How Good Are Your Listening Skills?
Rockschool guitar exams assess students using three main ear test types: Melodic recall, Rhythmic recall, and Harmonic recall. Each test requires students to listen carefully and reproduce melodies, rhythms, or chord sequences on the guitar.
Focused Ear Training is Crucial for Rockschool Success: The ear test section is a significant part of the Rockschool guitar exams, designed to develop crucial listening skills. It is recommend to practice and develop these skills even if you aren’t practicing for a Rockschool guitar exam. Mastery in these tests enhances your ability to hear melodies, rhythms, and chords, which is essential for musicianship and practical playing.
The official Rockschool books offer limited ear test examples, so I’ve created multiple additional MP3 ear tests with answers for every exam grade (1-8), available on my website www.rockschooleartests.com My PDF eBooks with MP3 tracks aim to support students struggling with the ear test section to improve their listening skills and exam performance.
- Rockschool guitar exams include ear tests on melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic recall.
- Melodic ear tests start simply hearing a melody go up/down to pentatonic scales and then progress to hearing multiple scales.
- Rhythmic ear tests for Rockschool Grades1-3 focus on replicating rhythms played on a single string.
- Harmonic ear tests for Rockschool Grades 4-8 require identifying and strumming chord sequences in given keys.
- Higher grades require distinguishing between closely related scales and chords, including Major 7 chords.
My Rockschool guitar ear tests fill a crucial gap in exam preparation by offering extensive, practical ear training materials. Covering melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ear tests across all grades, these resources help students develop critical listening skills through repeated practice and familiarity with required scales and chords. This structured approach to ear training significantly enhances students’ confidence and abilities, leading to better outcomes in exams and overall musicianship.
More practice resources are available at www.rockschooleartests.com