useful ear-training web tool

[Little My]

It's on a US site here - http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/musictheory/trainers/html/id90_en.html

I'm working on recognising intervals by ear and needed something that could play descending intervals as well as ascending. Ten minutes with my Aebersold ear training cd had demonstrated my weak spots.....

 

[BigMartin]

You might like this one, too: http://www.teoria.com/index.php

Follow the link that says "Exercises"

 

[Little My]

Thank you I had tried Teoria but couldn't get to the options for ascending/descending/both. That's really useful.

 

[agganitk]

I have started ear training a month ago. I noticed I have some success in identify ascending interval but hard time in finding descending interval. Is it me or happens with everyone ?

 

[BigMartin]

I have started ear training a month ago. I noticed I have some success in identify ascending interval but hard time in finding descending interval. Is it me or happens with everyone ?

I don't know about everyone, but I find descending intervals harder to identify, too. Especially sixths and sevenths. And I've been at it fairly steadily for 3 years, now.

 

[kevgermany]

I have a real problem with unisons in a progression. Sounds to me as if the unison is an interval in the direction of the progression, and I can never find the note.

 

[Colin the Bear]

I have a real problem with unisons in a progression. Sounds to me as if the unison is an interval in the direction of the progression, and I can never find the note.

Stick to playing jazz. Looking for the right note seems to be an improvisation.

 

[smsuryan]

Old thread but this is a good one. Interval Ear Training

 

[Pixie]

Is there an emoticon that goes Whoooooosh! Right over my head

 

[Pixie]

Is there an emoticon that goes Whoooooosh! Right over my head

Thank you it will get lots of use

 

[kevgermany]

Right over my head

But.... What don't you understand?

 

[Pixie]

But.... What don't you understand?

The intervals not found out about these yet .

 

[kevgermany]

The intervals not found out about these yet .

Oh. Dead simple. Think of the notes in a scale, number them 1-8 from bottom to top. The interval is the gap between the notes. So a fifth is the gap between the first and fifth note of the scale. Unison, or a first, is the same note. Minor intervals are a semitone less than the major intervals. So a minor third is the interval between the first and third notes of a minor scale, 3 semitones instead of 4 semitones for a major third.

 

[trimmy]

The intervals not found out about these yet .

View: http://youtu.be/rVyzzCijXSA

 

[MandyH]

Never count semi-tones!
Always count from the lower note to the higher note - counting the lower note as "1" not "0"

 

[kevgermany]

Never count semi-tones!
Always count from the lower note to the higher note - counting the lower note as "1" not "0"

Agree, but it's needed as part of the explanation.

 

[jbtsax]

Actually there are two types of intervals to learn to recognize in music. They are melodic and harmonic intervals. Melodic intervals are produced when one note is sounded after another. Harmonic intervals are produced when both notes are sounded at the same time.

Harmonic intervals can be grouped according to the "type" of sound.
Sweet close
- major third, minor third,
Sweet open
- major 6th, minor 6th
Sharp dissonace
- minor 2nd, major 7th
Dull dissonance
- major 2nd, minor 7th
Consonant "Roman"
- perfect 5th
Consonant "Oriental"
- perfect 4th
Consonant "Pure"
- unison, octave
Unstable, Pulling
- augmented 4th, diminished 5th

 

[Marcos Dr]

Adding one more to the list, this one seems a bit complex but once you see the video tutorial it looks quite handy

Video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3kC_lYLAZw

App
Music Theory & Ear Training: Relative Pitch and Perfect Pitch Free Software

 

[sdt99]

I stumbled on this about a week ago. It starts out deceptively easy and lulls you into complacency

Free Online Ear Training and Music Theory - EarBeater