A Readmittent Test for Musical Formation at The Forest: how and how to prepare
At El Bosque's entrance to Musical Formation combines aptitude, a theoretical-auditory computer test, your instrument and an interview. The repertoire goes from classical piano to blues and DJ.
To get into Music Training at the Universidad El Bosque, in Bogotá, you have a first day aptitude test, a theoretical-auditory test that's responded to by computer, a instrument test (or with voice) and a interview. At the official program's production site, the university explain that the result is determined with an average of the three tests.
It's a program with an emphasis on interpretation, songwriter, composition and arrangements and production, and its instrument test reflects it: there are requirements for classical piano but also for electrical guitar, drums, popular singing or electronic instrument. Here we explain each part and how to prepare it.
To sum up
- The Civil Formation of El Bosque awarded the title of Master in Music, lasts 9 semesters according to the program's tab that we review and admit every semester.
- The test has four parts: aptitude, theoretical and auditory testing, instrument and interviewing on the same day, and according to the site of preparation, the result is the mean of the three tests.
- The aptitude test evaluates rhythmic sense, intonation, harmonic and rhythmic-melodic sense, repeating with palms and voice.
- The theoretical-auditory test is a digital questionnaire in a computation room and demand cable hearing aids and recommend practice with the EarMaster app.
- If you are not in Bogotá, you can send by video an aptitude and instrument test.
What Music Training looks like in The Forest
| Aspecto | What's been published |
|---|---|
| Title | Master in Music |
| Duration | 9 semesters, 144 credits |
| Lesson format | Present, in Bogotá, from Monday to Friday |
| Admission | Semestral |
| Emphasis | Instrumental interpretation, songwriter, composition and arrangements, and production. Two emphasis or combination with a minor in musical pedagogy or Music Business |
His offer of emphasis gives a great deal of space to popular music, song and production as well as performance. If you are comparing, look also at admission to Music Studies at Javeriana and The Andes aptitude examor complete map of [music racing in Colombia]](/blog/carreras-de-musica-en-colombia).
What's the admission process?
- Registration formwith the documents requested by the university, including the result of Know 11 (or summons, if you have been).
- Test your program at one of the available dates on the platform.
- Check the requirements from your instrument at the production site and prepare all three tests.
- Presents Test and Interview The interview results are communicated by mail or phone.
The program's tab published several examination dates by call and by 2026-1 were Tuesday 25 November and 2, 9 and 16 December 2025 at 11: 00 a.m. We did not find published pesos by test, minimum scores and if anything's purported, beyond that the result is the mean of the three tests. Also, a weight of Know 11: appears as required document. Ask about these details to the program.
The university also asks that you communicate with time the instrument with which you will be presenting and have available that day, because all the tests and interview are made on the same day.
The aptitude test
He's trying to figure out if you have the necessary musical aptitudes to study music at a university level. He doesn't measure theory but how you listen and reproduce:
| Aspecto | What do they do at the test? | How to practice it |
|---|---|---|
| Rhythmic felt | Repeat rhythmic fragments with palms and with voice. | That someone pat you with patterns of one or two compasses and repeat them to the first, and use the [methonomic]](/herramientas/metronomo) To fix his pulse. |
| Dying | Repeat notes and melodic fragments with the voice. | He sings loose notes and short phrases after hearing them once, without support. |
| harmonic felt | To listen to simultaneous notes and to repeat them with their voices. | He plays two or three notes at once and sings each separately, from the most serious to the most acute. |
| Rhythmic-melodic felt | To listen and repeat short melodies with his voice. | It imitates more and more long phrases with its exact rhythm. |
It's all singing or pounding, so lose his fear of using his voice even if your instrument's another. If you've been listening, this part plays with you.
The theoretical-auditory test (with computer)
The fact sheet called the virtual theoretical test but according to the production site is a digital questionnaire that you answer in one of the program's computation rooms. It includes basic theoretical concepts and hearing recognition of simple musical structures. You have to wear cable hearing aids (plug) and the university recommends downloading the EarMaster app, which is used on the test day, to familiarize with it.
