Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover

Applicants to all artistic and artistic-educational bachelor's degree programmes, including the interdisciplinary bachelor's degree programme (school music), will be tested on their knowledge of ear training, music theory and general music theory.

Applicants for artistic and artistic-educational bachelor's degree programmes will be tested in an exam in the subjects of ear training, music theory and general music theory (example). The exam grade is used to classify applicants into performance levels and does not affect the overall grade for the aptitude test.

Applicants for the interdisciplinary Bachelor's programme (school music) will be tested in an exam in the subject of ear training and an oral examination in music theory.

Aural training

• Identifying and notating intervals, triads and tetrads
• Notating rhythms
• Unison melody dictation

Music theory/general music theory

• Notating polyphonic music in inversions
• Four-part arrangement of a given chord progression
• Questions on general music theory (multiple choice)

Oral examination in music theory (only interdisciplinary Bachelor's degree)

• Reproducing and naming intervals, rhythms, melodies and chords
• Describing a given musical score (key, time signature, harmony, structure, style, etc.)
• Composition of a short, elementary piece of music according to specifications (e.g. a thorough bass or chord symbol sequence)

The University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover offers courses to prepare for the aptitude test in the subjects of aural training/music theory. Courses start annually in November; further information will be announced here in good time.

Further recommendations for independent preparation:

• Open Music Academy website
• ‘Orlando’, online ear training programme
• Clemens Kühn, Ear Training for Self-Study
• Laura Krämer, General Music Theory