Grade 8 includes 24 ‘mini-exam’ Sessions (on 2 Discs) with:
- 2 Melody Exercises (3 measures) of a one octave melody in 6/8 time in a major or minor key
- 5 Interval Exercises include the identification of these intervals above and below a given note: Any interval within an octave
- 5 Chord Exercises including Major and Minor in Root position and First inversion, and Dominant and Diminished 7th chords
- 1 Scale Exercise includes the singing of Major scales from Tonic(1) to Tonic, Mediant (3) to Mediant and Dominant (5) to Dominant, and Harmonic Minor Scales from Tonic to Tonic
- 2 Cadence Exercises include the identification of Perfect (V-I) and Plagal (IV-I) cadences
Example Session – Grade 8, Session 1 |
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| Melody Exercises (2 in each session) |
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| The CD plays the melody. Students sing the melody while tapping the basic beat and state whether the melody is in a major or minor key. The melody is printed in the answer booklet. | |
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| Interval Exercises (5 in each session) | |
| The required interval is named and the first note of the interval is played. In the space that follows the students sing the second note of the interval. After a short pause, the answer note is then played (indicated by bracketed notes). | |
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| Chord Exercises (5 in each session) | |
| The chord is played twice and in the space that follows the student identifies the chord as Major or Minor in Root or First inversion or Dominant or Diminished 7th. After a short pause the answer is given (indicated by the text below each chord). | |
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| Scale Exercises (1 in each session) | |
| The required scale is named and the first note of the scale is played. Sing the scale ascending and descending one octave . After a short pause, the answer scale is then played (indicated by the notes in the second bar). | |
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| Cadence Exercises (2 in each session) | |
| A short melody ending with a cadence is played twice and in the space that follows. The student identifies the cadence as Perfect (V-I) or Plagal (IV-I) After a short pause the answer is given (indicated by the text below each cadence). | |
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| Plagal | Perfect |
| Play Grade 8 Session 1 sample: |
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