Ear Training

Le v e l 1

by Jennifer Fink

Book and CD Copyright 2007 Jennifer Fink www.jenspianostudio.com Permission is granted for the owner of this book to make an unlimited number of copies of the following materials for educational use. Sharing these materials with other teachers or studios is prohibited.

Table of Contents
Worksheet High, Low & Middle ... The High, Low, Middle Wiggle Upstairs & Downstairs The Elevator . Pick a Pattern #1 .. Pick a Pattern #2 . Draw a Pattern Lilypad Jumping .. Connect the Dots .. Elephants & Lions, #1 .... Elephants & Lions, #2 .... Turn it Up! Heartbeats . Arm Circles #1 ... Arm Circles #2 .. Conductor-in-Training . Alphabet Walk . Rhythm Patterns Movie Soundtracks Opposites . Whats the Word? #1 ... Whats the Word? #2 ..... Whats the Word? #3 ... Pick a Face .. Certificate of Achievement. Alphabet Cards . ...
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Workbook CD Page Track 4 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 5 9 6 10 7 11 8 12 9 13 10 14 11 15 12 16 13 17 14 18 15 19 16 20 17 21 18 22 19 23 20 24 21 25 22 26 23 27 24 28 29

HIGH, LOW AND MIDDLE

CD Track #1
Listen to each example on the CD. If you hear a high sound, circle the clouds. If you hear a low sound, circle the grass. If you hear a middle sound, circle the flower. You will hear each example played twice.

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The High, Low, Middle Wiggle!

CD Track #2 Turn on the CD and get ready to wiggle! Follow the moves below for each sound you hear. They get faster as you go...see if you can hang on until the end!

If you hear. High Sounds Middle sounds

Wiggle your fingers above your head. Swing your arms back and forth like windshield wipers.

low sounds
Wiggle your fingers in front of your shoulders. Swing your arms like windshield wipers.

Wiggle your fingers down by your feet. Swing your arms back and forth like a gorilla.

Upstairs & downstairs

CD Track # 3
For each example, listen to hear if the notes in the pattern get higher or lower. If they get higher, put Xs on the stairs going up. If they get lower, put Xs on the stairs going down. You will hear each sound 2 times.

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The Elevator
CD Track # 4
Listen to each example. If the notes in the pattern get higher as they go, draw a line from the number to the elevator going up. If the notes get lower, draw a line from the number to the elevator going down. If the notes stay the same, draw a line to the Out of Order sign. You will hear each sound played 2 times.

Elevator Closed Out of Order

Pick a Pattern #1
CD Track # 5
For each example, circle the pattern that best fits the sound you hear. The black dots are one pattern and the gray dots are another. You will hear each sound played 3 times.

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Pick a Pattern #2
CD Track # 6
Theyre back - and harder this time! For each example, circle the pattern that best fits the sound you hear. The black dots are one pattern and the gray dots are another. You will hear each sound played 3 times.

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Draw A Pattern
CD Track #7
Listen carefully to the CD while it plays each pattern. Pick a pattern from the pattern bank and copy it into the box. Each pattern will be played 3 times. You may need to pause the CD in between patterns while you draw.

Pattern bank

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Lilypad Jumping
CD Track #8
Listen to each example. Are the notes close together, like steps?, or far apart, like skips? If you hear steps, show the path the frog would take across the lilypads, jumping on every one. If you hear skips, show the path the frog would take if he skipped one on each jump. You will hear each example played 3 times.

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Connect the dots

CD Track #9
Listen to each example. If you hear steps, color in all of the dots in the line from left to right. If you hear skips, color from right to left, skipping a dot each time. You will hear each example 3 times.

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9

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Elephants & Lions #1

CD Track #10
Are the sounds you hear loud, like an elephant thumping through the jungle, or soft like a lion sneaking through the grass? Draw a line from each number to the picture that matches it best. You will hear each example played 2 times.

#1 #1 #2

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Elephants and Lions #2

CD Track #11 Now its your turn to be the elephant and the lion! Listen to the CD and follow the directions below.

