Drums/Percussion Grade 8: Aural Tests
Concert-level aural: sight-singing with chromatic passages; advanced harmonic analysis; detailed stylistic and structural commentary
What you'll learn
- 1
Imagine you're at a drum kit. 🥁 You hear a rhythm played on the hi-hat — it's a pattern of 4 beats: 'tick tick tick tick' — that's 4/4 time!
- 2
How many beats are in a bar of 4/4 time?
- 3
Tap along with this rhythm — it's in 4/4. Keep the pulse steady on the hi-hat (1-2-3-4).
- 4
Listen to this short drum pattern. Is it in 3/4 or 4/4? Let's work it out together. 🎧
- 5
A drum pattern repeats every 4 beats. What time signature is it?
- 6
Now you try! Listen to this rhythm and decide: is it 3/4 or 4/4? Tap the correct time signature icon.
- 7
In 3/4 time, how many beats are in each bar?
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