About Examining the Composition Department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music

I graduated from the composition department of Tianjin Conservatory of Music, so I asked the right person.

First, there are three exams.

First try: listen in the morning+write songs in the afternoon.

Second interview: write instrumental music in the morning and acoustics in the afternoon.

Interview: Solfeggio on the piano, playing (or singing) one's own works and singing folk songs.

The specific requirements are as follows:

Listening: Four questions, 1. 10 chord (including triad and seventh chord, open arrangement and dense arrangement).

2. A single melody of about 16 bar, with many inflections and tone sandhi.

3. There are about eight bars of two-part melody, many of which are inflected and most of them are not turned.

Four-part harmony around 4.8 bars, out of tune, but out of tune.

Music theory: the whole content of general music theory books, the difficulty is that the amount is large and the time is short (1.5 hours).

Writing a song: Generally, I send you two words and write the song within three hours. Sometimes I am asked to write a steel partner.

Harmony and acoustics: three problems, high-pitched harmony and low-pitched harmony, and harmony analysis of existing music scores.

Instrumental writing: the motivation of one or two bars, completing more than 30 bars of a trilogy, and constantly expanding in the middle.

Piano: The requirement is three (polyphonic etudes), and it is also possible to play one according to the time.

Solfeggio: Solfeggio for staff within three liters and three drops (only find the first tone of your standard tone, and check the last tone after the end), with two minutes to prepare.

Your own work: Give your own work to the judges in advance, play for them and accept their questions.

Simple exploration: the form, structure, modulation and expansion of one's own music; Experience of studying art in hometown, etc.

Singing folk songs: mostly singing folk songs from your hometown. The more you sing, the better. The more soil, the better.

Wish you success!