Contemporary
Aural Course
- Set 1
CD
and workbook
The
Contemporary Aural Course is recommended reference material
for the AMEB's Contemporary Popular Syllabus
Give yourself a head-start in any examination system
that includes an aural component!
The
Contemporary Aural Course is not just
a series of questions, but includes step-by-step training on
how to listen, sing, clap and transcribe
and what to listen for. The unique
shorthand system for music transcription ensures a professional
level of skill, so that students can capture the sounds in the
shortest possible time. The format of CD and work-book, ensures
that students can work independently and listen to sounds every
day, rather than once a week during lesson time. So that students
can
self-check, or the teacher can check answers without using up
too much lesson time,
the answers are included on a separate lift-out booklet.
CONTENT
PITCH
ELEMENTS: 1) High and Low sounds 2) Repetition 3) Steps
or 2nds 4) Skips or 3rds 5) Skip-plus-ones or 4ths 6) Jumps
or 5ths 7) The ascending and descending Major scale 8) The Major
Triad in Root Position in block and broken forms.
RHYTHM
ELEMENTS: 1) Whole, Half and Quarter notes. 2) 2/4,3/4 and
4/4 time. 3) The Dotted Half Note.
4) Whole, Half and Quarter rests 5) A shorthand system by which
to transcribe the above timing elements quickly and easily.
( This is extremely useful for transcription questions in examinations,
as it means you can capture and write out the rhythmic pattern
in three hearings)
MELODY
ELEMENTS: 1) Melodic fragments containing three notes. 2)
Melodic fragments containing four notes.
3) In the final lesson - a two-bar melody combining Rhythm and
Pitch.
Track
Listing for Set One