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1 A comprehensive ear training and chord theory course for the whole worship team guitar, bass, keys & orchestral players Get away from the sheet music and learn to transcribe, transpose, arrange & improvise by ear TEST BOOK

2 Test Section 1.0 Finding The Listen to the chord sequences and try to find the root note (key) of the extract: If you found this difficult you can use any other backing track to continue testing yourself until you feel confident.

3 Test Section 2.0 Notes In The Major Scale Find the notes in each of these major scales using the following rules: You must have one of every letter between A and G in alphabetical order Never miss out any letters Never mix sharps and flats in a key Find out the sharps and flats by using intervals T T S (T) T T S Complete your answers using the table below: (root) T T S T T T S C D E F G A B C F Bb G F# D Bb Eb A E Ab B Db

4 Test Section 3.0 Hearing Intervals (Ascending) Test Section 3.1 Listen to the eight ascending intervals which will each be played twice on the piano. Name each interval accurately as possible Test Section 3.2 Listen to the next eight ascending intervals which will each be played twice on the piano. Again, name each interval accurately as possible

5 Test Section 4.0 Hearing Intervals (Descending) Test Section 4.1 Listen to the eight descending intervals which will each be played twice on the piano. Name each interval accurately as possible Test Section 4.2 Listen to the next eight descending intervals which will each be played twice on the piano. Again, name each interval accurately as possible

6 Test Section 5.0 Hearing Intervals (Ascending & Descending) Test Section 5.1 Listen to the eight ascending intervals which will each be played twice on the piano. Name each interval as accurately as you can (e.g. major 2nd, Perfect 4th etc.). You should initially concentrate on naming the intercal (e.g. 2nd, 4th etc.) and then, if you can, work out which variety of interval it is (i.e. major/minor, perfect/ augmented): Test Section 5.2 Once again, listen to the eight ascending intervals played twice each try to name them as accurately as you can. This time they are played on the bass:

7 Test Section 5.3 This time listen to the twelve ascending intervals which will each be played twice. Once again, try to name them as accurately as you can. These intervals are played at different pitches and on different instruments: Test Section 5.4 This test comprises of eight descending intervals played on the piano. Try to identify them as accurately as you can. Each interval will be played twice:

8 Test Section 5.5 Listen to these eight descending intervals played on the bass. Try to identify them as accurately as you can. Each interval will be played twice: Test Section 5.6 This time you will hear twelve descending intervals, each played twice, at different pitches. Identify them as accurately as you can:

9 Test Section 5.7 This test combines all of the previous Hearing Intervals tests (Test Sections ). You will hear twenty intervals which will be played twice each. These may be ascending or descending and will be at a variety of pitch levels. Try to identify each one as accurately as you can:

10 Test Section 6.0 Finding The Notes In Major And Minor Chords Using your knowledge of how to form major and minor chords work out the notes in each of the following chords: Chord Root 3 rd 5 th Cm D G A Eb Bbm Em F F#m Gm B Bm Ab Dm Fm

11 Test Section 7.0 Hearing Major And Minor Chords Listen to the series of chords (once each). Identify whether they are major (maj) or minor (min):

12 Test Section 8.0 Finding Chords In The Use the numbering system to identify the following chords. Be as precise as you can: Answer E 4 D 2 G 5 F 3 Bb 6 G 1 A 4 E 5 G 2 C 6 D 3 F 4 Bb 2 A 6 Eb 3 F 5 G 7 B 5 Ab 3

13 Test Section 9.0 Transcribing Simple Sequences Listen to the repeating chord sequences. They will start simple (using chords 1,4 and 5) and gradually add more chords. Try to identify the chord numbers (using either numbers or roman numerals): 9.1 D Major 1 (I) Chord D Chord 9.2 D Major Chord 9.3 G Major Chord

14 9.4 G Major Chord 9.5 C Major Chord Chord 9.6 C Major Chord 9.7 D Major Chord

15 9.8 D Major Chord Chord

16 Test Section 10.0 Hearing Inversions Listen to the fifteen chords being played Some of them are played in root position whilst some of them are played in first inversion (with the 3 rd of the chord in the bass). Check the chords which are played in a 1 st inversion: 10.1 G 10.9 A 10.2 C Em 10.3 D F 10.4 Eb C 10.5 A Am 10.6 Dm E 10.7 Bb Cm 10.8 Gm

