ear test

[gt.musik]

please describe me about ear test
that about university entrance...
thx

[cosmic gumbo]

I think they poke it with a needle to see if any jazz comes out.

[mattymel]

they poked me and the only thing that came out was about $20,000.

but im guessing hearing Major, minor, diminished, how much money you got?, augmented...

[Vihar]

It's one of those spare tires you can use anytime you want to: Good Ear - Online Ear Training Site

[Kojo27]

Originally Posted by gt.musik

please describe me about ear test
that about university entrance...
thx

If you're intending to study music at a music school (Berklee, for example) or at most universities, I imagine, they'll determine how advanced, or not, you are at ear training (hearing intervals, singing back notes played by someone else, etc.) so they'll know which class, or course, to assign you to. I suppose some schools (Berklee again, for they turn down a big chunk of their applicants now) might test you before accepting you. But I doubt they'd turn anybody away just because he/she hadn't done any ear training. Maybe if you can't play, by ear, a simple melody on your guitar - they might -- I don't know.

Howard Roberts said, in an old copy of Guitar Player Magazine, that part of the entrance exam at GIT was this: the teacher specified a note (fret position) on the fingerboard, then he specified one of the applicant's left-hand fingers, 1, 2, 3, or 4. The applicant had to put that finger on that fret and play Yankee Doodle, with the first note being the one pointed out. He said it was amazing how many virtuoso-level players couldn't do this without faltering.

[Astronomer]

Originally Posted by Kojo27

If you're intending to study music at a music school (Berklee, for example) or at most universities, I imagine, they'll determine how advanced, or not, you are at ear training (hearing intervals, singing back notes played by someone else, etc.) so they'll know which class, or course, to assign you to.

But what if you can't sing in tune to save your life? lol

[Kojo27]

Originally Posted by Astronomer

But what if you can't sing in tune to save your life? lol

Well... if they point a gun at your head and say, "Sing in tune!" -- I guess you're screwed.




Really, almost any singing teacher, or coach, will tell you that you can develop that ability to match pitches with your voice. I'm not a singing teacher, so I don't know what the process is for teaching that. "Tone deafness" is absolutely a myth, though. That I do know.

There are no doubt free (or cheap) singing methods being offered on the Internet. Maybe check 'em out.

[hot ford coupe]

Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo

I think they poke it with a needle to see if any jazz comes out.

They gave me an ear test. I had one on both sides. They were all there. They poked them with a needle and music notes fell out. No clefs, no rests, just notes. The grade they gave me? Noteworthy.

[henry b]

No point in getting crotchety about it .

[cosmic gumbo]

With no jazz education in public schools, most college level jazz programs have few expectations for entry level students.

[Soon]

I have taken ear tests for two different schools. It happens to be a strength of mine.
The tests I took basically involved two things. Sing a written musical passage (usually a simple melody that you probably haven't heard before) and a harder test of writing what is played. The latter was on a piano and starts out with single melody and moves on to two, three and more note chords. I remember getting caught up on the last measure that was a series of chords I hadn't heard before. Just do what you can.

[Kojo27]

Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo

With no jazz education in public schools, most college level jazz programs have few expectations for entry level students.

I could be wrong, but I think some of Kentucky's big central-county schools have jazz ensembles. If they don't they could - the money's certainly there. (Proceeds from the KY Lottery go mostly to the public schools.) My county high school has 2,000 students. It's like college, except the teacher-student ratio is far higher, and it's more impersonal. And the dropout rate is higher than college, probably. And the teacher suicide rate is astronomical -- just joking. But drugs are cheaper and more plentiful and colorful and varied.

kj

[gt.musik]

how about sign singing
i want some score to practice it =='
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