Ear Training Olympics

Go for gold!

The 'Ear Training Olympics' offer students the chance to hone their aural and musicianship skills whilst participating in multiple 'events' including basketball, surfing, swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, skateboarding, boxing and volleyball.

This worksheet incudes questions on meter, tonality, instrument identification, density, form, genre, tuning, rhythm imitation and contour that are appropriate for middle school and high school students. Each event uses songs from classic rock and pop repertoire that relate to the chosen sport; 'Surfin' USA' - The Beach Boys (Surfing), 'Eye of the Tiger' - Survivor (Boxing), 'Sk8er Boi' - Avril Lavigne (Skateboarding) and more...