In Chris Liepe’s Discover Your Voice one of the exercises was to sing the major triads up and back in Solfege, Do Mi So Mi Do and a good way to hear the major third intervals. That was after sing Solfege forwards and backwards and starting at random note, which I now recognise as modes. Took a while to go straight back down but got there in the end.
You can also work on the minor thirds by singing the minor chord intervals in solfege. For example re fa la fa re which would be Dm for Julie Andrews fans.
That’s a really useful video, Michael
It’s encouraging that I stumbled on most of those types of exercises just by messing around on walks, although I’ll have to practice starting off from somewhere that’s not Doh!
I’m surprised that the triads exercise feels natural enough to sing along with, as it’s all in the same key, even though the triads themselves are not all major (which is what I would be familiar with).
The brain is a wonderous thing
Brian @brianlarsen
Yes it is an interesting channel on YouTube. There are quite a few other lessons, from basic singing up and down the scale to singing intervals and beyond.
Worth a look at for anybody interested in that sort of thing.
Michael