17 Test Section 11.0 Transcribing Longer Chord Sequences Listen to the seven repeating chord sequences. Try to identify the key, chords and chord numbers (using either numbers or roman numerals). Each cell represents one bar. The first two bars of sequence 1 have been filled in for you D 1 (I) 5/7 (Vb) Chord D A/C # 11.2 Chord 11.3 Chord 11.4 Chord

18 11.5 Chord 11.6 Chord 11.7 Chord

19 Test Section 12.0 Transcribing A Song Listen to the song Consuming Fire and transcribe the chords into the chart on the next page. We ve given you a head start by marking out each section of the song. One box represents one bar of music so the intro has 4 bars, the chorus 10 bars etc. As per the course we d recommend you start by working out the key and marking its seven chords before you start. (Hint: the easiest place to find the root chord is in the chorus)

20 Test Section 12.0 Chords 1 2 1/ /7 Intro Verse Chorus (pause) Bridge

21 Test Section 13.0 Transposing A Song Using Nashville Numbering Into 3 s In Test Section 12.0 you should have transcribed the song Consuming Fire. For this test look back at the completed chart and transpose the song into the keys of: D E Bb Put your answers in the following three charts. Hint if you haven t already done so, mark the Nashville numbers of the chords on your chart next to each chord in each section.

22 Test Section 13.1 We ve started you off with the first few chords on this chart as an example. D Chords 1 2 1/ /7 Intro Bm (6) A/C # (5/7) D (1) G(4) Verse Chorus (pause) Bridge

23 Test Section 13.2 E Chords 1 2 1/ /7 Intro Verse Chorus (pause) Bridge

24 Test Section 13.3 Bb Chords 1 2 1/ /7 Intro Verse Chorus (pause) Bridge

25 Test Section 14.0 Basic Chord Substitution Fill in the table below to show which chords can be used as simple substitutes in different keys. The first line has been completed for you: Chord Substitues Chord Substitues Chord Substitues C F 1 (C) 6 (Am) 4 (F) 2 (Dm) 5 (G) 3 (Em) 3 (Em) 6 (Am) 5/7 (G/B) 1 (F) 2 (Gm) 6 (Dm) A 4 (D) 2 (Bm) 5 (E) D 1 (D) 3 (F # m) 6 (Bm) G 2 (Am) 4 (C) 5 (D) Bb 1 (Bb) 5 (F) 2 (Cm) E 2 (F # m) 4 (A) 5 (B)

26 Test Section 15.0 Notes In The Natural Minor Fill in the notes in the following natural minor scales (Aeolian modes). Remember to use the notes of the relative major key to help you find the notes. The first scale has been filled in for you and the interval between each note is indicated: Scale Rel Maj Root T T T S T T Am C A B C D E F G A Cm Dm Eb F Bm Gm Fm F#m Em C#m

27 Test Section 16.0 Transcribing A Song In Natural Minor Listen to the play through of O Come O Come Emmanuel and transcribe the chords above the words below. As per the course we d recommend you start by working out the key and marking its seven chords below before you start. Chords O come, O come, Em ma nu el And ransom cap tive I sra el That mourns in lonely exile here Un til the Son of God a ppear Rejoice! Rejoice! Em ma nu el Shall come to thee, O Isra el

28 Test Section 17.0 Notes In Harmonic Minor Now fill in the same table as Test Section 15.0 but this time use the notes of the harmonic minor scale so that you can see how they differ. Again, the intervals between each note is indicated for you: Scale Rel Maj Root T S T T S 3S T Am C A B C D E F G# A Cm Dm Eb F Bm Gm Fm F#m Em C#m

29 Test Section 18.0 Hearing Major, Minor, Diminished And Augmented Chords Listen to the 14 chords each played once. Identify whether they are Major (maj) Minor (min) Diminished (dim) Augmented (aug)

30 Test Section 19.0 Hearing Different Types Of 7 th Listen to the 14 chords each played once. Identify whether they are Minor 7 th (m7) Dominant 7 th (7) Major 7 th (maj7)

31 Test Section 20.0 Hearing All Chords Listen to the series of chords each played once. They could be any of the chords we ve covered so far Major (maj) Minor (m) Diminished (dim) Augmented (aug) Sus 2 (sus2) Sus 4 (sus4) Add 9 (add9) Power Chord (5) Minor 7 th (m7) Dominant 7 th (7) Major 7 th (maj7)

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