Example Aural Exercises

 

Listen carefully as the piano chords change.

 

When the music sounds happy (Major) stand up tall with hands in the air.

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When the music sounds sad (minor) crouch down on the ground.

Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 - Major/minor? Ex 1
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Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 - Major/minor? Ex 2
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Book 1 Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
 
Duple or Triple? Exercise 1 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 6
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 3 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 6
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 5 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 6
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 7 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 8
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 9 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 8
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 11 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 8
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 2 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 6
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 4 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 6
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 6 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 6
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 8 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 8
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 10 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 8
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Duple or Triple? Exercise 12 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1 Lesson 8
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Listening:

High / Low

Jumping / Stepping

Listen carefully.

 

If you hear high notes, stand up tall with your arms above your head.

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If you hear low notes, crouch down low on the ground.

Low notes or high notes? - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Low notes or high notes? - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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If you hear stepping notes, walk with careful steps.

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If you hear jumping notes, jump up and down on the spot!

Jumping / Stepping - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Jumping / Stepping - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Listen to the melody played on the piano, clap it back, and then sing it.

 

Each melody is played twice.

Listen-Clap-Sing Ex 1 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Listen-Clap-Sing Ex 3 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Listen-Clap-Sing Ex 5 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Listen-Clap-Sing Ex 2 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Listen-Clap-Sing Ex 4 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Listen-Clap-Sing Ex 6 - Best Start Music Lessons Book 1
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Book 1

Lessons 7 & 8

Music and movement:

O Fortuna

From Carmina Burana

by Carl Orff

Book 1

Lessons 1 & 2

Music and movement:

In the Hall of the Mountain King

by Edvard Grieg

Book 1

Lessons 3 & 4

Music and movement:

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Book 1

Lessons 5 & 6

Music and movement:

Hedwig's Theme

Prologue from Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone

by John Williams

Book 1

Lessons 9 & 10

Music and movement:

Danse Macabre

by Camille Saint Saens

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