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