In the undergraduate entrance examination of the Freiburg Conservatoire, "Sight-singing and ear training" is specifically divided into two parts: "Geh?rbildung (listening training)" and "Musiktheorie (music theory)" , each has oral and written examinations.
The written test of Geh?rbildung lasts for 15 minutes, and requires only dictation of a single-part melody and a double-part melody. The Musiktheorie written test is 45 minutes long and does not involve piano performance. For one part that has been given, you need to fill in another (two or three) parts and complete it with the four measures that have been given (written ) a tune.
The annual undergraduate entrance examination is divided into two time periods: morning and afternoon. The written examinations of Geh?rbildung and Musiktheorie are mostly in the morning, while the afternoon is the examination time for undergraduate candidates' majors and piano. Each person takes about 15 minutes, and the oral test of "sight-singing and ear training" will also be conducted during it.
The content of the Geh?rbildung oral test is similar to that in China: singing tunes, patterning rhythms, listening and identifying scales (including medieval modes), listening to intervals, thirty-seven chords and identifying harmonic cadences.
What I want to mention here is that before I came to Germany to take the exam, I, like many current students, was concerned about "How many times can I play the pattern rhythm during the exam?" "How many times can I play the intervals or chords?" All the time?" and other questions. However, in our school's entrance examination, the number of times played will vary depending on the candidate's level. In the oral test, candidates can only listen once and tell the answer. In the written test, the professor will also determine the number of times to play the answer by observing the writing of most people. If the test taker has received certain training in China, the time and number of passes during the test must be sufficient.
Part of the content of the undergraduate Musiktheorie oral exam is based on the piano music selected by the candidate for the exam. The music theory professor among the judges will ask the candidates in German about the music played in the piano test
(So the piano test in the entrance examination requires you to bring the score into the examination room). The questions include determining the tonality of the music. As well as the functional attributes of a certain chord in the left hand in the score, etc. In addition, candidates also need to play a simple four-part harmony progression (such as tonika-supdominant-dominant-tonika) on the piano, with the left hand playing the bass and the right hand playing the upper three parts. A voice. This is the entire content of the "Sight-singing and Ear Training" section of the school's undergraduate entrance exam (please read the exam content on the school's official website carefully when preparing for the exam).