SUBDOMINANT – Sounds slightly lowered and maybe a bit sad.ĭOMINANT – Sounds happy, slightly sharpened, seems to have a richer sound. (It will either go to the subdominant, the dominant or the relative minor/major key) Each will only be played once. Modulations – Identify the modulation at the end of two different passages – the first beginning in a major key and the second in a minor key. Remember ‘my Bonnie’ (from the song My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean) for up a sixth. Remember ‘cuckoo’ for going down a third. However, you do need to follow the piano part a bit to make sure you’re fitting in with the rhythm. When you do the actual thing, make sure you sing loudly so the sound of the piano isn’t too overwhelming, as this may confuse you. You will have time to try it out beforehand.
Sight-singing – Sight sing the lower part of a two-part phrase from score while the examiner plays the upper part. Interrupted – if bass note goes up one = lVa Va Vla if same bass note = lc Va Vla if going up more can be lla Va Vla Plagal – if bass note goes up one = lb lVa Ia if bass note goes down one = lc lVa la if first chord sounds minor-ish = Vla lVa la Imperfect – if bass note goes up one = Vb la Va if cadence itself shares bass note = la lc Va if first chord sounds minor-ish = Vla llb Va Perfect – if same bass note (in preceeding chord) = Ic Va Ia if bass note goes up one = lVa/llb Va Ia These seem to be the most common chord progressions for each cadence and it will help you to listen carefully to the bass notes: Then each chord is played separately and you name it straight after it’s named. Firstly the three chords are played in order. This is the SAME piece of music as in ii) so see the choices of chords above. (iii) Chords – Identify the last three chords forming the above cadence. It sounds like it’s going to be perfect because you’re starting with a chord V but then, surprise, surprise, it’s not!! It’s like an exclamation mark. This one shifts up one note in the bass and ends in a minor chord. INTERRUPTED (Chord Va Vb Vc-VI or dominant 7th-VI). IMPERFECT (Any chord – but usually chord Ia Ib Ic, IIa IIb or IV, going to chord Va Vb Vc … in the book all going to Va) This sounds like a comma, incomplete. PLAGAL (Chord IV to Ia Ib Ic … although examples in the book all go to Ia) This sounds final but gentle, like an ‘amen’ in a hymn. Remember if it’s a dominant 7th it will sound a bit richer or fuller. the one the examiner plays as an arpeggio at beginning).
AURAL EXAM FULL
It sounds final (like a full stop) and the last chord is the key chord (i.e.
PERFECT (Chord Va Vb Vc -Ia Ib Ic or dominant 7th-Ia Ib Ic … although in the examples in the book the final chord is always in root position). The examiner plays the key chord to start with. (ii) Cadences – at the end of a phrase, played twice by the examiner – The chords will be limited to tonic (root position, first or second inversions), supertonic (root position or first inversion), subdominant (root position), dominant (root position, first or second inversions), dominant 7th (root position) or submediant (root position). Or you could try making up words to fit the rhythm. On the second playing you may like to ‘lah’ along to it as the examiner plays.
When the examiner says: “Here is your starting note” don’t forget to sing: “lah” – this gives you the pitch and gets your vocal chords working. (i) Melodic Repetition – Singing back the lowest part of a three-part phrase played twice.
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