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Beethoven practicing ear training (circa 1820 ) 2004 Theory Test Ear Training Links: Prep Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 9 Advanced Level 2007 Theory Test Ear Training Links: Prep Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 9 Advanced Level 2008 Theory Test Ear Training Links: Prep Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 9 Advanced Level 2013 Theory Test Ear Training Links: Prep Level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 9 Advanced Leve l Beethoven after upgrading his headphones. Note the happier expression!

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Theta Ear Training Games by CM Level Preparatory Level: Flash Rhythms Rhythm Puzzles Level 1-4: Flash Rhythms Rhythm Puzzles Speed Chords Melodic Drops Harmonic Drops  Flash Intervals (Melodic) Flash Intervals (Harmonic) Chord Drops Flash Progressions (Major) Flash Progressions (minor) Level 5-8: Flash Rhythms Rhythm Puzzles Speed Chords Melodic Drops Harmonic Drops  Flash Intervals (Melodic) Flash Intervals (Harmonic) Speaker Chords Flash Chords Chord Drops Level 9-Advanced: Flash Rhythms Rhythm Puzzles Speed Chords Melodic Drops Harmonic Drops  Flash Intervals (Melodic) Flash Intervals (Harmonic) Speaker Chords Flash Chords

-- I will only be teaching the first two weeks of December. For most students this means only two lessons this month. My last regular teaching day will be Thursday, 12/11. Lesson payments for December need to include a  $15 per student recital fee . -- The next student recital will be held  Saturday, December 13th  from 2 to 6pm in the recital hall at CSUEB. Details about this event are posted on this website. -- For students participating in  Certificate of Merit  this spring, here are the CM dates for 2015: The performance evaluation date will be one of these: 2/14, 2/15, 2/21, or 2/22 The theory testing is either  3/7 or 3/8  (your choice) -- There will be no song of the month for December. -- The regular lesson schedule will resume in the new year on Sunday, January 4th. Have a happy holiday season, Jesse

-- I will not be teaching on these two Saturdays in March: 3/15 and 3/22.  -- As a reminder to CM students, here are the CM dates this month: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  March 1-2 and March 15-16 .   ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  March 8-9 . -- For CM students, here are two blog posts that should helpful to your Ear Training preparations:  CM Ear Training Evaluation mp3's  and  Theta Games for CM Students -- The next student recital will be held  Saturday, June 21st  from 2 to 6pm in the recital hall at CSUEB. Please save the date! -- The Song of the Month for March is "Buddy Holly" by Weezer. Have a happy day, Jesse

-- The month of February will be uninterrupted. (I am aware that Monday, Feb. 17 is President's Day... I will be teaching that day.) -- As a reminder to CM students, here are the CM dates for spring 2014: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  March 1-2 and March 15-16 .   ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  March 8-9 . Please keep all three of these weekends free. In mid-February I will receive the schedule and location details for each student's performance. For the theory testing weekend at Chabot College, you can drop in anytime between 8am-4pm on either Saturday or Sunday. -- For CM students, here are two blog posts that should helpful to your Ear Training preparations: CM Ear Training Evaluation mp3's and Theta Games for CM Students -- The Song of the Month for January and February is "Royals" by Lorde. Have a happy day, Jesse

-- My regular teaching schedule resumes on January 4th. The month of January will be uninterrupted. (I am aware that Monday, Jan. 20 is the M.L.K. Jr. holiday... I will be teaching that day.) -- As a reminder to CM students, here are the CM dates for spring 2014: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  March 1-2 and March 15-16 .   ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  March 8-9 . Please keep all three of these weekends free. In mid-February I will receive the schedule and location details for each student's performance. For the theory testing weekend at Chabot College, you can drop in anytime between 8am-4pm on either Saturday or Sunday. -- The Song of the Month for January and February is "Royals" by Lorde. Have a happy day, Jesse

-- My teaching schedule for November will be uninterrupted, save Saturday, 11/30. I will not be teaching that day in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. -- The  Theta Music Trainer  assignment for the month of November is these 3 exercises: Scales  --  Tone Drops Intervals  --  Flash Intervals (Melodic) Melody  --  Three Tones (Major) -- The next student recital will be held  Sunday, December 8th  from 2 to 6pm in the recital hall at CSUEB. Please save the date! -- Students participating in Certificate of Merit this spring are now officially enrolled. I will be collecting CM fees along with the November lesson payment. -- The song of the month for November is "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison. Have a happy day, Jesse

-- Lessons for the month of February will be uninterrupted. I am planning to teach a shorter schedule on Monday, 2/18 (President's Day). I will communicate with each Monday student individually as to whether we will be meeting that day. -- As a reminder to CM students, here are the CM dates for this month: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  February 16-17 and February 23-24.  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  February 16-17. -- The Theta Music assignment for February is the following exercises: Scales  --  Three Tones (Major) Chord Progressions --  Speaker Chords Theory & Notation --  Chord Spells Sound --  Band Match -- There will be no Song of the Month for February. We'll resume this monthly program in March. Have a happy day, Jesse

-- My regular teaching schedule resumes on Sunday, January 6th. The month of January will be uninterrupted. (I am aware that Monday, Jan. 21 is the M.L.K. Jr. holiday... I will be teaching that day.) -- As a reminder to CM students, here are the CM dates for spring 2013: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  February 16-17 and February 23-24.  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  February 16-17. -- The Theta Music assignment for January is the following exercises: Intervals  -- Harmonic Drops Chords -- Tone Trees Chords -- Speed Chords Rhythm -- Flash Rhythms -- There will be no Song of the Month for January or February. Have a happy day, Jesse

