Interval Ear Training: Aural Training Stage 5of5 (Guitar Lesson AU-105) How to play

Justin's Completely Free, Aural Training Lesson AU-105. Lesson 5.

In this lesson we look at the intervals of a minor 6th, minor 7th and Augmented 4th - which completes all the chromatic intervals within an octave in melodic interval ear training! We do some tests of course and this lesson completes the ear training for now - will come back with some more once I have updated other parts of the site!

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Lots more info on the web site! All the song references, diagrams and test answers.

Taught by Justin Sandercoe.

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Hi, how are you doing, Justin here!

Here we are at Aural Training Stage 5,

where we are now looking at

all of the chromatic, ascending,
melodic intervals.

Bit of a mouthful that one, aye?

So basically, we are looking at

all of the notes ascending,
like going up,

within an octave.

There's 3 intervals that
we haven't looked at yet,

they are a minor 6, a minor 7,
(or a flat 6 and a flat 7)

and also an augmented 4th.

you can also call this a flat 5.

I tend to think of it as a sharp 4.

Doesn't really matter,
sharp 4, flat 5,

augmented 4th, diminished 5th,
same thing, don't worry about it.

So, we need to check out
these intervals.

So, the first one
that we need to look at

is the flat 6.

♪

Now, I always hear this...

The one that I kind of grew up with
was a song called Black Orpheus.

♪

It's that.
It's a kind of a jazz standard.

♪

But there's also a lot cooler ones.

So, you can either use Black Orpheus,
or you can use Without Me, the Eminem classic,

the little riff that he get's going (♪)
That beginning of that.

♪

That's a flat 6 interval. Minor 6.

♪

Great song.

♪

Ok, so, that's your flat 6, or
Black Orpheus.

♪

Beautiful melody, again.
The other one that we're looking at

is a flat 7, now, flat 7 sounds like this: ♪
Now, I always hear it as sounding bluesy.

That's how I recognize that interval.
Apparently, the Star Trek theme tune starts like it,

but I just wouldn't be able, for the life of me,
I can't figure out how it goes and I've already

started the video, I'm not gonna go and
look it up on Youtube, figure it out,

work out and play it. So, those of you,
that know Star Trek ♪

I used to be a fan of Star Trek too, It's kinda...
I should remember how it goes,

I just, it's not in my head now for some reason.
Anyway, that's the interval, it's a flat 7

♪

I just recognize it

♪

It's got two steps up to the octave (♪)

Just sounds kind of bluesy.
Funk kind of sound in it (♪)

So, I'm not so helpful with giving you
a song hint here on the flat 7 interval, but ♪

If some of you guys, you know,
experienced aural trainers out there, ♪

wanna tell me some songs other then
Star Trek, that start like that ♪

I'll add them up to the website, but some
people find that interval difficult to pick.

It's just really getting
the sound in your head ♪

Singing it over and over again,
getting used to the sound ♪

Probably the best singing exercise
you can do is: playing the root note,

♪

Try and sing that interval that you're
going for, ♪ and then play it!

Make sure that you've got it right.

♪

Probably the best way of getting
that sound properly in your ear.

That's flat 7

The other interval that we have to
check out is the sharp 4, or flat 5.

♪

This is exactly halfway between
an octave, this one:

♪

Used to be called the devil's interval (♪)

And if you were a composer, and you know,
medieval times and you wrote this interval

in a song that'd burn you
at a stake for being a witch

♪

Lucky, that doesn't happen these days, right?
Or, I would be really screwed.

♪

There's a few tunes that...the most common
I guess, tune that most people use I guess is

The Simpsons - ♪

Just sounds like that; it's kinda obvious.
It's also from Ave Maria. ♪

The song I...that kinda resonated with me when
I was a teenager and kinda learning this stuff

there was a band I really liked called Primus
and they had a song called John the Fisherman

which started-off with this augmented 4th

♪

so I always hear it as being the
John the Fisherman interval

♪ - Primus

But Simpsons is probably a more common

♪

It's not a difficult sound to get that one,
it's got a...all of these intervals they've

kind of got their own personality.
And that's kind of what you're looking for

you're looking for a song. A song's a really
good start. If you can find a song that fits

with the inerval, a song that you know,
that's really, that's the best place to start.

After you've played it a few times,
and you've got used to hearing it

as a song, just see if you can find
the character of the interval.

'Cause it's almost, they've got a personality,
they've got their own flavor, or character

or color, whatever you wanna call it.
Some methods around refer to them as

colors; the intervals as each one having
a different color. They've never really

worked for me, I know it works for some
other people, it didn't work for me.

I hear them as kind of characters.
They've got a personality.

That's how I see it. Other people...you know;
it's got a flavor, whatever you wanna call it, right?

