My guitar grade 1 results came yesterday. I was astonished to see that I had actually done pretty well. I scored 87 out of 100, which is a distinction, as the distinction range was above 87 (just made it :)).

Here's a copy of the examiner's report:

Right after my exam I started practicing the grade 2 scales and they were incredibly easy. I was practicing these scales until today when Dhinesh sir finally told me to just jump straight to grade 5.

I started practicing the grade 5 scales today after a coming back from school and before I ate dinner I could play all 7 grade 5 scales effortlessly. I will be learning the grade 5 pieces tomorrow (which is very exciting as the last time I tried to learn sheet music was at the start of grade 1.

Me and my friends (Aniruddha: Grade 8 Pianist, Nishanth: Beginner Drummer, Me: Grade 1/Grade 5 noob guitarist / lead/back up vocalist) have also started a band (kind of) and we can play a two songs completely: Demons by Imagine Dragons and Counting Stars by One Republic.

We are still in search of a vocalist. I can sing pretty well but its hard to sing while playing the guitar so maybe if I get better I could actually try.