# Auraldesk, full text > Practise clapping the pulse, singing back, spotting the change and listening for features, with your singing and clapping marked through the microphone. Every public page of https://auraldesk.com, as Markdown, in sitemap order. Built from the exported pages at build time. The short index is https://auraldesk.com/llms.txt. --- # Aural test practice for Grades 1 to 3, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Practise clapping the pulse, singing back, spotting the change and listening for features, with your singing and clapping marked through the microphone. ## Aural test practice, marked as you sing and clap Grades 1 to 3, in exam order. Free, no sign up, and nothing you sing leaves this browser. **Your saved profiles and practice log could not be read. Nothing was changed.** The saved record is damaged, so it is left as it is and nothing can be changed here until it is replaced. 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Opening your saved practice. - AClap the pulseClap the pulse of a passage, then say if it is in 2 or 3 time.The microphone marks your claps; you tap 2 or 3. - BSing backSing back short phrases after hearing each one twice.The microphone marks your singing. - CSpot the changeHear a phrase twice and find the bar that changed.You tap the answer. - DListen for a featureHear a short piece and answer one question about it.You tap the answer. ### How the marking works 1. **The piano plays with the microphone off.** Then the screen counts you in and the microphone listens only while you sing or clap, so it hears you and not the piano. 2. **You see what it heard.** Your singing is drawn as a line over the notes that were played; your claps are marked on the beat grid. If a mark looks wrong, say so and mark it yourself. 3. **Practice is saved for each student.** Scores, dates and the areas to work on are kept in this browser, ready for a teacher. Every phrase and passage is generated by this site for practice; no exam board's tests or books are copied. The marker hears pitch and timing only. It cannot judge tone, expression or musical sense; a teacher can. The tests are practice in the style of the common Grade 1 to 3 aural tests, such as those of ABRSM. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. Before your first test, run the [microphone and speaker check](https://auraldesk.com/check/). Every rule and tolerance is on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/); the [guides](https://auraldesk.com/guides/) and the [FAQ](https://auraldesk.com/faq/) cover the rest. --- # Microphone and speaker check, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/check/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Check that your microphone hears you and your speaker before practising aural tests: level, headphones, a singing check and a clapping check. ## Microphone and speaker check Four short checks, each started by you: the microphone level, whether it hears your speaker, a singing check and a clapping check. The sound stays in this browser tab and is never saved or sent. ### 1. Microphone The browser asks for the microphone when you press the button, not before. It listens for 5 seconds and shows the level, then closes. ### 2. Speaker and headphones (4 seconds) 3 short tones play while the microphone listens. This shows whether the microphone can hear your speaker, which tells you if headphones are on or the sound is going somewhere else. ### 3. Singing check A 4-note phrase plays. Then the microphone opens: keep quiet for half a second, and sing the phrase back on "la" within 4 seconds. Lower voices can sing an octave down. ### 4. Clapping check The screen counts one bar in. Then clap on every beat for 4 bars, a little louder on beat 1. Nothing plays, so the microphone hears only you. 5 of 10. Raise it if soft claps are missed; lower it if a noisy room makes extra claps. **Technical details for this browser** - **Audio sample rate** not started - **Audio state** not started - **Output latency** not known - **Audio session** not started - **Microphone processing** not opened yet - **Playback after the microphone closed** not tried yet - **Speaker to microphone delay** not measured ### What the checks tell you A level that moves when you sing means the microphone is working. If the speaker check hears nothing and you are not wearing headphones, check the volume and where the sound is going. The singing and clapping checks use the same marking as the tests; the rules are on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/). When everything works, go to the [trainer](https://auraldesk.com/). Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. --- # How the aural practice and marking work, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > How each test is generated for Grades 1 to 3, how singing and clapping are marked through the microphone, the tolerances, and what the marker cannot judge. ## How the practice and the marking work Every test is generated from fixed rules for its grade, played on a synthesised piano with the microphone closed, and then the microphone listens only while the student sings or claps. Singing is marked by pitch within 50 cents and rhythm within 100 ms; claps within 70 ms of the beat. Here are the rules in full. ### The four tests The tests follow the order and the kinds of question of the common Grade 1 to 3 aural syllabus, such as ABRSM's. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. Every phrase and passage is generated by this site for practice; no exam board's tests or books are copied. 1. **A. Clap the pulse.** An 8-bar piece in 2 or 3 time plays. Then the screen counts one bar in at the same speed and the student claps the beat for 4 bars, a little louder on beat 1, while nothing plays. Then they tap 2 time or 3 time. In an exam the student claps along with the playing; here they clap straight after, because the microphone would otherwise hear the piano as well as the claps, and because an open microphone makes an iPhone's playing quieter. "Hear it again" lets them clap along, unmarked. 2. **B. Sing back.** For each of 3 echoes the key chord and the first note play, then the 2-bar phrase twice. The screen counts one bar in and the student sings it back, on "la" or any syllable. 3. **C. Spot the change.** A 2-bar phrase plays, then after a bar's rest the same phrase with one change. The student taps the bar that changed, and from Grade 3 whether the pitch or the rhythm changed. Marked exactly. 4. **D. Listen for a feature.