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What is Ameb Exam?
What is AMEB exams?
Exam time, stress, tension, the hours and hours of practice. Then the day comes, it's your turn to enter the examination room. You play your set pieces, you fly through your technique. The aural tests and sight reading is easier than you thought they would be. What is left? The general knowledge section, it is the part that seems to escape many students. The questions they ask is easy! It is over, you wait for the envelope marked "for teacher "that holds your exam mark in it. How did you do? You have a look, you passed! All the hard work finally paid off. What a relief now to start on your next exam.
The Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) emerged in 1918 as a national organization with the purpose of providing graded assessments results of music students. They are now also assess speech and drama students. Exams are a way to see what kind of standard students over other students in same level. In almost all instruments set guidelines in the manual of curriculum for teachers and students can follow.
There are basically two (2) types of exams, you can do with the AMEB. There are practical exam and written exam. I'm going to talk about the practical exam.
The practical exam is where the Students will demonstrate their skills as a musician. You are tested with an examiner in the room with you. There is a minimum of five sections for the practical exam, they are: studies and pieces (including extra lists), technical work, aural tests, sight reading and general knowledge.
INVESTIGATIONS And pieces
The studies and pieces is the music you want to play in the exam. When you buy a grade book for your instrument lists of songs. For example, List A, List B and List C (higher grades have more lists). Each list has a number of music pieces for you to play. For the exam you get to choose one song from each list. I recommend trying to learn all the pieces and then select the pieces you can play the best, and those that show all your skills. From second grade to seventh grades, you must provide some extra list pieces. These can be taken from your exam book, or you may find a different song at a similar standard. There are lists of additional list pieces in the Manual of curriculum. Check it out with your teacher.
TECHNICAL WORK
Tech books can be purchased for your grade level. Usually they have more than one quality in them. The technique is things like scales, arpeggios, and all types of small exercises, a mass which will play from memory. Nobody reads the music here! Check with your teacher, what technique you should do from memory.
Phonetic TESTS
Depending on what quality you are, there are different phonetic test the examiner will ask you to do. You can guarantee, however, there will be some singing required of any grade. So get the vocal cords out and start practicing. In smaller classes, you will be required to clap a rhythm. Work on your pitch and rhythm, and you should be fine.
SIGHT READING
This section of the exam requires the student to play a piece of music they've never seen before. They will give you a minute or so to look over it before you play. Use this time wisely. Look at the key signature, as the entry and speed.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
In general knowledge, the examiner looks at pieces you have played and will ask you some questions about them. The questions can be as simple as "what type of note is that?" But they can make you some harder questions. General Knowledge is different for each grade. Check the syllabus for more information.
Most of all, you should try to enjoy the exam. Stresses out will only make your game worse! Have fun.
What is AMEB
exams?
written by Elizabeth Morgan
Exam time, it can be stressful, there is tension and there is definitely hours and hours of practice.
Then the day comes, it's your turn to enter the exam room. You play your set pieces; you fly through your technique. The aural tests and sight reading is easier than you thought they would be. What is left? The general knowledge section, it is the part that seems to escape many students.
The questions they ask is easy! It is over, you wait for the envelope marked "the teacher" it keeps your exam mark in it. How did you do?
You have a look inside the envelope, you passed! All the hard work finally paid off.
What a relief now to start your next exam.
The Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB) emerged in 1918 as a national body
with the aim of providing graded assessments of the results music students.
They are now also assess speech and drama students. Exams are a way to see what kind
standard students against other students in same level. In almost all instruments
There are guidelines set down in the manual of curriculum for teachers and students to follow.
There are fundamental two (2) types of examinations you can do with the AMEB. There are practical exam and written exam. I'm going to talk about the practical exam.
The practical exam is where students will demonstrate their skills as a musician. You are tested with an examiner in the room with you. There is a minimum of five sections for the practical exam, they are: studies and pieces (including extra lists), technical work, aural tests, sight reading and general knowledge.
STUDIES AND PIECES
The studies and pieces is the music you want to play in the exam. When you buy a grade book for your instrument lists of songs. For example, List A, List B and List C (higher grades have more lists). Each list has a number of music pieces for you to play. For the exam you get to choose one song from each list. I recommend trying to learn all the pieces and then select the pieces you can play the best, and those that show all your skills. From second grade to seventh grades, you must provide some extra list pieces. These can be taken from your exam book, or you may find a different song at a similar standard. There are lists of additional list pieces in the Manual of curriculum. Check it out with your teacher.
Technical work
Tech books can be purchased for your grade level. Usually they have more than one quality in them. The technique is things like scales, arpeggios, and all types of small exercises, a mass which will play from memory. Nobody reads the music here! Check with your teacher, what technique you should do from memory.
Phonetic TESTS
Depending of what quality you are, there are different phonetic test the examiner will ask you to do. You can guarantee, however, there will be some singing required of any grade. Then the vocal cords out and start practicing. In smaller classes, you will be required to clap a rhythm. Work on your pitch and rhythm, and you should be fine.
SIGHT READING
This part of the exam requires the student to play a piece of music they've never seen before. They will give you a minute or so to look over it before you play. Use this time wisely. Look at the key signature, as the entry and speed.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
In general knowledge, the examiner looks at the pieces, you have played and will ask you some questions about them. The questions can be as simple as "what type of note is that?" But they can ask you some harder questions. General Knowledge is different for each grade. Check the syllabus for more information.
Most of all, you should try to enjoy the exam. Stressed out will only make your game worse! Have fun. E. Morgan
For additional information about your instrument exam, have a chat with your teacher.
AMEB (2006), 2007 Manual of the curriculum – Music Curriculum, Australian Music Examinations Board, Melbourne.
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