AMEB PRELIMINARY AURAL TESTS
Use these tests as much as you like! You can never get enough practice!
SECTION 1: TIME
“To clap the beats of simple chord passages played in two or three beat time by the examiner at varying speeds - slow, moderate and quick, and to continue clapping or beating after the examiner ceases to play”
SECTION 2: RHYTHM
“To hum, sing, clap or tap the note values of a simple rhythmical two-bar passage played by the examiner”
SECTION 3: PITCH
“To sing or hum the notes of a short melodic phrase of five or six notes of one beat length. The examiner will first play the phrase and then repeat it, waiting on each note for the candidate to sing the note.”
SECTION 4: PITCH
“To state which is the higher or lower of any two notes played separately, not less than a third apart.”