** A 4-bar piece with one clear feature plays, and the student answers one question about it. Marked exactly. ### How the music is generated Every test is made from a random seed by the rules below, so each attempt is new and can be played again exactly. Echoes are placed so every note lies from B 3 to E 5 (middle C is C 4), a range most children and higher voices can sing; lower voices sing an octave down, which counts. Speeds are multiples of 4 beats a minute. Echoes end on the keynote with a note of at least a beat. | Grade | Echo keys (major) | Echo notes | Rhythms | Speeds (beats a minute) | Other keys used | Spot the change | Feature questions | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Grade 1 | C major, G major, D major, F major, B flat major | the keynote to the third above (do, re, mi); moves of at most 1 scale step | crotchet, two quavers, minim | echoes 80 to 96; clap the pulse and features 84 to 112; spot the change 80 to 96 | none | a pitch change | loud then quiet, or quiet then loud (about 10 dB apart); smooth (joined) or detached (short and separate) | | Grade 2 | C major, G major, D major, F major, B flat major, A major, E flat major | the keynote to the fifth above (do to so); moves of at most 2 scale steps | crotchet, two quavers, minim, dotted crotchet and quaver | echoes 80 to 104; clap the pulse and features 84 to 120; spot the change 80 to 100 | A minor, E minor, D minor | a pitch or a rhythm change | loud then quiet, or quiet then loud (about 10 dB apart); smooth (joined) or detached (short and separate); getting louder, getting quieter, or staying the same | | Grade 3 | C major, G major, D major, F major, B flat major, A major, E flat major, E major, A flat major | the fifth below the keynote to the fifth above (low so to so, an octave); moves of at most 2 scale steps | crotchet, two quavers, minim, dotted crotchet and quaver, two quavers and a crotchet | echoes 84 to 112; clap the pulse and features 72 to 132; spot the change 84 to 104 | A minor, E minor, D minor, B minor, G minor, C minor | a pitch or a rhythm change, and which kind it was | loud then quiet, or quiet then loud (about 10 dB apart); smooth (joined) or detached (short and separate); getting louder, getting quieter, or staying the same; getting slower, getting faster, or keeping the same speed (from halfway) | Clap-the-pulse pieces stress beat 1 of every bar in the tune and the bass. A pitch change moves one note, never the last, up or down one scale step; a rhythm change swaps the lengths of two neighbouring notes in one bar, keeping both notes: two crotchets become a dotted crotchet and a quaver, or back, or a minim and a crotchet change places (this can move or shorten the last note, which keeps its pitch). Each bar, and at Grades 2 and 3 each kind of change, is the answer equally often. A feature piece changes only the feature its answer names; everything else stays at a steady speed, level and touch. Grades 4 and 5 are being prepared and will be added after review. ### How singing is marked 1. The count-in bar gives the background level. A take whose singing is not at least 12 dB above it is not marked: the page says so and suggests a quieter place, and the student can mark it themselves. 2. The pitch is tracked every 10 ms with the YIN method (70 to 1,100 Hz, threshold 0.15), written in TypeScript and tested against synthesised tones. 3. The pitch line is cut into notes where the sound dips (the "l" of "la") or the pitch moves more than 80 cents and stays there for 60 ms. Two touching pieces (no silent gap and no dip between them) are one note when the joined pitch stays within 80 cents of its middle for nine tenths of the time and swings across the middle at least 3 times: strong vibrato, not a step to the next note. Pieces shorter than 80 ms join the note they slide into or are left out. A note that follows straight on from the one before starts where its new sound comes in, which in an echoing room is before its pitch is seen to change. A note's pitch is the middle of its steady part. 4. Sung notes are paired with the played notes by their order, allowing a missed note or an extra one, weighing pitch and, more lightly, time. So a right note sung late is still paired with its own played note: it is marked in tune and late. A pair more than 400 ms from its place is kept only when the note before it was held on into it, or a neighbouring pair is shifted the same way; otherwise it is not paired. 5. One timing offset is set for the whole echo, used only for the rhythm mark: the median of the sung start minus the played start over the paired notes (the lower middle value when there is an even number). The playing's speed is kept; nothing is re-fitted note by note. 6. Each played note is then marked twice. Pitch: right when its sung note is within 50 cents of it in any octave (a cent is a hundredth of a semitone), so singing an octave down counts. Rhythm: right when its sung note starts within 100 ms of the played start plus the offset. A missed note is wrong in both. 7. A sung note paired with nothing is an extra note. It counts against the pitch mark when it lasts at least 120 ms, is no more than 10 dB quieter than the sung notes, and is not within a semitone of the note before or after it (that is the room's echo or a note sung twice). 8. The two marks are shown apart: pitch is notes in tune out of the notes played plus the extra notes; rhythm is notes on time out of the notes played. So right notes in the wrong rhythm get credit for the notes. The score is the two, half each, over the 3 echoes. ### How clapping is marked 1. The count-in bar gives the background level; claps less than 12 dB above it are not marked. 2. Claps are found by spectral flux (how suddenly the sound above 500 Hz gets louder) with a threshold set by the sensitivity slider, at least 100 ms apart, each timed to the sample where it starts. Other sudden sounds in the room (a cough, a knock, speech from a television) can be heard as claps; they show as extra claps on the timeline. 3. The beat grid comes from the music's speed and the count-in. One offset is set for the whole take: the median distance of the claps from their nearest beats, used only up to 150 ms either way. That allowance is for the delay of the speaker, the microphone and the eye on the count-in; a set-up with a longer delay (some Bluetooth headsets) has its claps marked late. 4. Each beat takes at most one clap: within 70 ms of its beat it is on the beat, otherwise early or late; a second clap for the same beat is extra. Joining late in the first bar is fine. The pulse mark is claps on the beat divided by the beats to clap or the claps made, whichever is more. 5. The strong beat shows when, in at least 60 percent of the bars, the beat 1 clap is at least 2 dB louder than the others. 6. The score is the pulse mark for half, the strong beat for a quarter and the 2 or 3 answer for a quarter. Spot the change and features are tapped answers: the bar for the whole mark (half each for the bar and the kind at Grade 3), the feature right or not. In the mock test each tapped answer has 20 seconds. The weak-area list is every area averaging under 70 over the last 30 days, lowest first. ### How well the marking agrees The marking was checked against clips of generated singing and clapping, each built to deserve a known mark, played into the check page through a browser's microphone input. Two sets were made by independent reviewers with their own generators and labels; the others by this site's own generator. No real voices, real rooms or real phones were used: no recordings of people singing or clapping, and the marking has not been checked on a real iPhone or Android phone. A clip agreed when every note's pitch and rhythm mark, every clap's mark and the strong beat all matched. Over the two independent sets together, 70 of 75 clips agreed (66 of 75 against their labels as first written), and no clip built to be wrong got the full mark: - A first independent set, made by a reviewer with a different voice and clap generator and their own labels (39 clips): 36 of 39 clips agreed (92.3 percent). 35 of 39 against the label file as written; one label was later agreed to be a slip (a note sung in tune and on time). The 3 that differed: one note timed 160 ms late in a very echoing room, speech from a television heard as extra claps, and a strong beat not found on claps of varying sharpness. - A second independent set, made by a second reviewer with a third generator, including held notes, swapped notes, coughs, a phone speaker and strong vibrato (36 clips): 34 of 36 clips agreed (94.4 percent). 