Classical profile, placement in first semester
Written (60 minutes)
- Music theory: determine intervals and triads (including inversions) in a given score
- Ear training: determine intervals (up to the octave) and triads (including inversions); melodic and bass dictation
- Harmony: Analysis of a brief excerpt and notation of a short passage with given scale degrees
- Analysis: Brief analysis of an example (with guided questions)
Oral (10 minutes)
- Sing intervals (up to the octave) and triads (including inversions)
- Tonal sight-singing
- Piano: prepared cadenzas and short figured bass example
Examples
Classical profile, placement in higher semester
Written (150 minutes, individual with iPod)
- Ear training: three melodic and harmonic dictations of increasing difficulty
- Harmony: three tasks of increasing difficulty
- Analysis of a movement from the Viennese Classical period in the form of a short text
Oral (30 minutes)
- Atonal and tonal sight-singing of increasing difficulty
- Three rhythm examples (incl. melody with simple pitches) of increasing difficulty
- Three harmonic sequences at the piano of increasing difficulty
Examples
Jazz profile
Written
- In the Bachelor Jazz profile, no written examination is conducted
Oral
- Ear training
- Sing scales (up to the octave)
- Sing intervals to a given drone note
- Sing intervals and chords
- Sight-singing of a II-V-I phrase
- Harmony
- Determine scales degrees and chords
- Identify secondary dominants
- Use roman numerals to analyse harmonic functions
- Rhythm
- Clap the rhythm of an example in 6/8 time with eight-note pulse in one foot and count to six
- Vocalise (scat) a ternary example in 4/4 time with quarter-note pulse in one foot, and clap or snap on beats two and four
- Clap a binary example with eight-note pulse in one foot, and count to four
- Make the polyrhythm 3 over 2 or 2 over 3 audible by tapping in both hands or between hands and feet. Count to two and then change to three or vice versa
- Example
Folk Music profile
There is no separate theory examination for the Bachelor of Arts in Music with Folk Music profile. The first year of study must be spent completing the modules Music Theory Basic I and Music Theory Basic II in the Classical or Jazz profile. Accordingly, the theory examination will take place in one of the two profiles specified at the time of application.
Bachelor of Arts/Music and Movement (all profiles)
Written (30 minutes) (example)
- Transcribe a pop/rock song from audio recording (example)
- Read and write intervals and triads (in treble and bass clef)
- Transpose a melody
- Notate a cadence (triads of steps the scale degrees I, II, IV, V, VI)
Oral (20 minutes) (example)
- Sight-sing a song (to piano accompaniment)
- Sing, listen to and determine intervals and triads
- Cadence on the piano: a simple bass line (length: 8-12 notes) is provided. Play this bass line with the left hand and add triads with the right hand. The bass note in the left is always the fundamental root of the respective triad
- Sight-reading rhythm
Theoretical aspects in the context of group improvisation
- Improvisation to a song on the main instrument:
- Prepare scales and simple sequence figures in the appropriate key
- Variation on the song theme
- Improvisation with this material to an ensemble accompaniment
- Basic rhythm figures in rhythm circle on percussion instrument
- Rhythms from the sheet (flipchart)
- Integrate the same rhythms in a free rhythm improvisation