If you hear... Loud Sounds

Soft Sounds

Stomp around the room taking big steps like an elephant

Sneak around the room on your tiptoes like a lion

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Turn it Up!
CD Track #12
Listen to each example. Is it loud, medium or soft? Draw a line on the volume control to show what you hear.

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soft

loud

soft

loud

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soft

loud

soft

loud

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soft loud

#6
soft loud

#7
soft loud

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soft loud

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Heartbeats
CD Track #13
Listen to the speed of the music on the CD. If the music has a fast heartbeat, tap the small hearts below. If the music has a medium heartbeat, tap the medium hearts below. If the music has a slow heartbeat, tap the big hearts below. Keep tapping until you hear the heartbeat change.

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Arm Circles #1
CD Track #14
Listen for the heartbeat in each example on the CD. Make circles in the air with your arms to match the heartbeat, clapping when theyre together in the middle. When the heartbeats are fast, make little circles. When theyre slow, make big circles. Make medium circles when the heartbeats are somewhere in between fast and slow.

Fast Heartbeat

Medium Heartbeat

Slow Heartbeat

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Arm Circles #2
CD Track #15
Listen for the heartbeat in each example on the CD. This time, the heartbeat will stay the same, but the length of the notes in the melody will change! Start with medium circles, saying tah with each circle. Follow the directions below to show each change in the music.

Medium Notes

Short Notes

Say: Tee-Tee Say: Tah Long Notes

Say: Toe
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Conductor-in-Training
CD Track #16
Imagine you are a famous conductor. Your job is to keep the beat for the whole orchestra! In each song, listen until you can hear the heartbeat. Then, make the patterns with your hands, one motion for each beat.

Song #1 Make squares with your hands Count 1, 2, 3, 4

Song #2 Make triangles with your hands Count 1, 2, 3

Song #3 Draw lines like rainbows Count 1, 2

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Alphabet Walk
CD Track #17
Tear out the alphabet card page from the back of this book and cut out the cards. Lay them in a line on the floor. After you turn on the music, wait to hear 4 repeated notes, then, take one step forward with each beat, speaking one letter with each step. Pause for a beat, then take steps backwards, speaking the alphabet letters backwards as well. Stop and wait for another 4 repeated notes, then start again. Watch outthe music gets faster each time!

G F E D C B A
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Rhythm Patterns
CD Track #18
Listen to each example. Circle the rhythm that you hear. You will hear each rhythm twice.

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Movie Soundtracks
CD Track #19
Draw a line from each CD soundtrack to the movie scene it best matches.

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OPPOSITES
CD Track #20
Circle one word from each pair of opposites that best describe each song.

Loud Happy Fast

Soft Sad Slow

Loud Happy Fast

Soft Sad Slow

Bumpy Smooth
Song #1

Bumpy Smooth
Song #2

Loud Happy Fast

Soft Sad Slow

Loud Happy Fast

Soft Sad Slow

Bumpy Smooth
Song #3
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Bumpy Smooth
Song #4

What's the Word? #1

CD Track #21
As you listen to the song, color in all the bubbles with words that describe what you hear. If you can think of a word that you dont see, write it in the empty bubble.

exciting

angry

slow

peaceful smooth loud fast bumpy

scary sad soft

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sleepy

What's the Word? #2

CD Track #22
As you listen to the song, color in all the bubbles with words that describe what you hear. If you can think of a word that you dont see, write it in the empty bubble.

exciting

angry

slow

peaceful smooth loud fast sneaky scary sad soft

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bumpy

What's the Word? #3

CD Track #23
This time, you fill in the blanks! Write as many words as you can think of to describe the song you hear in the bubbles below.

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Pick a Face
CD Track #24
Listen to each song. Does the music make you feel happy or sad? As you listen, if you feel happy, color in the smiling mask. If you feel sad, color in the frowning mask.

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Certificate of Musical Achievement

___________________________ (student name)

has successfully completed Ear Training Book 1 and is now ready for Ear Training Book 2
___________________________ (teacher signature) ___________________________ (date)

Alphabet Card Cutouts

Pull this page out of your book and cut out the cards below to use with the Alphabet Walk on page 20.

A B C D E F G G G G