31 of 36 against the labels as written; 3 clips of claps that speed up were labelled clap by clap, while the marker counts a clap that lands a beat early as on that beat, which the reviewer accepted. The 2 that differed: a short note with strong vibrato marked 140 ms late, and a cough counted as 2 extra claps. - A set made by this site's own generator after the first review, with rhythm errors of 110 to 250 ms and claps 80 to 120 ms off the beat (30 clips): 29 of 30 clips agreed (96.7 percent). The one that differed was a repeated note sung joined, without a new start, heard as one note. - The first two sets, made by this site's own generator with its own labels before the first review (72 clips): 71 of 72 clips agreed (98.6 percent). The one that differed was an echo sung 6 percent faster than the playing, whose last note came more than 100 ms early. Rooms, voices and devices vary more than generated clips do, which is why every mark shows what it heard and can be marked by the student instead. ### Seeing what the marker heard Every mark shows its evidence: the sung pitch as a line over the played notes, each drawn as a band 50 cents either side, with a table of every note; the claps on the beat grid, with a table of every clap. You can hear your take again. If a mark looks wrong, press "The mark was wrong" and mark it yourself: your mark is the one saved, and the microphone's is kept beside it in the log, in this browser only. ### The microphone, the speaker and headphones - The browser asks for the microphone only after you press a button to start a test or a check. - For singing, the browser's echo cancelling, noise reduction and automatic level are turned off, so the pitch is heard as sung. For clapping they are off too: they soften the sharp start of a clap. - The microphone is closed whenever the piano plays: it opens only after the last note's sound has fully stopped, release included, plus 50 ms and the speaker's own delay as the browser reports it (or 100 ms when it does not). On iPhones an open microphone makes the speaker quieter and rougher (a known Safari problem), and an open microphone would also hear the piano. - The count-in bar clicks softly as well as showing the beats. Those clicks are the one sound made while the microphone is open; they all end before you start, and the marking never looks at that bar. - The 4 second speaker check on the [check page](https://auraldesk.com/check/) plays 3 tones while the microphone listens. Heard (10 dB or more above the quiet before): the set-up works. Not heard: headphones are on (fine, and often better for marking) or the sound is going somewhere else, such as a Bluetooth speaker in another room. - Bluetooth headsets with their own microphone can switch to a low-quality call mode and add a delay. Wired headphones, or the device's own speaker and microphone, mark best. - Nothing is recorded to keep: a take stays in the page's memory for its result and is gone after the next take or when the page closes. ### What it is not - The marker hears pitch and timing only. It cannot judge tone, expression or musical sense; a teacher can. - It cannot tell a cough or a sound in the room from a clap, or a television from the background: those can cost marks, and they show on the timeline. - It is practice, not an exam result or a prediction of one. Exam marking is done by examiners against the exam board's own criteria. - It does not use speech recognition: answers are tapped. - It does not copy any exam board's tests or books; everything is generated here. - It is not a teacher. The teacher sheet is there so a teacher can see what was practised. ### What is free Free: Grades 1 to 3, 2 attempts of each test a day (from local midnight), the check page, the pitch trace and clap views, marking yourself and 1 student. Premium adds unlimited attempts, the mock test, the teacher sheet, up to 5 students and Grades 4 and 5 when they are added. --- # Guides to aural test practice at home, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/guides/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Short guides for parents, students and teachers: aural practice in 10 minutes a day, a child who will not sing, and what Grades 1 to 3 ask. ## Guides to aural practice at home Three short guides for the people who sit beside a young musician: a daily routine that fits in 10 minutes, what to do when a child will not sing, and a plain account of what the Grade 1 to 3 aural tests ask. - [Aural practice at home in 10 minutes a day](https://auraldesk.com/guides/aural-practice-ten-minutes-a-day/)A 10 minute daily routine for the four aural tests at Grades 1 to 3: which test on which day, how to warm up, and how to use marks without chasing them. - [Helping a child who will not sing](https://auraldesk.com/guides/helping-a-child-who-will-not-sing/)Why some children will not sing in front of a parent, and small steps that get the voice going: humming, singing with them, the right pitch, and private practice. - [What the aural tests ask at Grades 1 to 3](https://auraldesk.com/guides/aural-tests-grades-1-to-3/)A plain description of the four kinds of aural question at Grades 1 to 3 in the common syllabus: the pulse, echoes, spotting a change and features of a piece. The rules the trainer itself follows are on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/). Before a first test, run the [microphone check](https://auraldesk.com/check/). The [trainer](https://auraldesk.com/) is free to use. --- # Aural practice at home in 10 minutes a day, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/guides/aural-practice-ten-minutes-a-day/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > A 10 minute daily routine for the Grade 1 to 3 aural tests: one test a day in rotation, a short warm up, and marks used as clues rather than goals. ## Aural practice at home in 10 minutes a day Practise one aural test a day in rotation, for about 10 minutes: a 1 minute warm up, two or three attempts at the day's test, and a minute looking at what went wrong. Short, regular practice builds the ear and the voice better than a long session before the exam, and it keeps the student willing. By Auraldesk. Published 19 October 2026. Last updated 19 October 2026. ### Why little and often works for aural The aural tests at Grades 1 to 3 ask for four skills: feeling the beat of a piece and showing it, singing back a short phrase, noticing a change in a phrase, and describing how a piece is played. None of them is knowledge to memorise. They are habits of listening, and habits are built by repetition. A child who claps a pulse for 2 minutes five days a week will keep a steadier beat than one who does it for 10 minutes once. Singing is the clearest case. Research on children's singing development reports that children with an extended programme of singing tend to have wider comfortable singing ranges. Using the voice a little every day is the programme. ### The 10 minutes 1. **Warm up, 1 minute.** Hum a few notes, then sing a scale or a familiar song on "la". Clap the beat of anything that is playing. The point is to switch the ears on. 2. **The day's test, 6 to 7 minutes.** Two or three attempts. After each, look at what the marker heard: the pitch line against the notes, or the claps against the beat. Then try again. 3. **One thing to remember, 1 minute.** Ask the student what they noticed. "My third note was low" or "I rushed in bar 2" is worth more than a score. 4. **Stop while it is going well.