1 00:00:09,923 --> 00:00:11,642 Hi, how're you doing? Justin here. 2 00:00:11,642 --> 00:00:14,487 Welcome to Aural Training Stage 2. 3 00:00:14,487 --> 00:00:19,568 In this lesson we're going to be looking at the Major 2nd and Major 3rd intervals. 4 00:00:19,568 --> 00:00:22,343 We'll talk about the song references, we'll do a little test on them. 5 00:00:22,343 --> 00:00:25,188 And then we're going to mix them in with the intervals that we've looked at before, 6 00:00:25,188 --> 00:00:26,951 which is the intervals of the 4th and the 5th. 7 00:00:26,951 --> 00:00:29,024 We'll do a little test to see how you're getting on. 8 00:00:29,024 --> 00:00:30,559 So, let's get started. 9 00:00:30,559 --> 00:00:34,941 The interval of a Major 2nd is the second note of the scale. 10 00:00:34,941 --> 00:00:38,023 Of course. (plays) Sounds like that. 11 00:00:38,023 --> 00:00:40,811 And it is the beginning of either Happy Birthday 12 00:00:40,811 --> 00:00:44,094 . . . 13 00:00:44,094 --> 00:00:45,508 or Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. 14 00:00:45,508 --> 00:00:50,531 . . . 15 00:00:50,531 --> 00:00:51,968 It's also the beginning of the scale. 16 00:00:51,968 --> 00:00:55,100 . . . 17 00:00:55,100 --> 00:00:57,600 Major Scale. A scale. The Major Scale specifically. 18 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:04,100 So what we're listening for now, (plays) practicing singing along is a really good idea. 19 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:06,139 . . . 20 00:01:06,139 --> 00:01:08,179 Especially if you're bed-rooming, and no one else is listening. 21 00:01:08,179 --> 00:01:10,751 No one'll really mind, you might not be able to do it on the train. 22 00:01:10,751 --> 00:01:13,554 It's because you'll probably feel a little bit stupid. 23 00:01:13,554 --> 00:01:15,566 OK, thats a Major 2nd. 24 00:01:15,566 --> 00:01:17,423 Next we're looking at Major 3rd. 25 00:01:17,423 --> 00:01:19,813 . . . 26 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,756 The one I always think of for this, I don't know why, 27 00:01:21,756 --> 00:01:24,670 there's other songs as well, on the website, but the one I think of is, 28 00:01:24,670 --> 00:01:26,380 Oh When the Saints Go Marching In. 29 00:01:26,380 --> 00:01:33,610 . . . 30 00:01:33,610 --> 00:01:34,991 Major 3rd. 31 00:01:34,991 --> 00:01:40,799 . . . 32 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:42,370 OK so, what we're going to be doing now. 33 00:01:42,370 --> 00:01:45,407 is trying to listen out to those intervals really closely. 34 00:01:45,407 --> 00:01:47,474 First of all, before I do a little test with those, 35 00:01:47,474 --> 00:01:50,198 I'm going to show them to you in case you want to play you know, 36 00:01:50,198 --> 00:01:53,504 testing your jam buddy, or you want to be able to play the intervals yourself. 37 00:01:53,504 --> 00:01:55,035 So let's go to a quick close up. 38 00:01:56,281 --> 00:02:02,068 OK, the interval of a Major 2nd, (plays) just two frets higher on the same string. 39 00:02:02,068 --> 00:02:03,867 . . . 40 00:02:03,867 --> 00:02:05,236 Works on any string this one. 41 00:02:05,236 --> 00:02:08,126 . . . 42 00:02:08,126 --> 00:02:09,401 Doesn't matter, it's just two frets higher. 43 00:02:09,401 --> 00:02:11,613 . . . 