Aural skills
The process of identifying, producing, and notating the elements of music that we hear
Melodic dictation
Free response section that includes two melodies which will be performed either by instrument or by voice
Harmonic dictation
Going one step deeper into hearing, identifying, and notating
Sight-singing
A method of training your brain to understand the relationship between notes within a specific scale or tonality
Movable-Do
Commonly used method of solfeggio. It means that regardless of what key you’re in, the tonic (first note of the scale) is always Do.
Fixed-Do
The opposite of movable-Do. This system attaches solfege syllables that remain with the pitch regardless of key.
Prevalent systems for singing in a minor mode
Do-based minor
La-based minor
Do-based minor
Movable-do system in minor. Here the Do-based minor is the parallel of Do-based major.
La-based minor
It reflects the relative minor of any major scale and uses the same pitches starting on the sixth scale degree or La.
Scale degree finder
An exercise used to quickly go through the scale and find the pitch you need. It contains the tonic triad and common diatonic intervals.
Natural
There are no alterations from the key signature
Harmonic
The 7th degree is raised both ascending and descending
Melodic
Minor scale with both the 6th and the 7th scale degree raised
Minor pentachord
All three begin with the same first five notes
Parallel
Major and minor keys with different key signatures but with the same tonic