** Ending on a good attempt is what brings the student back tomorrow. ### A week in rotation Monday, clap the pulse. Tuesday, sing back. Wednesday, spot the change. Thursday, listen for a feature. Friday, the weakest of the four, as the weak-area list shows it. At the weekend, rest, or one mock test in the last few weeks before the exam. ### Worked example A Tuesday, sing back, Grade 1. The first echo comes back with notes 3 of 4 in tune and rhythm 4 of 4 on time. The pitch trace shows the third note's line sitting just under its band: about 70 cents flat, a little too low, not a different note. The student sings it again, thinking of reaching up to that note, and the second take gives 4 of 4. Total time: about 2 minutes. The minute at the end is one sentence: "The third note of the second echo needs reaching for." Next Tuesday, that is the first thing to listen for. ### Using the marks Marks are clues, not the goal. A pitch score of 3 out of 4 tells you which note to listen to. A clap marked late tells you the student waited for the beat instead of feeling it coming. Look at the evidence before the number: the pitch trace shows whether a note was a little flat or a different note altogether, and the clap timeline shows whether the beat drifted or one clap slipped. If a mark looks wrong, it may be: a noisy room, a cough, or a phone too far away. Use "The mark was wrong" and mark it yourselves. The marker hears pitch and timing only; it cannot judge tone or musical sense, which is a teacher's job. ### Common mistakes - Practising only the night before a lesson. Spread it across the week. - Correcting every note out loud. Let the trace show it, then ask what they heard. - Skipping the singing test because it is awkward. It is the one that improves most with regular practice. - Testing in a noisy kitchen. Find the quietest room; the marker refuses takes it cannot hear clearly. ### Sources - [ABRSM aural tests Grade 1: a guide](https://jadebultitude.com/abrsm-aural-tests-grade-1/), an independent music teacher's website. Describes the four Grade 1 tests: clapping the pulse and saying 2 or 3 time, singing back three 2-bar phrases, spotting a changed note, and questions on dynamics and articulation. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. - [Psychological aspects of singing development in children](https://www.imerc.org/papers/nsp/ioe_gfw_goldsmiths2011.pdf), Institute of Education, London, a 2011 research presentation. Reports that children with an extended programme of singing tended to have the largest comfortable singing ranges: singing develops with regular use. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. ### Frequently asked questions **Is 10 minutes a day really enough?** For the aural part of a Grade 1 to 3 exam, short and regular beats long and rare. Hearing, pitching and keeping a pulse improve with repetition, and 10 focused minutes on most days of the week adds up to over an hour a week without becoming a battle. **How long before the exam should we start?** Start when the pieces start, so aural practice is part of the routine rather than a last-minute extra. In the final 2 or 3 weeks, add one mock test a week so the order and the pace feel familiar. **Should we practise the weakest test most?** Give it one extra turn a week, not every day. A student who only meets their hardest test starts to dread practice. Keep every test in the rotation, and let the weak-area list decide which one gets the extra day. --- # Helping a child who will not sing, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/guides/helping-a-child-who-will-not-sing/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Why a child may refuse to sing in front of a parent, and small steps that get the voice going: humming, singing together, a comfortable pitch and privacy. ## Helping a child who will not sing Most children who will not sing are embarrassed, not unable. Take the audience away, start with humming, sing with them before asking them to sing alone, and keep the phrases short and in a comfortable range. Praise the attempt, not the accuracy, and the voice usually follows within a few weeks. By Auraldesk. Published 19 October 2026. Last updated 19 October 2026. ### Why some children refuse Singing is personal in a way that playing an instrument is not. A wrong note on a piano belongs to the piano; a wrong note sung belongs to the singer. Older children in particular can become self-conscious, and singing in front of a parent who is listening for mistakes is the hardest audience there is. Research on children's singing treats ability as a continuum that develops with experience. A child who has not sung much is simply earlier on that path. The aim is more singing, in small and safe amounts. ### Steps that work 1. **Take the audience away.** Let them practise alone in a room with the device. The marker listens; nobody else needs to. Ask afterwards what the trace showed rather than listening at the door. 2. **Start with humming.** A hum is quieter and feels less exposed. Hum a phrase together, then hum it alone, then open it out to "la". 3. **Sing together first.** Sing the echo with them twice, then drop out for the third time. Echo games, where you sing a short phrase and they copy, are exactly the skill the test asks for. 4. **Find their octave.** If a phrase feels too high or too low, they can sing it an octave away and it still counts. The phrases here are placed from B 3 to E 5, inside the comfortable range of most children. 5. **Keep it short.** Three echoes a day is plenty. Grade 1 phrases are 2 bars long and move by step between the keynote and the third; that is a small, achievable task. 6. **Praise what they did, not the score.** "You sang all four notes" is worth saying even when two were flat. The score will rise once singing stops feeling like a test. ### Worked example Week 1: the child hums each echo with the parent, then alone, with the door closed; the parent reads the trace afterwards and praises any note inside its band. Week 2: the hum opens to "la" on the first echo only. Week 3: all three echoes on "la", alone, and the child asks to see the trace. The scores barely matter in those weeks; the number of sung attempts each day going from 0 to 3 is the progress. ### When to talk to the teacher If after a few weeks of gentle practice the voice does not move with the notes at all, or singing seems uncomfortable or hoarse, mention it to the teacher. They hear the student every week and can suggest the next step. The teacher sheet shows what has been practised and how it went. ### Common mistakes - Asking a child to "just sing it" in front of the family. - Correcting a pitch by singing it louder at them. Play it again instead. - Leaving the singing test until the end of a long practice, when the child is tired. - Expecting a lower or breaking voice to match the piano's octave. An octave down is right. ### Sources - [Psychological aspects of singing development in children](https://www.imerc.org/papers/nsp/ioe_gfw_goldsmiths2011.pdf), Institute of Education, London, a 2011 research presentation. Describes singing ability as a continuum that develops with experience, gives a comfortable mean singing range at age 7 of about G3 to C5, and reports wider ranges in children with regular singing programmes. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. - [ABRSM aural tests Grade 1: a guide](https://jadebultitude.com/abrsm-aural-tests-grade-1/), an independent music teacher's website. Grade 1 sing-back phrases are 2 bars long, in a major key, moving mainly by step between the keynote and the third. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. ### Frequently asked questions **My child says they cannot sing. Is that true?