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Aural Practice and Aural Books
Beating Time
Grade 3 intervals (Trinity Guildhall exams)
Grade 4 intervals (Trinity Guildhall exams)
Grade 5 intervals (Trinity Guildhall exams)
Cadences

This page provides some help with aural. The sections are laid out for the Trinity Guildhall grades, but the same information can be used for ABRSM grades (but check the intervals required for each ABRSM grade).

Aural Practice

Trinity Guildhall produce two books which are excellent for home practice of aural tests. Both come with the exercises both written (to be played by a pianist) and recorded on a CD (for the non-pianist).

As well as a wide range of fully-notated sample tests, the books also include information on what the examiner will do, what each question is for, what candidates will be asked to do, hints for candidates, and an answer booklet with 'check yourself' sample answers.

The books are:

Trinity Guildhall - Aural Book 1: Specimen Aural Tests for Trinity Guildhall examinations from 2007. Initial-Grade 5
Trinity Guildhall - Aural Book 2: Specimen Aural Tests for Trinity Guildhall examinations from 2007. Grades 6-8

Beating Time

The patterns for beating time are shown below. Imagine you have a stick in your right hand and at the end of each stroke (where the arrow head is) you strike a bell - this bell is where the beat is.

2/4 and 6/8	3/4	4/4

Interval Recognition

Listen to the two notes played, sing or hum them and try and match them with the first few notes of one of the songs listed. With practice, this provides an easy way of recognising intervals.

Grade 3 Intervals (Trinity Guildhall)

Interval	Song
Major 2^nd	Frere Jacques
Minor 3^rd	Ambulance siren, Greensleeves
Major 3^rd	When the Saints
Perfect 4^th	London’s Burning, Away in a Manger, Harry Potter Theme
Perfect 5^th	Twinkle Twinkle, Star Wars Theme

Grade 4 Intervals (Trinity Guildhall)

Interval	Song
Unison	Same note!
Minor 2^nd	Jaws
Major 2^nd	Frere Jacques
Minor 3^rd	Ambulance siren, Greensleeves
Major 3^rd	When the Saints
Perfect 4^th	London’s Burning, Away in a Manger, Harry Potter Theme
Perfect 5^th	Twinkle Twinkle, Star Wars Theme
Minor 6^th	Love Story, When Israel was in Egypt’s Land (Let My People Go)
Major 6^th	My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Grade 5 Intervals (Trinity Guildhall)

Interval	Song
Minor 2^nd	Jaws
Major 2^nd	Frere Jacques
Minor 3^rd	Ambulance siren, Greensleeves
Major 3^rd	When the Saints
Perfect 4^th	London’s Burning, Away in a Manger, Harry Potter Theme
Perfect 5^th	Twinkle Twinkle, Star Wars Theme
Minor 6^th	Love Story, When Israel was in Egypt’s Land (Let My People Go)
Major 6^th	My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Minor 7^th	Somewhere (West Side Story), Old Star Trek theme
Major 7^th	Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1^st to 3^rd notes)
Octave	Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Cadences

A cadence is a sequence or two (or more) chords, usually used to finish a phrase or piece of music. Listen to the sound of the cadence and compare it to the table below.

You can also listen to the bass line which (if the chords are not inverted) will follow the chord progression. For example, for a Perfect cadence in the key of C major, the bass line would go from G (V chord) to C (I chord).

Cadence	Chords	Sounds
Perfect	V-I	Finished
Imperfect	(any chord)-V often I-V	Unfinished, suspended
Interrupted	Usually V-VI (the VI chord may be minor or major - the opposite of the key)	Unexpected, (can also sound weak, hanging or wrong)

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