It all depends on your choice. The grading examination is open to all amateurs, and it is a proof that your performance has reached the corresponding level. If you are only interested in guzheng and entertain yourself, if you are only interested in playing, you don't have to take the exam. However, the grade examination and interest are not absolutely contradictory. If you want to entertain yourself, you can try to learn something, reach a certain level, or take a grade test. The advantages and disadvantages of the graded examination are listed below for your reference.

Possible benefits of graded exams:

1。 Professionalism: To participate in the grading examination, you should practice the prescribed etudes and songs. Compared with random practice, this kind of learning is more professional, systematic and standardized.

2。 Spiritual encouragement and harvest: I can constantly urge myself to work hard for the next goal, by going up one flight of stairs, and make continuous progress to make learning piano more fulfilling. Constantly overcoming difficulties in the exam is also an exercise of will.

3。 Proof of academic performance: if you reach a higher level, such as 10, you can write it on your resume in the future, which will be the icing on the cake as a handy major.

Possible price of grading:

1。 Time and money: you have to pay the grade examination fee for each grade examination. Now you can't skip the grade examination as before. The exams for Grade One and Grade One are time-consuming and expensive.

2。 Lose fun: If you fall into a strange cycle of learning piano for the purpose of taking exams, you may not enjoy learning piano, which is contrary to your original intention of learning piano and counterproductive.

In addition, my experience is like this, which can also be used for reference: I just started to learn to play the pipa in primary school, and later I became interested and made progress, so I took the grade examination. At the same time, the progress of the grade examination has urged my study and increased my interest. I also enjoy the process of continuous progress of the grade examination.