** Very rarely. Singing in tune is a skill that develops with use, and children who have sung less simply have had less practice. Treat it like any other skill: small, regular, low-pressure attempts. **Can my child hum or whistle instead?** For practice, yes: humming is a good way in, and the marker hears a hummed pitch. In the exam the examiner expects singing, so move from humming to singing on a syllable such as la once the notes come easily. **What if their voice is lower or higher than the notes?** Singing an octave lower or higher counts, in the exam style and in this trainer. A boy whose voice has dropped can sing an octave down. If a phrase sits awkwardly, play it again and let them find a comfortable octave. --- # What the aural tests ask at Grades 1 to 3, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/guides/aural-tests-grades-1-to-3/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > A plain account of the four kinds of aural question at Grades 1 to 3 in the common graded exam syllabus: pulse, echoes, a change, and features. ## What the aural tests ask at Grades 1 to 3 At Grades 1 to 3 the common aural syllabus has four parts, in this order: clap the beat of a short piece and say whether it is in 2 or 3 time; sing back short phrases; spot a change between two playings of a phrase; and answer a question about how a piece was played. The tasks stay the same across the grades and get a little longer and wider. By Auraldesk. Published 19 October 2026. Last updated 19 October 2026. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. This guide describes the common syllabus in the style of ABRSM, from published teachers' guides; the exam board's own syllabus is the authority. ### A. The pulse The examiner plays a short piece. The student claps the beat, joining in as soon as they can and making the strong beat a little louder, then says whether the music is in 2 time or 3 time. This is about the feel of the beat, not the time signature written on the page. ### B. Echoes The examiner plays short phrases, usually 3, each 2 bars long, and the student sings each one back. At Grade 1 the phrases are in a major key and move mainly by step between the keynote and the third; by Grade 3 they range within an octave, still mostly by step with intervals up to a third. Singing an octave lower or higher is fine. ### C. Spot the change The examiner plays a short melody, then plays it again with one change. At Grade 1 a single note changes and the student says whether the change came near the beginning or near the end. By Grade 3 the melody can be up to 4 bars, in a major or minor key, the change can be in pitch or rhythm, and the student says which kind it was as well as where. ### D. Features of a piece The examiner plays a piece and asks about one or two of its features. At Grade 1 these are dynamics (loud or quiet, and gradual or sudden changes) and articulation (smooth, or short and detached). Grade 3 adds tempo: the speed and changes of speed. ### Worked example A Grade 1 spot-the-change question: a 2-bar phrase in G major plays (G, A, B, G, then D, B, G); then it plays again as G, A, C, G, then D, B, G. The third note moved up a step, in the first bar, so the answer is "near the beginning", or bar 1. At Grade 3 the student would add that it was a change of pitch, not of rhythm. ### How the trainer matches this - Clap the pulse: an 8-bar piece, then 4 bars of clapping after a count-in, then 2 or 3 time. - Sing back: 3 echoes of 2 bars, in major keys, ranges as above. - Spot the change: 2-bar phrases at every grade (the exam's Grade 3 melody can be up to 4 bars); Grade 1 changes a note; Grade 2 a note or a rhythm; Grade 3 asks which kind. - Features: loud and quiet, smooth and detached from Grade 1; getting louder or quieter from Grade 2; speed changes at Grade 3. Every phrase is generated by the trainer; nothing is copied from exam papers or books. The full rules are on the how it works page. ### Common mistakes in the exam - Clapping every note of the tune instead of the steady beat. - Clapping the beat evenly with no strong beat, so the time is hard to hear. - Waiting too long before singing back, and losing the phrase. - Guessing the changed bar after the first notes instead of listening to the end. ### Sources - [ABRSM aural tests Grade 1: a guide](https://jadebultitude.com/abrsm-aural-tests-grade-1/), an independent music teacher's website. The four Grade 1 tests: pulse and 2 or 3 time, three 2-bar echoes in a major key from the keynote to the third, a changed note at the beginning or the end, and questions on dynamics and articulation. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. - [ABRSM aural test Grade 3: a guide](https://jadebultitude.com/abrsm-aural-test-grade-3/), an independent music teacher's website. Grade 3: echoes within an octave, mostly by step with intervals up to a third; a melody of up to 4 bars with one change of pitch or rhythm, saying which and where; questions that add tempo. Last reviewed 19 October 2026. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. ### Frequently asked questions **Are these the exam board's own tests?** No. This page describes the kinds of question in the common Grade 1 to 3 aural syllabus, from published teachers' guides. The exam board's own syllabus is the authority; check it before an exam. The trainer's tests are generated by this site and are not the exam board's. **How many marks is the aural section worth?** It varies by exam board and changes over time, so check the current syllabus for the exam being taken. The trainer scores each test out of 100 for practice; that is not an exam mark. **Does the student have to say the answers out loud?** In the exam, yes, or by pointing where allowed. The trainer uses tapped answers instead of listening for speech, so practise saying the answer out loud as you tap. --- # Free aural practice printables to download, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/printables/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > Free one page PDFs for aural practice at home, in A4 or Letter: a practice log, an interval and cadence reference card and a weekly tick chart. ## Free printables for aural practice Three one page sheets for aural practice at home: a practice log, a reference card for intervals, cadences and features, and a tick chart for six weeks. Each is a PDF made in your browser, in A4 or US Letter, free to print. Last updated 21 October 2026. - [Aural practice log](https://auraldesk.com/printables/aural-practice-log/)A one page log for aural practice at home: each row records the date, which of the four tests were practised, for how long, what went well and what to work on. - [Interval and cadence reference card](https://auraldesk.com/printables/interval-and-cadence-card/)A one page card that puts the sounds of aural practice into plain words: the intervals from the keynote with their semitones, the four cadences and how each one ends a phrase, and the features a question may ask about. - [Aural practice tick chart](https://auraldesk.com/printables/practice-tick-chart/)A six week chart with a box for each of the four aural tests on every day, so a child can tick what they practised and see the weeks fill up. Then practise with the [aural test trainer](https://auraldesk.com/): all four tests for Grades 1 to 3, marked through the microphone. The rules are on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/). --- # Aural practice log to print, free PDF, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/printables/aural-practice-log/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > A free one page aural practice log to print in A4 or Letter: the date, which of the four tests, the minutes, what went well and