-- There will be three holidays observed in November where I will not be teaching: Monday, 11/12 (Veteran's Day), 11/22 & 11/25 (Thanksgiving weekend). The rest of the month will be as normal. -- The next student recital will be held  Saturday, December 15  from noon to 4pm in the recital hall at CSUEB. Save the date! -- Fees for  Certificate of Merit  students are due with November lesson payments. As a reminder, here are the CM dates for this spring: * Performance   evaluations will be held on the weekends of February 16-17 and February 23-24.  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of February 16-17. -- The  Theta Music Trainer  assignment for the month of November is these 4 exercises: Intervals  --  Melodic Drops Melody  --  Three Tones (Major) Rhythm  --  Rhythm Puzzles Sound  --  Channel Scramble -- The song of the month for Nove...

Sit through four student honor recitals, hand out programs, re-arrange chairs, shepherd wayward parents & families, decipher a succession of crazy accents, spar with a fellow teacher who comes back from her lunch break to find you manning her previous post and insists that your reason for being there is not true and that in fact you are not a teacher (all this eliciting untold rage within you), become disgusted by all the formality, lament how the adjacent simultaneous recital always concludes before yours, shake your head at the handful of student performers showing up with winter gloves on their hands, wish to never hear Bach's "Minuet in G" again, refuse to become entwined in the trash-talking about how many misspellings have appeared in the programs, unexpectedly find yourself up on stage at the end of the 8-hour day unwrapping senior medallions and plaques to hand to people you only vaguely know, act as the stage manager pulling items on and off stage between per...

-- There will be no lessons during the spring break week of April 9th through 15 . I will be teaching on the Easter holiday of Sunday, April 8th. The rest of the month's schedule is as normal. Email me if you have any questions.  -- Here are the  Theta Music Trainer  exercises I'd like students to work on in April: Melody  --  Paddle Tones Harmony  --  Flash Chords Harmony  --  Chord Drops Sound  --  Vocal Match The top Theta Music achievers for the month of March were: Alex, Emma S., Carissa, Jonathan, Christopher, Aniruddh, Jacob, & Kaitlyn T. -- I will have C.M. results packets to hand back to students who participated in the program this year by the middle of April. -- The next student recital has been booked for Saturday evening, July 7 in the recital hall at CSUEB. Save the date. -- The Song of the Month for April is "California Girls" by The Beach Boys. Have a happy day, Jesse

I must have corrected 60 theory tests today. It was a grind, but I'd rather work than loaf. The full day of work today fulfilled half of my obligated two work days for the Certificate of Merit program this year. Working at Transfiguration Church in Castro Valley was a pleasant change. The room we theory test correctors were situated in had many windows, which contributed a more cheery outlook to the proceedings. Our regular correcting room in the music building at Chabot College has no windows, which can make an occupant start to feel stir-crazy after being sequestered for hours within. I enjoyed the venue change. The teacher sitting directly across from me for most of the day at one point uttered this memorable line: "This student of mine scored 91%... the same score as last year. Another mediocre result." Is this fantasy? Am I a participant in this madness?  Jesse

-- My teaching schedule for March will be uninterrupted. I do have a couple conflicts due to my performance schedule at the end of the month, but I will communicate these to students individually. -- Here are the  Theta Music Trainer  exercises I'd like students to work on in January: Melody  --  Melodic Drops Harmony  --  Harmonic Drops Harmony  -- Number Blaster Sound  --  Channel Scramble The top Theta Music achievers for the month of February were: Emma, Alex, Katie, P.J., & James -- Here are the CM dates for the next two weekends: * Theory testing will be conducted on the weekend of March 3 & 4. ** Performance evaluations will be held on the weekends of March 3 & 4 and March 10 & 11.  -- The Song of the Month for March is "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson. Have a happy day, Jesse

-- My teaching schedule for February will be uninterrupted. -- Here are the  Theta Music Trainer  exercises I'd like students to work on in January: Melody  -- Flash Intervals Harmony  -- Chord Spells Harmony -- Key   Puzzles Sound  -- Band Match The top Theta Music achievers for the month of January were: Emma, Allyn, & Waldon --  As a reminder for students enrolled in CM, here are the CM dates for next month: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  March 3 & 4 and March 10 & 11 .  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  March 3 & 4 . Have a happy day, Jesse

-- My teaching schedule for November will be mostly uninterrupted. I am not be teaching on Thanksgiving Day holiday, of course. I need to shuffle some Thursday and Sunday students to different times this month due to my ongoing performances in Berkeley. I will communicate schedule changes to everyone on an individual basis. During the first two weeks of November I'm continuing my work with actress  Rita Moreno's one-woman play "Life w/o Makeup" at the Berkeley Rep Theatre . If anyone is still interested in seeing the show, you need to get moving: Sunday, 11/13 is the final performance. -- Fees for Certificate of Merit students are due with November lesson payments. As a reminder, here are the CM dates for this spring: * Performance  evaluations will be held on the weekends of  March 3-4 and March 10-11 .  ** Theory  testing will be conducted on the weekend of  March 3-4 . -- The next student recital will be held on  S...