Instrument Audition Practice
Section 1: Steady Beat & Coordination Exercises (worth a total of 5 points each)
1-STEADY BEAT: Students will be asked to clap a steady beat with a metronome and maintain the steady beat once the metronome stops
2-COORDINATION 1: Students will be asked to keep the steady beat by tapping their right foot on beats 1 & 3 and patting their right hand on their left shoulder with the steady beat
3-COORDINATION 2: Students will be asked to keep the steady beat by tapping their right foot on beats 1 & 3 and patting their right hand on their left shoulder with the steady beat while patting beats 2 & 4 with their left hand on their left leg
Section 2: Rhythm Echo Patterns (worth 5 points each)
Students will be asked to echo 4 different rhythm patterns on the hand drum. Each pattern increases in difficulty level.
rhythm 1.mp3
rhythm 2.mp3
rhythm 3.mp3
rhythm 4.mp3Section 3: Mallet Melody (worth 5 points each)
Students will be asked to echo play sections of the song "Hot Cross Buns" on the barred instruments.
Grading will be based on:
Pitch accuracy
Rhythmic accuracy
Mallet Technique
hot cross buns.mp3