Improve Your Aural!

by Paul Harris and John Lenehan

Published 30 June 2006
The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill. "Improve Your Aural!" is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, these workbooks, each with CD, focus on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing."Improve Your Aural!" also fulfils all ABRSM exam requirements, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

Improve your aural! Grade 5

by Paul Harris

Published 14 October 2010

The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.

Improve your aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, this workbook with online audio focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing.

All the answers for Improve your aural! Grade 5 are provided on the last page of the physical book.


Grade 7-8

by Paul Harris

Published January 2009
By popular demand! Paul Harris' best-selling aural resource, now published for the higher grades. Designed to take the fear out or aural, this workbook with 2CDs focuses on all the elements of the aural test through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and plenty of practice tests. This title presents a range of interconnected activities that help develop the ear, including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing. These books will improve general musicianship and also fulfill all ABRSM exam requirements, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

Grade 6

by Paul Harris

Published January 2009
By popular demand! Paul Harris' best-selling aural resource, now published for the higher grades. Designed to take the fear out or aural, this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and plenty of practice tests. This title presents a range of interconnected activities that help develop the ear, including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing. These books will improve general musicianship and also fulfill all ABRSM exam requirements, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

Improve your aural! Grade 6

by Paul Harris

Published 27 October 2011

The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.

Improve your aural! is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, this workbook with downloadable online audio focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing.

The answers for this book are provided at the bottom of this page on the right hand side. Scroll down and click on the PDFs to download.


Improve Your Aural! Grade 2

by Paul Harris and John Lenehan

Published 27 October 2011

The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.

Improve your Aural! is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing.

All the answers for Improve Your Aural! Grade 2 are provided on the last page of the physical book.


The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.

Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing.

This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

All the answers for Improve Your Aural! Grade 1 are provided on the last page of the physical book.


Improve Your Aural! Grade 3

by Paul Harris

Published 26 April 2011

The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.

Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing.

This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

All the answers for Improve Your Aural! Grade 3 are provided on the last page of the physical book.


Improve your aural! Grades 7-8

by Paul Harris

Published 1 September 2010

The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.

Improve your aural! is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, this workbook with downloadable online audio, focus on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing.

This edition supports ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

The answers for this book are provided at the bottom of this page on the right hand side. Scroll down and click on the PDFs to download.


Improve Your Aural! Grade 4

by Paul Harris and John Lenehan

Published 27 October 2010

The very thought of aural, especially in examinations, strikes fear into the heart of many young pianists and instrumentalists. But aural should not be an occasional optional extra, it's something to be developing all the time, because having a good ear will help you to improve as a musician more than any other single musical skill.

Improve your Aural! Is designed to take the fear out of aural. Through fun listening activities, boxes to fill in and practice exercises, this workbook with CD focuses on all the elements of the aural test. And because all aspects of musical training are of course connected, a range of interconnected activities are included to help develop the ear including singing, clapping, playing your instrument, writing music down, improvising and composing.

This new edition of this popular series supports new ABRSM syllabus requirements from 2010, ensuring success in the aural test of graded exams.

All the answers for Improve Your Aural! Grade 4 are provided on the last page of the physical book.