Exam Preparation

Remember that 10% of the marks are awarded for aural section of the Trinity College Exam.

This could be the diffrence between a pass, merit or distinction. Please prepare for this part of the exam by listening to the questions and answers on some of these videos below or download some examples from the library.

Grade 8 ABRSM aural test

Grade 7 Trinity College aural test

Grade 6 Trinity College aural test

Grade 5 Trinity College aural test

Grade 4 Trinity College aural test  

Grade 3 Trinity College aural test

Grade 2 Trinity College aural test

 Grade 1 Trinity College aural test

Grade 4 Trinity College - Help with identifying musical Intervals

Interval ear training - get to know the interval names 

Practice clapping the pulse - Trinity College grade 2

Cadences - what are they? what do they do? what do they sound like ? Watch this video

Watch video examples of the new aural tests 

 Finger Twisters

Some of you are now working on the more advanced Lawrence excercises and are getting your fingers all tangled up when trying to play some of the more difficult combinations.

This is mainly due the right hand not forming a C shape and keeping the finger tips on the valve top caps. The fingers get cramped and you are unable to move the cominations at at good speed.

Good - finger tips on valves, good C shape           Bad - thumb too far up - fingers cramped