Aural Grade 1-5
Aural Grade 1-5
Aural Grade 1-5
Clap the pulse of a piece of music, giving a louder clap on the strong beats to
establish the metre.
Identify the metre as either two time or three time.
Test B : Echoes
- Memorizing the pitch and rhythm patterns of two-bar phrases in either duple or triple
time
- Starting each echo correctly in time – neither too soon nor too late
Test C : Differences
Locate the difference in pitch between two phrases as being either near the beginning or near
the end of the phrase.
Example:
Dynamics:
Articulation:
Clap the pulse of a piece of music, giving a louder clap on the strong beats to
establish the metre.
Identify the metre as either two time or three time.
Test B : Echoes
- Memorizing the pitch and rhythm patterns of two-bar phrases in either duple or triple
time
- Starting each echo correctly in time – neither too soon nor too late
Test C : Differences
Locate and describe a difference in either pitch or rhythm between two phrases.
Ask Yourself……
Listen to a piece and answer question about dynamics and articulation, and about tempo
change.
Example:
Dynamics:
Articulation:
Tempo:
o Was there any change in the speed of the music, or did it stay the same throughout?
Clap the pulse of a piece of music, giving a louder clap on the strong beats to
establish the metre.
Identify the metre as either two time or three time or four time.
Test B : Echoes
Locate and describe a difference in either pitch or rhythm between two phrases.
Ask Yourself……
Listen to a piece and answer question about dynamics and articulation, and about tempo
change, and distinguish between major and minor key.
Example:
Dynamics:
Articulation:
Tempo:
o Was there any change in the speed of the music, or did it stay the same throughout?
Major/Minor:
The melody will be within the range of an octave, in a major or minor key with up to three
sharps or flats.
Test B : Sight-singing
The notes will be within the range of a 3rd above and below.
Key of C, F or G major.
Listen to a piece and answer questions about dynamics, articulation, tempo change
or tonality, and about character.
Tempo:
o Was there any change in the speed of the music, or did it stay the same throughout?
Major/Minor:
cheerfu mysteriou
gentle playful bright dark l s angry
dramati
c happy sad calm lively dance-like song-like
To clap the rhythm of the notes in an extract from the same piece,
Identify whether it is in two time, three time or four time.
Aural Test – Grade 5
The melody will be within the range of an octave, in a major or minor key with up to three
sharps or flats.
Test B : Sight-singing
The notes will be within the range of a 5th above and a 4th below.
Major key with up to two sharps or flats.
Listen to a piece and answer questions about dynamics, articulation, tempo change,
tonality or character, and about style and period.
Tempo:
o Was there any change in the speed of the music, or did it stay the same throughout?
Major/Minor:
Character:
cheerfu mysteriou
gentle playful bright dark l s angry
dramati
c happy sad calm lively dance-like song-like
Happy : Staccato articulation, major key, fast tempo,…
Style and period:
Baroque
Crisp, light articulation
Limited dynamic range
Melodic decoration and ornamentation (especially at the end of phrases)
Contrapuntal / Imitation between the various lines
Polyphonic
Classical
Use of scale and broken chord patterns
Repetition of ideas
Mainly simple harmony
Dynamic shaping, with use of crescendo and diminuendo
Romantic
Rubato
Lyrical and song-like melodies
Rich harmonies and expressive use of chromatic notes
Thicker sonorities
Use of the sustaining pedal
Wide dynamic range
20th century
Syncopation, Jazz idea
Dissonant / clashing notes
Abrupt dynamic changes
Vigorous rhythms
To clap the rhythm of the notes in an extract from the same piece,
Identify whether it is in two time, three time or four time.
Aural Test – Grade 6
Sing or play from memory the upper part of a two-part phrase heard twice.
The upper part will be within the range of an octave, in a major or minor key with up to three
sharps or flats.
Test B : Sight-singing
Test C : Cadences
Listen to a piece and answer questions about either texture or structure, and about one
other feature (dynamics, articulation, tempo, tonality, character, style and period,
texture or structure).
Character:
cheerfu mysteriou
gentle playful bright dark l s angry
dramati
c happy sad calm lively dance-like song-like
Baroque
Crisp, light articulation
Limited dynamic range
Melodic decoration and ornamentation (especially at the end of phrases)
Contrapuntal / Imitation between the various lines
Polyphonic
Classical
Use of scale and broken chord patterns
Repetition of ideas
Mainly simple harmony
Dynamic shaping, with use of crescendo and diminuendo
Romantic
Rubato
Lyrical and song-like melodies
Rich harmonies and expressive use of chromatic notes
Thicker sonorities
Use of the sustaining pedal
Wide dynamic range
20th century
Syncopation, Jazz idea
Dissonant / clashing notes
Abrupt dynamic changes
Vigorous rhythms
Texture
Monophonic
Homophonic / Chordal
Polyphonic / Contrapuntal / Imitative / Three-part
Melody with accompaniment / Melody with chordal accompaniment
Sturcture
............phrases; are they equal length? How about the melodic material?
………main sections; Binary form(AB), Ternary (ABA)
To clap the rhythm of the notes in an extract from the same piece,
Identify whether it is in two time, three time or four time.