I’m currently about to start practicing the major 3rd interval but I’m wondering if i should practice the ones I already covered backwards as well? Can’t find anything about that in any of the 3 grades.
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For me, some good ways to develop your ear training are;
record yourself in different keys and play all 12 notes. Listen back daily and see how many you can get correctly.
Try this tool out. It’s designed for but if you look at the settings you can turn it into ear training intervals.
Have you started learning modes yet? I was taught using modes to strengthen your listening skills.
Hope this helps a bit.
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Thank you, I’ll check it out.
No I don’t know anything about modes or keys yet. I just assumed I should be able to recognize intervals both ascending and descending at some point, just don’t know when or how to incorporate it in the exercises on Justin’s course since it’s not mentioned.
Also i don’t really understand the first method. Could you elaborate on the steps?
Hi Norhan,
A good way to practice your intervals is to use intervals in songs you already know well as a reference.
Recognising a minor third or major third anywhere you hear them will help you immensely on your musical journey.
Good luck!
Cheers
Ruaridh
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No time like the present, I think that it’s essential to work both ways, you will never come across them in just one direction when learning to transpose a piece of music, that never happens. By doing it you won’t find it so hard later on when you start getting bigger differences between two notes!
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Sure. Play in say Cmaj and play it chromatically all 12notes. Then record and listen to the distances in Cmaj and see if you hear the differences. Major, minor, Perfect4/5, tritone, etc… Then record it and listen back in another key. Are there similarities?
You have to do this exercise consistently just like the rest to get results. I started noticing songs on the radio/car and was getting notes right. Not all the time but the more I did it the better I got…
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