All Students preparing for Grade exams are recommended to use the Hofnotes on-line training pages to practise for the aural tests.
At higher grades you must be able to discuss with the examiner musical features such as texture, form, style, and period of a piece of music. My own web pages to help with these parts of the test at Grade 5+ and at GCSE are available here!
Welcome
Welcome to these listening training pages. They will help you to
- plan your listening
- get more from what you hear
- better understand the music you play
- improve memorisation skills
- find great performances in all styles....
- ...and .. just possibly... get better marks in aural tests!
These pages were produced as a project for the ABRSM Certificate in Teaching course in May 2006. You can access a paper on its development and rationale here.
There are several elements to listening with understanding at higher grades. You need to be able to discuss with the examiner features such as