Objective 6 Testing

For the practical element of the testing stage, three candidates were filmed improvising over the four extended patterns. For privacy reasons these have been included on a DVD within the portfolio. The test directly corresponds to the end user questionnaire. The first chapter concentrates only on pentatonic improvisation and how to create patterns. Due to this, success can be measured by judging if each candidate kept to the prescribed pentatonic scale and was able to relate their improvising to the first two bars that were provided in each example. If they could then it would show they understood what was explained in the chapter. By using 4 examples in different keys, this highlighted if they were able to transpose effectively which was a significant part of the chapter.