyable to learn), etc.