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Grade 8 Aural Notes

1) The document outlines the requirements for 4 tests in Grade 8 Aural examinations, including singing or playing the lowest part of a phrase, identifying cadences, chords in a cadential progression, and modulations. 2) Test 8B requires singing the lower part of a two-part phrase from score while the upper part is played, and Test 8D involves describing the musical features of a piece played by the examiner. 3) The tests cover skills like melodic repetition, cadence identification, chord recognition, sight singing, modulation identification, and analysis of musical elements.

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Grade 8 Aural Notes

1) The document outlines the requirements for 4 tests in Grade 8 Aural examinations, including singing or playing the lowest part of a phrase, identifying cadences, chords in a cadential progression, and modulations. 2) Test 8B requires singing the lower part of a two-part phrase from score while the upper part is played, and Test 8D involves describing the musical features of a piece played by the examiner. 3) The tests cover skills like melodic repetition, cadence identification, chord recognition, sight singing, modulation identification, and analysis of musical elements.

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GRADE 8 AURAL

TEST 8A (1)TO SING OR PLAY FROM MEMORY THE LOWEST PART


(1)MELODIC OF A THREE-PART PHRASE PLAYED TWICE BY THE
REPETITION EXAMINER
(2)CADENCES
(3)CHORDS **The lowest part will be within the range of an
octave, in a major or minor key with up to 3
sharps/flats.

(2) TO IDENTIFY THE CADENCE AT THE END OF A


PHRASE AS PERFECT, IMPERFECT, INTERRUPTED OR
PLAGAL

**Phrase will be in a major or minor key and will be


played twice by the examiner
**Chords forming the cadence will be limited to
- Ia,Ib,Ic
- IIa, IIb
- IVa
- Va, Vb, Vc
- V7a
- VIa

MAJOR KEY
- If end with tonic (major)
 either perfect OR plagal
PLAGAL (both chords have tonic)
PERFECT (only last chord has tonic)

- If doesn’t end with tonic


-  imperfect (major) or interrupted (minor)

MINOR KEY
- if end with tonic (minor chord)  perfect or
plagal
PLAGAL (both chords have tonic; minor-minor)
PERFECT (only last chord has tonic; major-minor)

- if doesn’t end with tonic (major chord)


-  imperfect (minor-major) or interrupted
(major-major)

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GRADE 8 AURAL

(3) TO IDENTIFY THE THREE CHORDS (INCLUDING THEIR


POSITIONS) FORMING THE ABOVE CADENTIAL
PROGRESSION

**Examiner will name and play the key-chord, then


play the three chords in sequence, finally playing
each chord individually, pausing for candidate to
identify it.

There are 11 possible chords

TONIC Ia

In major key:
ii (minor)
Vc (major)
SUPERTONIC IIa ; Vc
In minor key:
ii (diminished)
Vc (major)

MEDIANT Ib

In major key:
iib (minor)
IV (major)
SUBDOMINANT IIb ; IVa
In minor key:
ii (diminished)
iv (minor)

Ic has tonic
DOMINANT Ic ; Va ; V7a
V7 has 7th note

SUBMEDIANT VIa

LEADING NOTE Vb

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GRADE 8 AURAL

TEST 8B TO SING THE LOWER PART OF A TWO-PART PHRASE


SIGHT SINGING FROM SCORE, WITH THE UPPER PART PLAYED BY THE
EXAMINER

**The lower part will be within the range of an octave,


in a major or minor key with up to 4 sharps/flats.
**Examiner will name and play the key-chord and the
starting note and give the pulse.
**A brief of preparation will follow during which the
candidate may sing out loud

TEST 8C TO IDENTIFY WHETHER THE MODULATIONS AT THE END


MODULATION OF A DIFFERENT PASSAGES ARE TO THE DOMINANT,
SUBDOMINANT OR RELATIVE MINOR/MAJOR

**first passage will begin in a major key


**second passage will begin in a minor key
**played once by the examiner only

FOR MAJOR KEY:


- If end with minor chord  relative minor
- If end with major chord and with tonic 
subdominant
- If end with major chord and no tonic 
dominant

FOR MINOR KEY:


- If end with minor chord with tonic 
subdominant
- If end with major chord, it could be dominant or
relative major
**Check the supertonic note (dominant)

TEST 8D TO DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF A


MUSICAL FEATURES PIECE PLAYED BY THE EXAMINER

Dynamics, articulation, tempo, tonality, character,


style and period, texture or structure

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