<p>Sorry but I still need details about eartraining audition at JP.I really wonder the standard of eartraining.I mean..as a voice major student,will I listen to a chord or a short piece of music and write down the notes?or I just have to sing it out .It really matters me cuz it is about the perfect pitch.If I have to write down it ,is it difficult? Really need help ,please ...</p>
<p>My daughter did ear training at the precollege for 2 years. She had no prior experience. She has perfect pitch, which helped somewhat, and was maybe a slight crutch in the beginning. But most of the students don’t have perfect pitch. Some will have studied ear training for years but many, like you, will be new to it. Don’t worry- if you are accepted to the precollege you will take an ear training placement class. You will be put into an appropriate class. My daughter’s ear got her placed into a higher class than most beginners, so it was a little harder for her because she was unfamiliar with the lingo. But it was not impossible; she caught up without too much stress.</p>
<p>excuse ,you meant that the eartraining audition is simple and It is just a “tool” that divide students into different level classes?</p>
<p>Oh sorry but I just notice that I made I mistake It should be “EXcuse me”…sorry for misunderstanding.:)</p>
<p>GlassHarmonica is correct, you get into pre college based on your audition, period. Ear training and music theory exams are for placement into the appropriate level class, since kids come in with varying levels of experience, from none to a lot. BTW having perfect pitch doesn’t help much in ear training because most of it deals with relative pitch levels, and the instructors when they find out kids have perfect pitch are pretty careful to make sure they don’t use it as a crutch…put it this way, a lot of kids getting in there on instruments have focused almost their entire time mastering the instrument, and things like theory and ear training are not part of their training in any significant fashion.</p>