what to work on next. ## Aural practice log A one page log for aural practice at home: each row records the date, which of the four tests were practised, for how long, what went well and what to work on. It is for a parent sitting beside a young musician, an adult candidate or a teacher who wants a week of practice on paper. By the Auraldesk team. Published 21 October 2026. Last updated 21 October 2026. The US Letter page, as the PDF prints it. ### Download it Aural practice log: 1 page, made in your browser when you press Download. ### What is on the page - Lines for the student's name, grade and teacher - A row for each practice day (15 on Letter, 17 on A4): the date, four tick boxes for tests A to D, the minutes, what went well and what to work on - A key to the four tests: clap the pulse, sing back, spot the change, listen for a feature The PDF is made in your browser when you press Download, with the text set in real type so it prints sharp. It is free to print and copy for your own students or family. Free downloads carry a small credit line in the page footer: Made with Auraldesk, auraldesk.com. ### Then practise the tests The [aural test trainer](https://auraldesk.com/) plays all four tests for Grades 1 to 3, generated fresh each time, and marks singing and clapping through the microphone in this browser. The rules it follows are on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/); the other sheets are on the [printables](https://auraldesk.com/printables/) page. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. --- # Interval and cadence reference card, free PDF, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/printables/interval-and-cadence-card/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > A free reference card to print: intervals from the keynote with their semitones, four cadences and how each one sounds, and the features to listen for. ## Interval and cadence reference card A one page card that puts the sounds of aural practice into plain words: the intervals from the keynote with their semitones, the four cadences and how each one ends a phrase, and the features a question may ask about. It is for students and the adults who practise with them, to keep on the music stand. By the Auraldesk team. Published 21 October 2026. Last updated 21 October 2026. The US Letter page, as the PDF prints it. ### Download it Interval and cadence reference card: 1 page, made in your browser when you press Download. ### What is on the page - Eight intervals from the keynote in a major key, with semitones and how each sounds - Four cadences, perfect, imperfect, plagal and interrupted, with their chords and how each feels - Six features to listen for, from loud and quiet to 2 time or 3 time The PDF is made in your browser when you press Download, with the text set in real type so it prints sharp. It is free to print and copy for your own students or family. Free downloads carry a small credit line in the page footer: Made with Auraldesk, auraldesk.com. ### Then practise the tests The [aural test trainer](https://auraldesk.com/) plays all four tests for Grades 1 to 3, generated fresh each time, and marks singing and clapping through the microphone in this browser. The rules it follows are on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/); the other sheets are on the [printables](https://auraldesk.com/printables/) page. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. --- # Aural practice tick chart for children, free PDF, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/printables/practice-tick-chart/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > A free tick chart to print for six weeks of aural practice: a box for each of the four tests on every day, a weekly total and space for a name. ## Aural practice tick chart A six week chart with a box for each of the four aural tests on every day, so a child can tick what they practised and see the weeks fill up. It is for parents of young musicians and for teachers who hand out a chart between lessons. By the Auraldesk team. Published 21 October 2026. Last updated 21 October 2026. The US Letter page, as the PDF prints it. ### Download it Aural practice tick chart: 1 page, made in your browser when you press Download. ### What is on the page - Space for a name, a grade and the date the chart starts - Six weeks by seven days, each day with four boxes for tests A to D - A total for each week and a key to the four tests The PDF is made in your browser when you press Download, with the text set in real type so it prints sharp. It is free to print and copy for your own students or family. Free downloads carry a small credit line in the page footer: Made with Auraldesk, auraldesk.com. ### Then practise the tests The [aural test trainer](https://auraldesk.com/) plays all four tests for Grades 1 to 3, generated fresh each time, and marks singing and clapping through the microphone in this browser. The rules it follows are on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/); the other sheets are on the [printables](https://auraldesk.com/printables/) page. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. --- # Aural practice and microphone marking questions, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/faq/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > Answers on privacy, headphones, iPhones, the grades covered, how accurate the marking is, teachers, printing and exam boards. ## Questions about the practice and the marking Privacy, headphones, iPhones, accuracy and teachers, answered plainly. The full rules are on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/), and the [trainer](https://auraldesk.com/) is where you practise. ### Frequently asked questions **Does my singing or clapping leave this device?** No. Auraldesk analyses the sound in your browser, in the page's memory, and keeps only the marks. Nothing is uploaded and no recording is saved: a take is gone after the next take or when the page closes. Profiles and attempt logs are saved in this browser only. **When does it ask for the microphone?** Only when you press a button to start a check or a test that is marked by listening. The microphone is open only while you sing or clap, and closed whenever the piano plays. **Should I use headphones?** Either works. With the device's own speaker, the microphone is closed while the piano plays, so it hears only you. Wired headphones work well too. Bluetooth headsets with their own microphone can switch into a low-quality call mode and add a delay, so the device's own microphone is better. The 4 second speaker check on the check page shows whether the microphone can hear your speaker. **Does it work on an iPhone or iPad?** It is built for current Safari on iPhone and iPad. On iPhones an open microphone makes the speaker quieter, so the trainer closes the microphone before anything plays and plays everything with the microphone closed. If the sound stays quiet after a test, reload the page. Run the check page once on a new device. **Does it work offline, and can I add it to my home screen?** Yes. After one visit with a connection, the trainer, the microphone check and the marking work offline; the microphone is still asked for only when you start a test. The first PDF needs a connection to fetch the PDF maker, then PDFs work offline too. On iPhone or iPad, open Auraldesk in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. Other browsers offer "Install Auraldesk" in the More menu or the footer. **Can I send a test to my student or my child?