Ear training/Quiz
So far I have only three quizzes:
List of quizzes edit
I am also working on preparation for learning the intervals. This is under construction, and will probably include intervalse from
Preparation edit
A good way to learn intervals is to listen to them in the context of real music. There are two ways to listen:
- You-tube videos are available by clicking the external links that are often shown as integers followed by the sign.
- If you see a staff with musical notes click on bar with the triangle that looks like
Minor and major seconds: m1 and M1 edit
I think I will introduce this as Do-Re-Mi-Fa
Minor and Major thirds edit
It is difficult to separate the major and minor thirds from the triad. The major triad is a minor third on top of a major third, and the minor triad is the major third on top of the minor third. Consider the Bach Prelude in C major:
m3 Minor third edit
The first two notes of the traditional song Greensleeves are a minor third, as shown in the figure to the right.
You can also listen to it on Youtube using one of these links:
M3 Major third edit
Kumbaya begins with a major third: 1 2 (Youtbe videos)
P4 Perfect fourth edit
Amazing Grace
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart)
TT Tritone edit
Maria
P5 Perfect fifth edit
m6 Minor sixth edit
Lacrimosa from Mozart's Requiem KV 626
Go Down Moses is easier to sing:
M6 Major sixth edit
Nocturne Op.9 No. 2 (Chopin)
m7 Minor seventh edit
Somewhere from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story
The song (with orchestra): 1 2 3
Analysis and history of song: 1 (highly recommended)
M7 Major seventh edit
hut-of-baba-yaga
https://thedailyjaws.com/blog/was-iconic-jaws-theme-inspired-by-this-beethoven-classic
third movement beethoven's seventh
Links edit
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I54RqO7oaAU (ascending and descending with song riffs)
- https://www.musical-u.com/learn/interval-reference-songs-that-youve-actually-heard-of/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGoyOa5PZ1E Examples
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhDIm_2qS5s (ascending intervals)