How do I aurally differentiate the tritone, min 6th and major 7th intervals?
I have made good progress in identifying most ascending intervals up to the octave, but am really struggling with the tritone, min 6th and maj 7th.
All three sound dissonant and very similar.
Is there a trick/method for correctly identifying them?
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I have made good progress in identifying most ascending intervals up to the octave, but am really struggling with the tritone, min 6th and maj 7th.
All three sound dissonant and very similar.
Is there a trick/method for correctly identifying them?
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I have made good progress in identifying most ascending intervals up to the octave, but am really struggling with the tritone, min 6th and maj 7th.
All three sound dissonant and very similar.
Is there a trick/method for correctly identifying them?
intervals ear-training
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I have made good progress in identifying most ascending intervals up to the octave, but am really struggling with the tritone, min 6th and maj 7th.
All three sound dissonant and very similar.
Is there a trick/method for correctly identifying them?
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intervals ear-training
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I recommend relating them to two stable intervals that you certainly already know: the perfect fifth and the perfect octave.
When you hear a given interval, sing in your mind a perfect fifth from the original pitch. If the second pitch played is a half step "smaller" than the perfect fifth, you know it's a tritone; if it's a half step "larger," you know it's a minor sixth.
(Note that I'm using "smaller" and "larger" so as to be agnostic in terms of direction; in an ascending interval, the tritone will be below the perfect fifth, but it will be above it in a descending interval.)
The same strategy is true for the major seventh: find your orientation by singing a perfect octave, and if the given interval is a half step smaller, you have a major seventh.
I know that sounds like an extra step, and you want immediate recognition. But for this stage of the learning process, that's okay! The more you do this extra step, the quicker this immediate recognition will come to you. These are tough intervals, so it's going to take a little bit of work.
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Tritone is pretty dissonant, so works well in Blues! Check out 'Maria', from West Side Story. First two notes make that tritone.
Major seventh is easily found going straight to the octave, as in 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and dropping a semitone. Which is exactly what the melody does. Just as the opening three notes of 'Bali Ha'i'.
Minor sixth is the upside down version of major third. 'Half a Pound of Tuppeny Rice' starts with a maj3, so invert it, there's the m6. I think most would say that m6 isn't dissonant, but it's in the ear of the beholder.
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Differentiating tritone, min 6th and major 7th intervals
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I recommend relating them to two stable intervals that you certainly already know: the perfect fifth and the perfect octave.
When you hear a given interval, sing in your mind a perfect fifth from the original pitch. If the second pitch played is a half step "smaller" than the perfect fifth, you know it's a tritone; if it's a half step "larger," you know it's a minor sixth.
(Note that I'm using "smaller" and "larger" so as to be agnostic in terms of direction; in an ascending interval, the tritone will be below the perfect fifth, but it will be above it in a descending interval.)
The same strategy is true for the major seventh: find your orientation by singing a perfect octave, and if the given interval is a half step smaller, you have a major seventh.
I know that sounds like an extra step, and you want immediate recognition. But for this stage of the learning process, that's okay! The more you do this extra step, the quicker this immediate recognition will come to you. These are tough intervals, so it's going to take a little bit of work.
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I recommend relating them to two stable intervals that you certainly already know: the perfect fifth and the perfect octave.
When you hear a given interval, sing in your mind a perfect fifth from the original pitch. If the second pitch played is a half step "smaller" than the perfect fifth, you know it's a tritone; if it's a half step "larger," you know it's a minor sixth.
(Note that I'm using "smaller" and "larger" so as to be agnostic in terms of direction; in an ascending interval, the tritone will be below the perfect fifth, but it will be above it in a descending interval.)
The same strategy is true for the major seventh: find your orientation by singing a perfect octave, and if the given interval is a half step smaller, you have a major seventh.
I know that sounds like an extra step, and you want immediate recognition. But for this stage of the learning process, that's okay! The more you do this extra step, the quicker this immediate recognition will come to you. These are tough intervals, so it's going to take a little bit of work.
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I recommend relating them to two stable intervals that you certainly already know: the perfect fifth and the perfect octave.
When you hear a given interval, sing in your mind a perfect fifth from the original pitch. If the second pitch played is a half step "smaller" than the perfect fifth, you know it's a tritone; if it's a half step "larger," you know it's a minor sixth.
(Note that I'm using "smaller" and "larger" so as to be agnostic in terms of direction; in an ascending interval, the tritone will be below the perfect fifth, but it will be above it in a descending interval.)
