She's my teacher and I look forward to our half hour learning sessions every week. They have become the highlight of my life.

Kety was my teacher mostly throughout secondary school all the way to sixth form. She's one of the big reasons I also wanted to be a music teacher... she's absolutely brilliant! A total professional and utter legend. x

I feel so much better after watching this because i was so worried i would go wrong and i am not worried anymore, your a great teacher

So clear and helpful thank you. I’m an older lady taking grade 1 soon and have been worrying about this part of the exam 😅xx

Thanks Katy I can see you’re a great teacher. Thinking of doing grade one even though I’m 40 and more of a guitar player, accidentally got hooked on piano too 🙂

Oh, wow! Thank you! I just sent in my vocal audition for The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (formerly called "The Mormon Tabernacle Choir). I will not find out my results from the audition for about 2 weeks. And then, if I pass, I'll the test will be about 2 weeks after that! In the meantime of waiting for our results, we are encouraged to prepare for the 2-hour test! :P I'm a self-taught pianist (beginning at age 14... and I've wanted to be in this choir since I was that age and dreams of "someday" being in this choir. My someday is finally here! But I've had plenty of incorrect self-taught decades of experience!;)) I've memorized many chords with my left hand, have good pitch, and a fairly large range of octaves, and my clapping actually comes naturally, but I worry if I will know enough like "register" I have developed some of these things without knowing the names of what I'm doing. I also don't know some of the vocabulary words like "key register" and I've developed some sloppy habits, and I wasn't sure how I'd fare on the test, but I feel some confidence from your examples. I am very grateful for some natural God-given gifts with music. With prayer and practice, I'm hoping to get in! I don't suppose you could point me to a few of your videos that would cover the following (though this did some of those things), ...OR BETTER YET... make a video on auditioning for the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. I think it might actually make you an overnight success with the hundreds of us who are vying to get into this world-renowned choir but aren't sure if we have what it takes to pass the theory test. What do they mean by Tonal Center, Key tone, Register...etc... I'm not sure what they will have me do on those. Here is a basic outline of what we will be tested on. (Please consider making a video. Then every summer at this same time, when people research how to audition test for Tabernacle Choir, your search results will be there! Have I sold you on the great idea yet?! :) :) :) ==== They write on the application form: "...Advanced study in music theory is not required to obtain the scores necessary to advance to the in-person auditions. [One must get 80% on the exam]...  Notation of pitch  Time division  Note and rest values  Time signatures  Intervals  Basic scales  Major scales  Minor scales  Key signatures  Triads 2. Areas Covered on the Music Skills Assessment The Music Skills Assessment includes the following tests, some of which are written while others require you to listen and select the best answer. Music Fundamentals (written) Tonal Memory (aural) • Listen to a solid chord and an arpeggiated chord. • Decide if the first, second, third, or fourth note of the arpeggiated chord is changed from the notes in the solid chord. Melody Recognition (aural) • Listen to a melody played alone, then harmonized. • In the harmonized version, decide if the melody is in the highest, middle, or lowest part. Pitch Recognition (aural) • Listen to the key tone (first note shown), and determine the pitch of the second note. • Decide if the first, second, third, or none of the pitches following the key tone is the pitch shown. Major-Minor Mode Discrimination (aural) • Listen to the two chords in question. Decide if they are major or minor. • Listen to a phrase. Decide if it is in major or minor or if it changes mode. Feeling for Tonal Center (key tone, key center) (aural) • Listen to four chords of the key. Then listen to three tones played separately, and decide which is the key tone. • Listen to a phrase. Decide which of the notes is the key tone. Auditory-Visual Discrimination (aural and visual) • Listen to four measures. Identify which measures are played differently in pitch from the notation. • Listen to four measures. Identify which measures are played differently in rhythm from the notation. Musical Aptitude (aural) • Your natural aptitude for musical activity is tested by a series of short musical statements followed by musical answers. You are asked to determine whether they are alike or different, either tonally or rhythmically. ==== Wouldn't it be fun to go over these in a new video this week? I'd be happy to be a zoom guest and be the "test take" if you'd like to make it more interesting. :) Well, I know this is a long shot, but I thought I'd ask you anyhow. You are very gifted at the piano and your singing was pleasant too! I wish you all the best, even if you don't want to make a video on this! Regards, Christine

my exam is today and i have been so worried, thank you for helping!

I hope my examiner is as friendly as you in two weeks! Thank you 😊

I have my first piano grade test in July and was very scared,after watching this video I am not as scared so thank you very much :)

You are an inspiration Katy your enthusiasm positively glows.

Poppy here, David's granddaughter. That video was brilliant and really useful. I have my grade 1 recorder exam on Saturday and you have made everything clear and you really inspired me to grow my confidence. Merci Beaucop

Thank you for this, my exam is in around 2 weeks and I was a little nervous for this section of the exam but I’m excited now! 😊

I have my test in March, it’s close, you helped me a lot.

Thank you for taking the time to produce these videos. They are a great help.

Thank you so much you made this tutorial This helped me ALOT in Aural training Thanks

Great tips, thanks ❤

Very helpful. Thanks a lot. Much appreciated (for my granddaughter doing her first recorder exam).

Thank you Katy. This has prepared me for my aural exam today. You explained it very well :)

You’re an excellent teacher 👏

I'm in my 40s and I'm going to do Grade 1. This is SO helpful, thank you!

Thank you for making this! I feel a lot less nervous now 😂

Hello, ypu are such a great teacher thank you! By the way, do you know anyone called David dear?

Thank you for explaining this so well.

You are very helpful!!! Thank u so much. Very detailed.

Wow you are great You helped me with my abrsm exam Thank you

Brilliant video, thank you.

This is so good. Thank you. You’re great.

this is amazing!!

Can you please do a video on grade 2 aural test

you're a great teacher!! :)

I’m about to do my grade 1 exam,so this helped a lot

Thanku mam this is very helpful video for me but i need some more practice love from India mam 🇮🇳

This is so useful, thank you.

This is very helpful Thank you very much

It was a wonderful and helpful practicing especially for me , bcz I am going to attend grade 1 for the first time , I has little curiosity but now it's not. Thank you for the wonderful contractions among us. Bye bye

This is so helpful. Thank you!

Thank you very much, that was very clear. For the clapping exercise, do they play it only once, or can you ask them to replay it a few times if you're not sure?

This is the best tutorial for aural test. Where can I find similar Vedio for grade 2 and grade 3?

Can you do a more recent one

Thank you so much!

THANK YOU.

Great video!

Thank you

It was very helpful

Could you ask the examiner to play it again? Btw you're a great teacher!

Hello Katy, and thank you for this really helpful video. I will be taking my grade 8 soon hopefully. May I know if you are an examiner for ABRSM?

very good

This is fabulous. I’m 47 and I am starting to plan to do the guitar grade exams. I was worried about this part and your video gave me such confidence, do you give online lessons?

Ryan is my name

atleast i can pass the aural test 😙

I definitely didn't try and find a grade 1 tutorial as a grade 8 flute player to feel good about myself. definitely not.

Shes like vegan teacher

Why do you teach