44 00:02:11,613 --> 00:02:17,693 And the interval of a Major 3rd Is either (plays) I always think of it like this, 45 00:02:17,693 --> 00:02:20,023 there's another way of doing it, but let's just do this one for now. 46 00:02:20,023 --> 00:02:22,576 So you're going to start of with your 2nd finger on the Root note, 47 00:02:22,576 --> 00:02:24,369 and it's one fret back on the next string. 48 00:02:24,369 --> 00:02:27,273 . . . 49 00:02:27,273 --> 00:02:28,638 Again you could move it around. 50 00:02:28,638 --> 00:02:33,767 . . . 51 00:02:33,767 --> 00:02:37,206 Doesn't matter where you move it to, that's the shape. 52 00:02:37,206 --> 00:02:40,501 Remember that all of the shapes I'm giving you are also found on the website. 53 00:02:40,501 --> 00:02:42,762 So if you want, like a little reference page or whatever, 54 00:02:42,762 --> 00:02:45,672 when you're testing your mate, then that would be a really good thing to print out for yourself. 55 00:02:45,672 --> 00:02:48,272 It's available as a PDF, go and download that now. 56 00:02:48,272 --> 00:02:51,075 OK, we're ready for a test. 57 00:02:51,075 --> 00:02:55,755 So in this test we're just going to be looking at Major 2nd's and Major 3rds. 58 00:02:55,755 --> 00:02:57,537 So you could write just a 2 or a 3. 59 00:02:57,537 --> 00:03:01,737 So it's going to be 10 questions. So you might want to write down 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. 60 00:03:01,737 --> 00:03:04,318 In a little column, and let's get going. 61 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:08,687 This time I'm only going to play each interval for you twice. 62 00:03:08,687 --> 00:03:11,948 Last time it was three times. We're going to be just doing it two now. 63 00:03:11,948 --> 00:03:15,121 So listen closely. If you need to, pause. 64 00:03:15,121 --> 00:03:19,772 But try not to. Try and just keep up with what I'm doing at And write down what you think. 65 00:03:19,772 --> 00:03:25,180 A little hint that's quite useful. Often the first thing that you think it is, is correct. 66 00:03:25,180 --> 00:03:28,656 I used to do aural training as a teacher at the Guitar Institute. 67 00:03:28,656 --> 00:03:30,641 And the amount of times when we did tests and stuff 68 00:03:30,641 --> 00:03:32,713 that somebody would write down the correct answer, 69 00:03:32,713 --> 00:03:36,618 and then scribble it out and write the wrong answer next to it, was really often. 70 00:03:36,618 --> 00:03:39,715 I'd say probably half of the time somebody had scribbled one out, 71 00:03:39,715 --> 00:03:41,445 and then written something else, 72 00:03:41,445 --> 00:03:43,180 the one that they scribbled out was the right one. 73 00:03:43,180 --> 00:03:47,699 A little bit of the process of learning this is to believe in your instinct a little bit. 74 00:03:47,699 --> 00:03:49,718 To try and really feel the rhythm. 75 00:03:49,718 --> 00:03:52,035 Have played them, you know just playing them as I'm showing you, 76 00:03:52,035 --> 00:03:55,579 is a really good way of kind of internalising that interval. 77 00:03:55,579 --> 00:03:58,086 It's really good practice this stuff, so stick at it. 78 00:03:58,086 --> 00:04:01,263 Here we go, here's your first test. 79 00:04:01,263 --> 00:04:03,982 This is Major 2nd and Major 3rd intervals. 80 00:04:03,982 --> 00:04:06,531 Here we go, here's the first interval. 81 00:04:06,531 --> 00:04:18,142 . . . 82 00:04:18,142 --> 00:04:20,565 Here's the second interval. 83 00:04:20,565 --> 00:04:31,729 . . . 84 00:04:31,729 --> 00:04:33,633 Here's the third interval. 