MusicYears 5–8Drums/Percussion

Drums/Percussion Grade 5: Aural Tests

Singing from sight with wider intervals; identifying cadences including plagal and interrupted; describing the style and period of a piece

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine tapping a drum 🥁. You can tap it LOUD (forte) or quiet (piano). Now imagine tapping it getting LOUDER and LOUDER 🚀 — that's called a crescendo!

  2. 2

    What does crescendo mean? 🎶

  3. 3

    Tap a drum that gets louder — start soft, then grow!

  4. 4

    Listen to this pattern: soft, soft, LOUD, LOUD. That's called a dynamic contrast — the volume changes!

  5. 5

    Which word means 'loud' in music? 🎼

  6. 6

    Now try the opposite — start loud and get quieter. That's a diminuendo!

  7. 7

    What is a diminuendo? 🎶

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