From the moment we decided to go to Germany to take a national conservatory, the first thing we had to do was, of course: learn German!
Yes, this is the first hurdle faced by countries studying in small languages: the language barrier.
But as a music student, what is different from liberal arts candidates in the daily life of learning German?
Liberal arts and science candidates, when faced with German universities, are separated by only a DSH or TestDaF score. But for music candidates, in addition to language scores, they are faced with one, one, one... On-site exams at the school. At the German Conservatory of Music, music theory courses are compulsory for both undergraduate and master's degrees. More importantly, all undergraduate majors and some master's degree entrance examinations also include German tests and music theory sight singing ear training tests.
The theory of the German-Austrian music system is relatively unfamiliar to Chinese students, take the German entrance examination, such as the marking method of chords, in China everyone learns more about series harmony, and in Germany more is the use of functional harmony, series harmony and the method of using the harmony mark with the sound name will also be used, but it is very different from the harmony marking method learned in China, which leads to, if you have not studied in advance, you may not even understand the questions, and the examination questions are in German, all the questions, including polyphony, polyphony, Qushi and so on must also be answered in German, which requires more systematic learning.
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Okay, above.
Here is an example of the undergraduate entrance examination of the German State Academy of Music in Lübeck:
Written test section of the Undergraduate Entrance Examination for conservatory music:
1. Music Theory Test (Test Time 60 minutes)
2. Hearing test (test time 60 minutes)
The goal is clear, I want to take the exam.
Since the exam is taken, it is first necessary to understand what exactly is being tested on the paper of the entrance exam.
Then go straight to the point, and then the picture above.
Here we take the State Conservatory of Karlsruhe as an example, which is the first question of the 2018 Music Theory Examination Paper.
The first question requires: Please write the phonetic names of the following sounds and the sound groups to which they belong.
There are three test centers for this type of question:
1: German pronunciation name
2: Identification of the clef and its name
3: Recognition of sound groups and how to label tone groups.
In the course of the examination, we not only need to review the questions in German, but also in German, and the notes we certainly recognize.
But how do you express them in German?
How should special marks be recognized?
What is the difference between German music theory and China?
For example, look at some sample exam questions:
Seeing this dense German language, is it a bit big?
Besides
Whether it is in the APS preparation before the entrance examination, the Vor class with the German professor, the entrance examination paper and the conversation with the examiner, or in the german environment after the entrance, we need to master a large number of professional music vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading and writing.
This requires a special course - Music German.
It can be said that there is no solid foundation in music German, no matter how good the major is, it may not be able to knock on the door of German music schools, and it is impossible to understand music theory classes, and this knowledge cannot be obtained in ordinary universities or language training institutions in China, and even the Goethe-Institut.
In response to this situation, A Pineapple Music has specially developed the "Music German VIP Course" for students who are interested in applying for the German public conservatory.
The course content is divided into the following sections:
1. Professional vocabulary analysis
2. Bite the word orthophone
3. Practical analysis of the example questions of the examinations of various institutions of the German Conservatory of Music over the years
4. Send special vocabulary, musical expression terms, etc. in each professional field for students of different majors
Mr. Jiang, who has a double master's degree in German musicology + music management, brought a 1-on-1 course to everyone
In addition, the following are included:
10 sets of example questions for previous years' examinations at German public conservatories
Join our WeChat learning group and answer free questions about music study abroad.
The course will be conducted in the form of online video one-on-one + homework and group discussion
In addition, all students in the study group will answer the relevant content such as college applications and examinations at the same time
PS.1 to 1 students can chat privately about course learning and study abroad related issues