But try and develop a little bit of that beyond
just thinking of it as a song. Try and find a colour,

or a flavor, or a personality in the intervals,
and you'll start to hear them a lot clearer

Especially as it gets more complicated
and you starting to...later on

you'll looking at chords and you'll try to
find the intervals in that chord, if you can

hear the personalities, or the colours, or
the flavors, it's easier than trying to hear

all of those different songs all at the
same time. That's pretty complicated, right?

So, I think we're ready now to have a
close-up look, I nearly forgot that.

Ok, let's go to a close-up and check-out
how to play these 3 different intervals.

Down 2 strings and back 2 frets. So, from
here, down 2 strings, back 2 frets.

♪

Just practice doing it,
practice the duu-daaa, then play it!

♪

Play the root note sing along with it then
Jump to the interval with your voice ♪

It's minor 6, then we've
also got minor 7 ♪

These are in the same fret, but with
one string in the middle

So there, miss one, play the next one.

♪

Listen to it! Play it, listen to it!
Really try and get it in your ears.

Do the little sing, check it!
Also works of course ♪

So all of these different interval shapes work
with either a 6th string root, or a 5th string root.

♪

It's a flat 7. Now the other one we've
looked at was a augmented 4th.

♪

I always think of these as diagonals.

♪

Other one: beginning of Purple Haze it's
another song that uses augmented 4th

There's quite a few - ♪

The Simpsons - ♪

Or, Ave Maria - ♪

It's Primus; so it's just completely diagonal.
So, one string over, one string up.

That's how you play the augmented 4th.

It's time to do a test!

So, the 1st one we're looking at is
gonna be test 5A, and we're going to

be playing each of the intervals twice
and it is just going to be the flat 6, the flat 7,

and the augmented 4th.
Now, just to pre-warn you a bit,

some people get a bit confused between the
augmented 4th and the flat 7

Really try and get used to it.
there is no other way, really other than

practicing and singing it. But try and get
used to how far each one is from the root note.

The augmented 4th (♪) seems closer to me
then (plays flat 7) it's like a bigger jump;

it's further away, (♪)
I think the confusing thing is

that they're both referred to as dissonant.
They both got quite a lot of tension in those intervals.

So, if they're personalities they're
kind of wound up a bit, right?

So, because of that, there's sometimes it's
a little easy to confuse the two, but

it, again, it's only practice.
Everything on the guitar, it's just down to practice.

The right practice.
So, let's do a test!

10 questions, let's go, here it is:

Question 1: ♪

And question 2: ♪

And question 3: ♪

Question 4: ♪

Question 5: ♪

Question 6: ♪

Question 7: ♪

Question 8: ♪

Question 9: ♪

And question 10: ♪

Ok, off to the website, check your answers,
if you have any of it that you were struggling with

practice them a few more times,
practice singing along,

try and feel their vibration,
pick-up on their personality

find their flavor, look at the color,
whatever it is that you're using,

try and get with those particular
intervals that you struggle with.

Remember that when you're practicing
this sort of stuff, you should be practicing

the ones that you struggle with,
not all of them.

If you're totally acing 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths,
when you're practicing, leave'em out!

Untick those boxes, so you're not working
on those particular intervals.

'Cause you know them already.
Work on the ones you can't do!

Very good little practice tip to remember
is: always practice what you can't do,

dont't practice what you can.
Lot's of people fall into that trap.

playing the same stuff that they know
how to do over and over again;

They don't work on the stuff they can't do
which is what would make them

a better guitar player. Of course this whole
interval thing works not just for guitarists,

for all instruments, but you know what
I'm saying. Okay, now we're at 5B.

The final test of this little series. In which
we have all of the diatonic intervals.

So, minor 2nd, 2nd, minor 3rd, 3rd, 4th,
augmented 4th, 5th, flat 6/minor 6, 6

flat 7, 7, and octave. A whole lots of
juice from now. And this is kind of...

This is a seriously good level of
aural training. If you can get this and

you can get'em all right that's great.
So, see how you go, go to the website, there's

plenty more tests on there, if you use the
interval--Justinguitar Ear Trainer thingy-

or do it yourself, practice buddy, whatever
recording yourself. One of those methods.

That's what you should be up to now.
So, here we go: this is test 5B

Good luck!

Question 1: ♪

Question 2: ♪

Question 3: ♪

Question 4: ♪

Question 5: ♪

Question 6: ♪

Question 7: ♪

Question 8: ♪

Question 9: ♪

And question 10: ♪

Ok, there we go, that's the end of
aural training stage 5, there's

plenty more information on the website,
if you wanna continue your aural training

and start looking at harmonic intervals,
and or descending intervals.

So, hope that was lots of fun, you did
really good, practice hard, stay safe,

take care, and I'll see you again
real soon. Bye-bye!