Prepare for a tutoring lesson.

Try this with Music

1. Pick one topic and bring a question, an attempted answer or a short section of your notes.
2. Write a goal you can check at the end, such as explaining a method or improving a response.
3. Choose one independent follow-up task to try after working through the example.

Pick a starting point

• Interval recognition by ear: major, minor, perfect and tritone within an octave
• Hearing tonality, scales/modes and modulation to the relative, dominant or subdominant key
• Rhythmic dictation: simple, compound and irregular metre, grouping, rests and time signatures
• Melodic dictation up to eight bars in a major or minor key, including rubato and vibrato
• Chord progressions by ear (I, ii, iii, IV, V, V7, vi) and chord-quality recognition
• Discrepancies and aural analysis: instruments, techniques, texture, form, dynamics and articulation

Plan a sample lesson

Choose one inventory topic and a goal. This plan stays in your browser until you download it; it is not sent to a tutor.