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.
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 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; the other sheets are on the printables page.
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