- Review the basic grammar: shortcuts of sun and fa, figures, compases, scales bigger and minor, intervals and triades.
- Do you have to have an ear recognition of intervals, greater and minor chords and simple rhythmic patterns? Do so with our [hearing training]](/herramientas/entrenamiento-auditivo).
- Use the recommended app before the test day to avoid wasting time understanding the interface.
The instrument test: from Bach to Blues
The production site puts up requirements for a range of instruments, including popular and lyric singing, classical and electrical guitar, under electrical, drums, classical and jazz or popular piano, electronic instrument or DJ, winds, ropes, Latin and symphonic percussion and accordion. For university, if you are singing, your instrument is the voice. Some examples:
| Instrumento | What did they demand |
|---|---|
| Classic Piano | The best and best steps with an arpeggio, an Op. 299 or equivalent, an invention with two voices or a prelude of Bach's The well temperate key, a classical work (Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven) and a free work. |
| Electric guitar | Two octaves with a minor and an older with melody and a single and an accompaniment of Bossa nova. |
| Popular song | Three songs: one in English (rock, pop, soul or R & B), a Latin American (bolero, are, corridor, bambuco, Bossa nova...) and a jazz standard. |
If your instrument doesn't appear on the list, the site indicates that you write to the music admissions email to receive the requirements. To select and mount your works with time, follow how to choose the Repertoire for an admissions audition.
The interview and the virtual choice
The interview takes place on the same day as the test. Be ready to count your musical tour, why you care about the program and what an emphasis you call it. We help you with [an entrance to music interview]](/blog/entrevista-de-admision-en-musica).
If you're not in Bogotá and you can't travel, you can put the test online with two videos:
- Ability: A free-choice song with cappella, with a paddle or clasquids with a pulse of 45 seconds and a minute and a half (you can have an initial note or chord).
- Instrument: The contents of your instrument's guide.
- Rules: A fixed camera that will show you and the instrument with no video or audio editing at first you say your name, your instrument, if you have formal or informal studies and how long you have been playing, and you propose in order what you will play.
The videos are uploaded to YouTube and the links are sent to the emails that indicates the production site. Record several complete shots before choosing the final.
How to prepare for admission to The Forest
| Before | Instrumento | Ability and theory |
|---|---|---|
| 3 months | To choose and start assembling your instrument's repertoire. | Basic grammar and 10 minutes daily rhythmic and melodic imitation. |
| 2 months | A complete Repertoire with a daily scale and technique. | Hearing recognition of intervals and chords and practice with the recommended app. |
| Last month | Touch the complete program with other people or record them. | Fancy simulations with someone who propose new exercises. |
The Forest also has a first semester basic preparatory that, as we have reviewed, does not require selection interview. If you are interested in that route, compare options with what's a preschooler and how to choose them.
In A medio tono you can prepare an ear, [music theory]](/clases/teoria-musical) and instrument with teachers, in virtual classes or at home in Bogotá and we have told you how to [get ready for music admittance tests]](/preuniversitario-musica)To organize the whole process, check how to prepare for music admittent testand to practice reading, rhythmic and melodic reading for the admissions test.
Frequently asked questions
How many semesters have been trained with music at The Forest?
According to the official program tab we reviewed in 2026, 9 semesters and 144 credits with the title of Master in Music. Trust them with the current figure, because the curricula are updated.
The forest's theoretical test's virtual?
It's called a virtual theoretical test, but according to the production site it's a digital questionnaire that you answer in a computation room of the program with cable hearing aids and the EarMaster app.
Can I have the proof if I don't live in Bogotá?
Yes. The production site allows you to send by video an aptitude test (a song to cappella with a pulse) and an instrument with no editing and following your recording instructions.
Can I introduce myself with tools of popular or electronic music?
The program publishes requirements for electrical guitar, under electrical, drums, jazz or popular piano, popular singing, Latino percussion and electronic instrument or DJ, among others.
How do we decide how to admit them?
According to the production site, with the mean of aptitude, instrument and theoretical-auditory tests, the interview takes place the same day. We have no published weights or minimum scores, so ask them about the program.