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Aural tests [ 29 ] ** [35.80%]
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Trisha
post Aug 15 2004, 10:15 PM
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Personally i can't stand aural tests and really dont see the point of having them!!

What are your views and which part of the exam do you find most challanging and least pleasant??
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saxlover
post Aug 16 2004, 10:45 AM
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join the club, i cant stand aural tests either!!

thats the part i dread the most!
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BabyBanana
post Aug 16 2004, 12:55 PM
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Aural!! arrgh ..

then g5 sight reading i did a pratice earlier on this month n i was cmompletely stuck..
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LittleAnna
post Aug 16 2004, 01:15 PM
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Well i can see the point of them, i mean, i suppose they make you a better musician, but i still find them hard! And so confusing?! I have been known to be asked the pulse and say quite slow, then realising he meant the time signature - oops!
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Nicola
post Aug 16 2004, 01:22 PM
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QUOTE (Trisha @ Aug 15 2004, 10:15 PM)
Personally i can't stand aural tests and really dont see the point of having them!!

What are your views and which part of the exam do you find most challanging and least pleasant??

aaah u don't see the point of them????!?!
aural skills are SUCH an important part of being a musician!


I detest scales. i just don't have the energy to do them! i always get really high marks in peices but my scales let me down, they stress me out!
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fluteandbassoon
post Aug 16 2004, 05:01 PM
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Love peices and scales

Hate arual especially sight-singing because i cannt sing at all!
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Rainbow
post Aug 16 2004, 05:01 PM
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I can't stand aurals either! I can see the point in having them but they make so nervous!
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liebe_klavier
post Aug 16 2004, 05:31 PM
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QUOTE (clarinetlover @ Aug 16 2004, 10:45 AM)
join the club, i cant stand aural tests either!!


me too...especially grade 8 aural... but i find the sight-reading past is the most challanging
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socks
post Aug 16 2004, 06:29 PM
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aural tests always help me... my scales are not so good, since i am :wacko: lazy
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BabyBanana
post Aug 18 2004, 02:27 AM
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QUOTE (socks @ Aug 16 2004, 06:29 PM)
aural tests always help me... my scales are not so good, since i am :wacko: lazy

God ur like me i was lazy before but then i added clairnetlover aka nat on my list i think and she helps me wif thoery ( which is gr8 n handy) and like she tells me to play so i do lol :) she keeping me on ma toes :D
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Rupayan
post Aug 18 2004, 06:06 AM
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Hi Trisha,
Long time no see. Well I can't agree with you on the Aurals tests. I admit it's not my forte either but c'mon it's sooo important in making a musician.
Rupayan.
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Cyrilla
post Aug 19 2004, 12:04 AM
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QUOTE (Trisha @ Aug 15 2004, 10:15 PM)
Personally i can't stand aural tests and really dont see the point of having them!!


COME ON, ASSOCIATED BOARD - CAN'T YOU SEE HOW DESPERATE THE SITUATION IS IN THIS COUNTRY REGARDING AURAL TRAINING (or rather, the lack of it)??????? :angry:

Something has GOT to be done...*despair* :(
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samson
post Aug 19 2004, 02:45 PM
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Aural Tests may be difficult for those who dont practice. Truly speaking it is easy and very useful to make you a musician. Without Aural sense you cannot call yourself a musician. Please bear with me those who find it hard. Listen to songs and try to follow the pulse. Try to recollect and sing. Really it is easy. Good Luck
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liebe_klavier
post Aug 19 2004, 04:13 PM
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the aural test used to be easier... i could do the grade 8 aural with the syllabus in 1993....easy...as i understand...the ABRSM love changing the syllabus...as they can earn more money after reprinitng everything...coz everyone has to get new ones...
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cellogirlie
post Aug 19 2004, 04:26 PM
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well this might sound weird but i like aural tests! i think theyre fun :P
i dont hate any of it really, i just am worst at scales.
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