** Yes. During a test, press Share this. The link opens the same grade and test with exactly the same music in a current browser on any device, with the marking settings. It never holds a name, a profile, attempts or scores, and nothing the microphone heard. The person who opens it can keep a copy as their own attempt or dismiss it. On the free plan a kept test counts as one of the day's 2 attempts of that test, and a shared mock test needs Premium. **Which grades are covered?** Grades 1 to 3, all four kinds of test. Grades 4 and 5 are being prepared and will be added after review. **How accurate is the marking?** It marks pitch within 50 cents of each note in any octave, rhythm within 100 ms of where each note should start, and claps within 70 ms of the beat. It was checked with generated singing and clapping, with the numbers on the how it works page; no recordings of real people were used, so rooms, voices and devices may differ. Every mark shows what it heard and you can mark it yourself. The marker hears pitch and timing only. It cannot judge tone, expression or musical sense; a teacher can. **What if the mark is wrong?** Look at the pitch trace or the clap timeline to see what was heard, then press The mark was wrong and mark it yourself. Your mark is saved; the microphone's is kept beside it in the log on this device, so a teacher can see both. **Why will it not mark some takes?** When the singing or clapping is less than 12 dB louder than the background, a mark would be a guess, so it says so instead. Turn off a TV or fan, move closer to the device, and try again, or mark it yourself. **My child sings an octave lower. Is that marked wrong?** No. A note sung one or more octaves away from the played note counts as the same note, and the result says it was sung an octave lower. **What if the microphone is blocked or there is none?** Every test still plays and can be done. Spot the change and features are tapped anyway; for singing and clapping you mark yourself with simple choices. To turn the microphone on later, allow it in the browser's site settings and reload. **Can a teacher use it?** Yes. A teacher can run the mock test in a lesson, and a student can bring the teacher sheet: what was practised, scores and dates, and the areas to work on, as a PDF or printed. Up to 5 students can have their own profile on one device. **Can I print the teacher sheet?** Yes: Print the sheet prints a clean A4 or Letter page with the browser's print dialog, and Download the PDF makes an A4 PDF in the browser. **Are these the exam board's tests?** No. Every phrase and passage is generated by this site, in the style of the common Grade 1 to 3 aural tests such as ABRSM's. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. **Does it use speech recognition?** No. Answers such as 2 time or 3 time are tapped, so nothing listens for words. Say the answer out loud as you tap, as you would in the exam. **How do I move practice to another device?** Download a backup on the trainer page and restore it on the other device. A backup holds the profiles and the attempt log, never any recording. --- # About the aural test trainer, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/about/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-21 > What Auraldesk is: a free browser trainer for the Grade 1 to 3 aural tests that marks singing and clapping by microphone, and what it is not. ## About Auraldesk A practice tool for the aural part of graded music exams at Grades 1 to 3, for students, the parents who sit beside them, adult candidates and teachers. ### Why we made it The aural tests are the part of a music exam that is hardest to practise alone. Pieces and scales can be played every day, but clapping a pulse or singing back a phrase needs someone to play the music and someone to say whether it was right. Between lessons that someone is usually a parent, who may not read music, may not trust their own ear, and cannot tell whether a note was a little flat or simply wrong. We built Auraldesk so that daily practice of all four tests needs only a phone, a tablet or a laptop. It plays the music, listens to the answer, and shows what it heard, so the student and the parent can both see where a note or a clap went. ### What it does It generates new tests every time for Grades 1 to 3: clap the pulse, sing back, spot the change, and listen for a feature. Singing is marked by pitch and rhythm, clapping against the beat, and the tapped answers exactly. Every mark comes with a pitch trace or a clap timeline, and anyone can mark an attempt themselves when the microphone gets it wrong. A mock test runs the four in exam order with answer times, and a teacher sheet shows what was practised. The rules and tolerances are on [how it works](https://auraldesk.com/how-it-works/); the [check page](https://auraldesk.com/check/) sets up the microphone; the [guides](https://auraldesk.com/guides/) cover a daily routine, a child who will not sing, and what the tests ask. ### How it treats your voice The sound from the microphone is analysed in the browser and nothing is recorded to keep or sent anywhere. The microphone is asked for only when you start a test, and it is closed whenever music plays. Profiles and attempt logs stay in this browser, with a backup file you control. There is no account. ### On a phone, and offline After one visit with a connection, practice works offline, PDFs too once one has been made. On iPhone or iPad: open Auraldesk in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. ### What it is not - Not an examiner. The marker hears pitch and timing only. It cannot judge tone, expression or musical sense; a teacher can. - Not the exam board's material. Every phrase and passage is generated by this site for practice; no exam board's tests or books are copied. - Not a prediction of an exam result. - Not a replacement for a teacher, who hears what a microphone cannot. ### Contact Questions, and reports of a mark that looks wrong, go to socialreminderinfo@gmail.com. Describe the test and what the trace showed; there is no recording to send. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. --- # Premium for the aural test trainer, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/premium/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > Premium adds unlimited attempts, the timed mock test, the teacher sheet and 5 students. Grades 1 to 3 practice, 2 attempts of each test a day, stays free. ## Auraldesk Premium The trainer is the free product: Grades 1 to 3, every test type, 2 attempts of each a day, with every mark and trace. Premium adds unlimited attempts, the timed mock test, the teacher sheet and up to 5 students. The lifetime plan suits one exam season or a whole grade band. ### What Premium adds - Unlimited attempts (free is 2 of each test a day) - The timed mock test in exam order, with a total and a weak-area list - The teacher sheet: what was practised, scores and dates, as a PDF or printed - Up to 5 student profiles in this browser - Grades 4 and 5 when they are added Weekly, yearly and lifetime plans are available. #### Free forever - Grades 1 to 3, all 4 test types, 2 attempts of each a day - Microphone marking with the pitch trace and clap views, and marking yourself - The microphone and speaker check - 1 student profile with its attempt log, and backup export and import ### Choose a plan Loading plans. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled anytime from the link in your receipt email. Access is tied to this browser; keep your receipt email for account recovery. Already subscribed elsewhere? [Restore access](https://auraldesk.com/restore/). ### Frequently asked questions **What stays free?