Have a go at this - I think it’s prep for the UK Trinity certificate in bass playing or suchlike.
It is a real toughie - or is it just me ? 
I don’t get it… And I have questions…
- What is with the G minor/E major info?? These two have nothing to do with each other! G minor is related to Bb major
- they tell you it’s based on pentatonics, and then they sneak in two extra chromatic notes - the D# and the A
- why write D# (and later A#), when it’s related to G minor/Bb major, which requires a Bb and then Eb has an extra scale tone (not in the pentatonics)
This is all very weird… 
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I think you are the one who truly passed the test @joergkutter 
I’ve checked around and it looks like the exams are branded “Rockschool”, a contemporary music qualification offered by RSL qualifications. I’m not really sure why you’d want to get these exams, unless they provide credits for Uni courses.
IMO they just drive the music teaching industry - RSL produces exams and materials that teachers can use to earn money with sexam prep classes…
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The idea of playing back the line by ear is cool.
All the words and notes around it are, as you say, weird.
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Agreed - this is always a good test and helps in developing transcribing skills… but those “clues” they give you are not really helping 
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