The same strategy is true for the major seventh: find your orientation by singing a perfect octave, and if the given interval is a half step smaller, you have a major seventh.
I know that sounds like an extra step, and you want immediate recognition. But for this stage of the learning process, that's okay! The more you do this extra step, the quicker this immediate recognition will come to you. These are tough intervals, so it's going to take a little bit of work.
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RichardRichard
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I recommend relating them to two stable intervals that you certainly already know: the perfect fifth and the perfect octave.
When you hear a given interval, sing in your mind a perfect fifth from the original pitch. If the second pitch played is a half step "smaller" than the perfect fifth, you know it's a tritone; if it's a half step "larger," you know it's a minor sixth.
(Note that I'm using "smaller" and "larger" so as to be agnostic in terms of direction; in an ascending interval, the tritone will be below the perfect fifth, but it will be above it in a descending interval.)
The same strategy is true for the major seventh: find your orientation by singing a perfect octave, and if the given interval is a half step smaller, you have a major seventh.
I know that sounds like an extra step, and you want immediate recognition. But for this stage of the learning process, that's okay! The more you do this extra step, the quicker this immediate recognition will come to you. These are tough intervals, so it's going to take a little bit of work.
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Tritone is pretty dissonant, so works well in Blues! Check out 'Maria', from West Side Story. First two notes make that tritone.
Major seventh is easily found going straight to the octave, as in 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and dropping a semitone. Which is exactly what the melody does. Just as the opening three notes of 'Bali Ha'i'.
Minor sixth is the upside down version of major third. 'Half a Pound of Tuppeny Rice' starts with a maj3, so invert it, there's the m6. I think most would say that m6 isn't dissonant, but it's in the ear of the beholder.
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Tritone is pretty dissonant, so works well in Blues! Check out 'Maria', from West Side Story. First two notes make that tritone.
Major seventh is easily found going straight to the octave, as in 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and dropping a semitone. Which is exactly what the melody does. Just as the opening three notes of 'Bali Ha'i'.
Minor sixth is the upside down version of major third. 'Half a Pound of Tuppeny Rice' starts with a maj3, so invert it, there's the m6. I think most would say that m6 isn't dissonant, but it's in the ear of the beholder.
answered 5 hours ago
TimTim
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Tritone is pretty dissonant, so works well in Blues! Check out 'Maria', from West Side Story. First two notes make that tritone.
Major seventh is easily found going straight to the octave, as in 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and dropping a semitone. Which is exactly what the melody does. Just as the opening three notes of 'Bali Ha'i'.
Minor sixth is the upside down version of major third. 'Half a Pound of Tuppeny Rice' starts with a maj3, so invert it, there's the m6. I think most would say that m6 isn't dissonant, but it's in the ear of the beholder.
answered 5 hours ago
TimTim
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Tritone is pretty dissonant, so works well in Blues! Check out 'Maria', from West Side Story. First two notes make that tritone.
Major seventh is easily found going straight to the octave, as in 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' and dropping a semitone. Which is exactly what the melody does. Just as the opening three notes of 'Bali Ha'i'.
Minor sixth is the upside down version of major third. 'Half a Pound of Tuppeny Rice' starts with a maj3, so invert it, there's the m6. I think most would say that m6 isn't dissonant, but it's in the ear of the beholder.
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Differentiating tritone, min 6th and major 7th intervals
this would very easy if you'd practice like this boy:
answered 1 hour ago
Albrecht HügliAlbrecht Hügli
29911
down vote! I knew, this was just a little joke ...)
– Albrecht Hügli
1 hour ago
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Differentiating tritone, min 6th and major 7th intervals
this would very easy if you'd practice like this boy:
answered 1 hour ago
Albrecht HügliAlbrecht Hügli
29911
down vote! I knew, this was just a little joke ...)
– Albrecht Hügli
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Differentiating tritone, min 6th and major 7th intervals
this would very easy if you'd practice like this boy:
answered 1 hour ago
Albrecht HügliAlbrecht Hügli
29911
Differentiating tritone, min 6th and major 7th intervals
this would very easy if you'd practice like this boy:
answered 1 hour ago
Albrecht HügliAlbrecht Hügli
29911
edited 1 hour ago
answered 1 hour ago
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answered 1 hour ago
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answered 1 hour ago
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down vote! I knew, this was just a little joke ...)
– Albrecht Hügli
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down vote! I knew, this was just a little joke ...)
– Albrecht Hügli
1 hour ago
down vote! I knew, this was just a little joke ...)
– Albrecht Hügli
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