Admission to Music at Universidad de los Andes: how's the aptitude exam?
The Andes evaluate your musical aptitude, but they have been interested in theory. That's why it's one of the most open doors for self-taught and ear-learned musicians.
To get into Music at the University of the Andes, the key step is an examination of the required musical aptitude of about 20 minutes, virtual or face-to-face, that evaluates rhythm, melody, rhythmic memory-melodic and hearing. That's a bad idea.: It's not about name chords or about writing harmonic analysis.
The instrument or voice hearing, for those who wish to concentrate on interpretation, arrives after admission, even at the end of the first semester. That makes Los Andes an interesting choice if you have been listening or at your own expense.
To sum up
- The Music program of Los Andes awarded the title of Musician with variants as composer, theorist, director and instrumental.
- At the most recent call we reviewed (2026), the musical aptitude examination was required and lasted about 20 minutes and could be virtual or face-to-face.
- He evaluates rhythm, melody, rhythmic memory-melodic and hearing. The university points out that this isn't an examination of knowledge.
- The Know 11 is taken as reference, without a minimum score.
- The hearing of an instrument or a voice for the concentration in interpretation is performed after being admitted.
What's the Readmittance to Music?
Music is a private undergraduate in Bogotá that grants the title of Musician, with variants depending on how you follow, as composer, theorist, coral director or instrumentist. His admittance process is among the most different we have found: Instead of measuring how much theory you know, his musical potential measures.
| Elemento | How it worked |
|---|---|
| Know 11 | It's taken as a reference and there's no minimum score. |
| Music aptitude examination | Mandatory, about 20 minutes, virtual or presential. |
| What does the examination evaluate | Rhythm, melody, rhythmic memory and listening. |
| Issuance of instrument or voice | After admission, for the concentration in interpretation and can be at the end of the first semester. |
What does the aptitude examination evaluate (and what does)
A fitness exam measures how you perceive, retain and reproduce music, and how much theory you have studied. The details of the exercises you find them on the official page. What's useful is to understand what's behind each front:
- Rhythm: feel a stable pulse and play patterns with precision, without accelerating or stopping.
- Melody: capture the direction and heights of a line and give it back with tuning.
- Rhythmic-melodic memory: retain a complete fragment with its rhythm and its notes after listening to them.
- Hearing: listen carefully and notice differences, however small they are.
What she doesn't measure is if you know what a secondary dominant is or if you can write an harmonic dictation. That doesn't mean that the theory doesn't matter: you're going to study her in the race and get with bases will give you peace from the first semester.
How to train rhythm, melody and memory
| Habilidad | Ejercicio | How to know that you're going |
|---|---|---|
| Pulso | [methonomic]](/herramientas/metronomo) at slow and fast moments, and quiet and re-activate them. | That's what you're still matching about once again. |
| Ritmo | That someone pat you a pattern of one or two bars and repeat it, and then adds up syncates and 3. | Reapes patterns from two bars to first. |
| Melody | Singing with a syllable short phrases that you listen to at a piano, an app or a song. | Filling out the phrases without instrument support. |
| Memoria | Listen to a single sentence and give it back complete. | You hold more and more long phrases with less repetitions. |
| Hearing | Compare two fragments: which note's more acute, bigger or smaller, what's changed? | You answer quickly and without hesitation. |
Ten to fifteen minutes a day give up more than two hours a weekend. If you're going to have a virtual exam, practice with the hearing aids, the microphone and place of the house where you're going to do it.
What you train about is the relationship between sounds and we explain them to you in [an absolute and relative ear]](/blog/oido-absoluto-y-oido-relativo).
If you're a self-taught musician or have been listening
That's the profile for which the model of Los Andes makes more sense: you play guitar, singing, production or drawing ear songs, but you never studied formal theory. The exam measures just what you have already developed by playing.
- Take care of your ear: to get out ear songs and that's memory and melody training.
- Check your pulse: if you always play alone, it's easy to accelerate without noticing.
- He's lost his fear of singing: in aptitude tests, it's common to play melodies with his voice, even if your instrument's another.
- He starts reading his score from now on: his race will demand it and we have to get to nothing.
If you are also looking at other universities with open doors to popular music, it compares with admission to Music Studies at Javeriana, where the emphasis of Musical Education accepted a free work of any gender.
The instrument audition comes after
If you want to focus on interpretation, your instrument or voice hearing will be after you have been admitted and can be at the end of the first semester. It's an advantage: you gain months to get up with the race's direction. It's also a warning: that first semester you have to practice seriously.
Take care of your time before entering to work technical, scale and a few works that you can get mature. Arrive at first semester with an ongoing repertoire removes pressure as that hearing approaches.
A three-months preparatory plan
| Mes | Foco | Suggested Rutine |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | The pulse and rhythm | 10 minutes a day of palms with methonomic and imitation of patterns. |
| Month 2 | Melody and memory | Singing short phrases, lengthening them up and pounding out ear melodies. |
| Month 3 | Simulacros | Twenty-minute sessions with someone who propose to you exercises that you don't know about, if the exam's virtual with your actual team. |
A teacher's very useful for the most difficult part to practice alone: new exercises, that you haven't heard before, as with the exam. A medio tono you can prepare ear and solphis and [music theory]](/clases/teoria-musical) with teachers, in virtual or at home classes in Bogotá, look how in [preparation for music admission tests]](/preuniversitario-musica). If you run to several universities with more theoretical tests, the guide how to prepare for the music entrance test It helps you organize everything.
Frequently asked questions
Can I get into Music in the Andes without knowing about music theory?
You can introduce yourself: The university makes clear that the aptitude exam isn't about knowledge. But in the race you're going to study theory, so we should start to learn it before we get in.
Is there a minimum score of Know 11 for Music in the Andes?
At the revised call (2026), Knowledge 11 was taken as a reference, without a minimum. Trust them on the official page, because conditions can change.
Can an aptitude exam be submitted virtual?
The revised call could be submitted virtual or presential. If you choose the virtual option, first try the connection, the hearing aids and the microphone and look for a place without noise.
Do I have to play an instrument to introduce myself?
The admissions exam measures aptitude, and isn't instrumental level. If you want to concentrate on interpretation, instrument or voice hearing arrives after admission, so you should have an advanced path with your instrument.