** Grades 1 to 3 and all 4 test types, 2 attempts of each test a day, microphone marking with the pitch trace and clap views, marking yourself, the microphone check, and 1 student with the attempt log and backups. No account is needed and your voice never leaves your browser. **What does Premium add?** Unlimited attempts, the timed mock test in exam order, the teacher sheet as a PDF or printed, up to 5 students in this browser, and Grades 4 and 5 when they are added. It does not change how anything is marked. **How is the daily count kept?** In this browser, by the day in your own time zone. Starting a test counts it; at local midnight the count starts again at 0. **Which plan suits us?** Lifetime suits a student working through a grade band, weekly suits the last days before an exam, and yearly suits a teacher or a family with more than one student. --- # Privacy: your voice stays in your browser, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/privacy/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > How Auraldesk handles the microphone, profiles and practice logs: sound is analysed in your browser, never recorded to keep, and nothing is uploaded. ## Privacy: your voice stays in your browser How Auraldesk handles the microphone, profiles and practice logs: sound is analysed in your browser, never recorded to keep, and nothing is uploaded. Last updated 19 October 2026 ### The microphone The browser asks for the microphone only after you press a button to start a check or a test that is marked by listening. While you sing or clap, the sound is read into the page's memory and analysed there for pitch and timing. It is never uploaded and never saved: a take is kept in memory only for its result (so you can hear it again) and is gone after the next take or when the page closes. The microphone is closed as soon as each take ends. The site does not use speech recognition. ### What you type A student's name is optional; without one the profile is called Student 1 and so on. You choose a grade. The site never asks who you are and has no field for an email address or a photo. ### What stays on your device There is no server side to this site: it is a set of static files, and everything runs in your browser. Profiles and the attempt log (dates, test types, scores, and how each was marked) are written to your browser's own local storage, under keys beginning with `auraltrainer` (one of them is a short test that storage works, removed straight away). They belong to one browser on one device: they do not follow you to another device, they are not backed up by us, and nobody else can read them. Clearing site data for this site removes them permanently. Download a backup to keep a copy; that file is saved wherever you choose and is yours to keep or delete. A teacher sheet PDF is made in your browser and saved to your downloads. ### No accounts There is no sign up, no sign in, no email capture and no password. Every page, including the trainer and the teacher sheet, works without identifying yourself in any way. ### What is collected No account, no advertising identifiers, and nothing you enter. Standard web server logs kept by the static host may record the request for a page, its time and a network address, in the ordinary way any web server records a request. ### Page counts If page visit counting is switched on for this site, visits are counted through Cloudflare. The count sets no cookie, cannot follow you to another site, and records that a page was opened, never what you typed. ### Purchases If paid plans are offered, a purchase is handled by RevenueCat and Stripe, who receive what a payment needs, such as your email address and card, and never any sound, name or practice log. An anonymous purchase id is stored in this browser so your access is recognised here. ### Typeface Headings are set in Instrument Serif, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and served from this site, so no font service sees your visit. The licence sits beside it at [/fonts/OFL.txt](https://auraldesk.com/fonts/OFL.txt). ### Cookies Auraldesk sets no cookies of its own and carries no advertising or cross site tracking scripts. ### Changes If this policy changes in a way that affects what is collected, the change will appear on this page. ### Contact Questions about privacy go to socialreminderinfo@gmail.com. Since nothing is stored on a server, most requests are answered by telling you which local storage keys to clear. --- # Terms of use for the aural test trainer, Auraldesk URL: https://auraldesk.com/terms/ Last reviewed: 2026-10-19 > The terms that apply when you use Auraldesk: what the practice and its marks can be relied on for, your data, refunds and what stays free. ## Terms of use The terms that apply when you use Auraldesk: what the practice and its marks can be relied on for, your data, refunds and what stays free. Last updated 19 October 2026 ### What this is Auraldesk is a practice tool for the aural tests of graded music exams at Grades 1 to 3. It generates practice tests by fixed rules and marks singing and clapping through your microphone by fixed tolerances. Marks are practice feedback, not exam marks, and are not a prediction of an exam result. The marker hears pitch and timing only; it cannot judge tone, expression or musical sense. Exam boards set their own syllabuses and change them: check the current syllabus for the exam being taken. ### Names used Exam board names appear on this site only to describe the style of practice. Auraldesk is not affiliated with ABRSM, Trinity College London, AMEB, RCM or any exam board. ### What is free These stay free with no account. A paid tier adds the extras listed on the Premium page. Nothing free is moved behind a gate to make room for it. - Grades 1 to 3, all 4 test types, 2 attempts of each a day - Microphone marking with the pitch trace and clap views, and marking yourself - The microphone and speaker check - 1 student profile with its attempt log, and backup export and import ### Your data Anything the site remembers is stored by your own browser on your own device. You can clear it at any time, we cannot recover it, and it does not follow you to another device. Microphone sound is never stored at all. Download a backup to keep a copy of the profiles and the attempt log. ### Refunds Not happy with a purchase? Email [socialreminderinfo@gmail.com](mailto:socialreminderinfo@gmail.com) within 14 days of a first purchase, or within 7 days of a renewal, and we will refund it. Send the message from the email address you used at checkout, and include: - the email address used at checkout (if you are writing from a different address) - your access code, shown on the [Premium](https://auraldesk.com/premium/) page while you have Premium on the browser you purchased from - roughly when you purchased, and which plan (weekly, yearly or lifetime) - the last 4 digits of the card, if you have the receipt handy That is everything needed to find the purchase and process the refund. This policy does not limit any statutory rights you may have. ### Acceptable use Use the site for practice and teaching. Do not scrape it at a rate that degrades it for other people. ### Warranty and liability The site is provided as it is, without warranty of any kind. To the extent the law allows, Auraldesk is not liable for any loss arising from its use or from reliance on a mark it gives, including an exam result. ### Contact Questions, and reports of a mark that breaks a stated rule, go to socialreminderinfo@gmail.com. Describe the test and what the trace showed. A mark that breaks a stated rule is a defect and gets fixed.