Ear Training & Aural Skills, Part 2: Intervals

Memorize interval sounds by associating them with concepts instead of rote repetition, starting with two notes at a time and linking to a melody you know.

Explore how color associations with notes and intervals aid ear training, from C as yellow and G as red to F as green, and consider synesthesia and its limits.

Learn how to label intervals with numbers, from major and minor variants to one-number schemes, and why memorizing intervals can be simpler than translating to notation.

this lecture shares a quirky mnemonic for interval recognition by tying each of the 12 intervals to a unique ringtone linked to a person, using visualization to aid ear training.

Explore textures in interval perception, noting that perfect fourths feel like carpet and fifths like glass, then adopt a melody-based method for identifying intervals.

Learn to identify intervals by associating them with melodies you already know, such as using White Christmas for a minor second, and adapt to tunes from nursery rhymes and holidays.

Use familiar melodies as memory tricks to identify intervals, not memorize notes. Create a clue melody for each interval, like White Christmas signaling a half step.

Explore minor seconds and half steps in the Jaws theme and White Christmas, focusing on the bass line and the first two notes to recall common intervals.

Practice recognizing a major second by singing the happy birthday melody, using the whole step interval as the key cue, in any key.

Explore minor third intervals in ear training using Greensleeves and Hey Jude, practicing up and down motions to build practical aural skills.

Identify major third intervals using memorable melodies such as When the Saints Go Marching In (ascending) and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (descending) to sing and recognize major thirds.

Explore the perfect fourth and its relation to the perfect fifth, including inversions, using Amazing Grace and O Come All Ye Faithful as reference melodies for ear training.

Identify the tritone, the interval between a perfect fourth and a perfect fifth, note its modal feel and the leading tone relation, and hear it in the Simpsons theme opening.

Explore identifying perfect fifths and fourths through familiar melodies like Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and the Flintstones theme, with ascending and descending interval drills.

Explore the minor sixth interval using the entertainer's ascending melody and the love theme's descending line, with examples from ragtime piano and familiar tunes.

Study major sixth intervals through two familiar tunes, my Bonnie lies over the ocean and nobody knows the trouble I've seen, with a swing rhythm focus.

Explore ascending and descending minor seventh intervals with examples from West Side Story's Somewhere and Sinatra's None but the Lonely Heart to recognize these tricky leaps.

Analyze the major seventh interval, its half-step to an octave, and how Led Zeppelin's immigrant song demonstrates the major seventh in a descending line.

Discover two web resources to practice intervals, generate printable cheat sheets, and memorize ascending and descending melodies with quick reference lists on your wall for ear training.

Develop your ear by recognizing intervals, especially major seconds and unisons, rather than notes. Use quick quizzes presenting twenty interval pairs to label unison or major second.

Practice trains you to recognize unison and major second intervals through twenty examples, using visual staff cues and melody-based hints like happy birthday, then label each item U or M2.

Review the answers for unison and major second intervals, then use a downloadable pdf worksheet to reinforce ear training and prepare for harder intervals.

Practice a 20-item ear training drill on unison and major second intervals, including ascending and descending pitches, followed by a review of the answers.

Review the interval answers, identify major seconds and unisons across twenty items, and preview worksheet two to practice labeling intervals for ear training.

Practice ear training on an online quiz that isolates intervals like unison and major second, using the settings to test two-note sequences and track progress toward major thirds.

Practice guides you to hear and identify intervals in treble clef within a three-four rhythm, starting from a G and repeating with guided listen-and-pause drills.

Practice identifying major seconds and major thirds as intervals, with answers provided, and prepare for a tougher exercise and a forthcoming pdf.

Practice focuses on identifying major thirds and major seconds in isolation, 20 examples, with self-paced listening and multiple retries before moving to the next video for answers.

Identify major third and major second intervals by ear, using texture-based recognition to sharpen interval sense. Review answer keys, note a misprint correction, and prepare downloadable practice material.

Advance ear training and aural skills by practicing intervals with musictheory.net, exploring major third, unison, major second, then perfect fourths and fifths, toward a full spectrum including minor intervals.

