Chapter 4 - Aural Skills Part 1: Fundamentals and Singing

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Aural skills

The process of identifying, producing, and notating the elements of music that we hear

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Melodic dictation

Free response section that includes two melodies which will be performed either by instrument or by voice

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Harmonic dictation

Going one step deeper into hearing, identifying, and notating

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Sight-singing

A method of training your brain to understand the relationship between notes within a specific scale or tonality

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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.

<p>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.</p>
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Fixed-Do

The opposite of movable-Do. This system attaches solfege syllables that remain with the pitch regardless of key.

<p>The opposite of movable-Do. This system attaches solfege syllables that remain with the pitch regardless of key.</p>
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Prevalent systems for singing in a minor mode

  • Do-based minor

  • La-based minor

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Do-based minor

Movable-do system in minor. Here the Do-based minor is the parallel of Do-based major.

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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.

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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.

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Natural

There are no alterations from the key signature

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Harmonic

The 7th degree is raised both ascending and descending

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Melodic

Minor scale with both the 6th and the 7th scale degree raised

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Minor pentachord

All three begin with the same first five notes

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Parallel

Major and minor keys with different key signatures but with the same tonic

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