Congratulations! Wishing you a wonderful time at Berklee, should you find yourself there. Those were some of the best days of my life.

This is extremely helpful thank you so much, I have a lot a work to do, where can I find those practice exercises?

@@xaviersmits Unfortunately I didn't end up getting that done! I do apologize about that. What I have my students do is: use random KZfaq tracks for backing tracks and improvise; use Tenuto app for learning to differentiate chords and the like. Transcription practice generally helps with the call-and-response part.

Don’t worry, you won’t get one that long!

It’s doable! Your performance piece, your personal vision, your ability to articulate your goals, all of those things play a role.

Hey is yours in february?

Did you get in

The process is really almost the same for any instrument, Berklee definitely needs cellists, so that’s great!

That was my first thought too. I ended up doing it this way because I thought someone mentioned the audition team “may or may not” count in the call and response exercises. Thanks for watching, Lauren!

@@HubGuitar i think it’s crazy that the college may not. “Just read our minds. Guess you can’t cut it.“

How’d your audition go?

i appreciate this video a lot. Thank you so much for your help!

regarding interval ear training, i don't think it's typically a "standard" question, for example to hear and identify an interval as a major 7th, etc. however it could be asked - as I understand it, the audition team have flexibility, it's a friendly conversation to see where your skills are more than it is some sort of test. but also, remember that they can infer your interval knowledge from call & response exercises; naming intervals is a "formal" skill that you could learn at berklee whereas being able to hear and repeat them is more of a naturally developed ear training that you're likely to learn on your own. i'm glad you found this helpful, and I wish you luck!

They’ll ask you to sing it

This would be a great question to ask admissions! :)

Thanks so much for the reminder! Unfortunately a bunch of things happened right at this time that led me to putting that on the shelf, but I do hope to revisit it! For now I would suggest using apps like tenuto, and just listening to music you like for call & response (melodic and rhythmic dictation). There are also ear training and dictation books that are useful!

Well, it's not supposed to be "hard" in that it crushes people and they fail. But don't be deceived if it seems "easy", either; even just by asking a hundred applicants to play a simple chord, a trained pair of ears can hear many differences. In other words, most people applying to Berklee can cope with these challenges, but there is still plenty of room to show your stuff.