Practice identifying perfect fourths, major thirds, and major seconds by ear across 20 interval trials, with ear resets between examples to maintain tonal perception.

Trust your gut when identifying intervals; immediate responses often reveal the correct interval, especially for perfect fourths, as the lesson reviews the answers and previews perfect fourths and fifths.

Practice twenty intervals, for ear training, focusing on perfect fourths, major thirds, and major seconds, listening repeatedly to build confidence and trust your gut before reviewing answers in next video.

Review the interval answers for the exercise, noting perfect fourths, major seconds, and major thirds. Download the worksheet and anticipate website updates that provide more practice with this same material.

Explore intervals on musictheory.net by adding a perfect fourth, practicing quizzes, and expanding the interval set to build confidence. Focus on fourths and fifths for mastery.

Explore the perfect fourth and perfect fifth, their pristine quality, and how melodic and harmonic forms relate; practice to hear them as distinct yet connected.

Practice sessions train your ear to identify 20 intervals, focusing on perfect fourths and fifths in both melodic and harmonic forms, and label each as p4 or p5.

Review the interval answers, highlighting perfect fifths and perfect fourths, notes on their similarity and difficulty, and a downloadable worksheet for continued ear training.

Practice ear training with 20 melodic and harmonic interval drills, repeating the exercise to reinforce recognition before reviewing the answers.

Review the interval answers, including repeated notes to hear intervals like perfect fourths and perfect fifths in context, then prepare for a round with all known intervals.

Practice perfect fourths and perfect fifths to nail interval recognition, since they can be tricky to distinguish. Move on to a mixed round that reintegrates all intervals for greater difficulty.

Strengthen your ear training and aural skills through targeted interval practice, improving recognition and comparison of musical intervals.

Practice identifying common intervals like perfect fourth, perfect fifth, major third, and major second; receive guidance on scoring, steady improvement, and targeted drill strategies using a website.

Practice a new set of intervals with bigger gaps, focusing on major seconds, major thirds, perfect fourths, and perfect fifths. Hear them, then review the answers in the next video.

Review the interval answers, including major thirds, major seconds, and perfect fourths and fifths. Download the file to practice, check your answers, and update your progress on the theory website.

continue practicing intervals on musictheory.net, review major seconds and thirds, unisons, octaves, and progress to sixths and sevenths in ear training and aural skills.

Explore major sixths and perfect fifths through interval identification, inversion relationships with minor third, and practical ear training using 'my bonnie lies over the ocean' and 'twinkle twinkle little star'.

Practice identifying melodic intervals in ear training and aural skills by listening to 20 perfect fifths and major sixths, judging leap size and interval quality, then review the answers.

Review the answers to an interval identification exercise, confirming whether each item is a major sixth, minor sixth, or perfect fifth, and prepare to add more intervals.

Practice sessions focus on intervals to strengthen ear training and aural skills, helping you identify interval relationships with clarity and speed.

Practice identifying intervals from the answers, highlighting major sixth and perfect fifth, and explore going out of key on a quiz site.

Practice intervals on Musictheory.net, enabling major sixths for broad diatonic access. Explore randomness in interval drills and prepare for major sevenths with a short breather.

Learn major seventh intervals, their dissonant sound, and how to resolve them up to an octave, while distinguishing from tritone in melody versus chord context.

Practice identifying intervals on C, focusing on major sixth, major seventh, and perfect fifth, and judging leap size and dissonance to recognize interval quality across 20 trials.

Review and identify intervals by ear with a focus on major seventh, major sixth, and perfect fifth. The lesson then advances to harder intervals, reinforcing ear training.

practice session on ear training for intervals, including major seconds, major thirds, perfect fourths, perfect fifths, major sixths, and major sevenths. visualize fingering on guitar to hear and identify intervals.

Practice identifying and hearing intervals, write down the notes to reinforce pitch relationships, and prepare to explore melodies and the tritone while updating the course website with new intervals.

Explore intervals, including major sevenths and octaves, within the diatonic and major scales, and practice creating a melody to reinforce minor intervals later.