85 00:04:33,633 --> 00:04:43,109 . . . 86 00:04:43,109 --> 00:04:45,356 Here's the fourth interval. 87 00:04:45,356 --> 00:04:54,424 . . . 88 00:04:54,424 --> 00:04:55,830 Here's the fifth interval. 89 00:04:55,830 --> 00:05:07,058 . . . 90 00:05:07,058 --> 00:05:08,830 And here's the sixth. 91 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:19,935 . . . 92 00:05:19,935 --> 00:05:21,481 Question number seven. 93 00:05:21,481 --> 00:05:30,987 . . . 94 00:05:30,987 --> 00:05:32,331 Question number eight. 95 00:05:32,331 --> 00:05:42,147 . . . 96 00:05:42,147 --> 00:05:44,146 Question number nine. 97 00:05:44,146 --> 00:05:53,058 . . . 98 00:05:53,058 --> 00:05:55,003 And question number ten. 99 00:05:55,003 --> 00:06:07,102 . . . 100 00:06:07,102 --> 00:06:12,611 OK That was Quiz 2A where we just had Major 2nd and Major 3rd. 101 00:06:13,702 --> 00:06:16,671 Now we're going to do a proper one, which is going to include 102 00:06:16,671 --> 00:06:21,114 Major 2nd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th and Perfect 5th. 103 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:24,867 In any order, 10 questions, write down your little column now. 104 00:06:24,867 --> 00:06:27,876 Get ready to go, I'm going to be playing each interval twice. 105 00:06:27,876 --> 00:06:30,987 Let's get going, here we go. Question 1. 106 00:06:30,987 --> 00:06:43,588 . . . 107 00:06:43,588 --> 00:06:44,672 Question 2. 108 00:06:44,672 --> 00:06:55,275 . . . 109 00:06:55,275 --> 00:06:56,471 Question 3. 110 00:06:56,471 --> 00:07:08,458 . . . 111 00:07:08,458 --> 00:07:09,789 Question 4. 112 00:07:09,789 --> 00:07:20,821 . . . 113 00:07:20,821 --> 00:07:22,664 Question 5. 114 00:07:22,664 --> 00:07:34,677 . . . 115 00:07:34,677 --> 00:07:36,037 Question 6. 116 00:07:36,037 --> 00:07:46,893 . . . 117 00:07:46,893 --> 00:07:48,155 Question 7. 118 00:07:48,155 --> 00:08:00,474 . . . 119 00:08:00,474 --> 00:08:02,558 Question 8. 120 00:08:02,558 --> 00:08:13,165 . . . 121 00:08:13,165 --> 00:08:14,356 Question 9. 122 00:08:14,356 --> 00:08:24,350 . . . 123 00:08:24,350 --> 00:08:26,093 And question 10. 124 00:08:26,093 --> 00:08:38,938 . . . 125 00:08:38,938 --> 00:08:42,662 Well there you have it, time to go and check your answers now on the website. 126 00:08:42,662 --> 00:08:51,662 Hope you're getting a good percentage wrong. (laughs) 127 00:08:51,662 --> 00:08:55,171 Well, there you have it, that's the end of the quizz for today. 128 00:08:55,171 --> 00:08:57,235 Time to go and check your answers on the website. 129 00:08:57,235 --> 00:08:59,339 Hope you're getting most of them right. 130 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:03,967 If there are any intervals that you find you're getting wrong particularly more than others, 131 00:09:03,967 --> 00:09:07,370 then it might be worth playing those ones a few extra times, 132 00:09:07,370 --> 00:09:11,212 you know, play them on the guitar, sing along with it if you can, 133 00:09:11,212 --> 00:09:14,232 that's a really good way, make sure you think of the song interval that relates 134 00:09:14,232 --> 00:09:17,431 to the interval as well. That's a really good idea. 135 00:09:18,554 --> 00:09:20,732 Shouldn't be causing you too many problems yet. 136 00:09:20,732 --> 00:09:22,286 It's gonna get a little bit fun later on. 137 00:09:22,286 --> 00:09:25,164 So make sure you get these basic ones nice and solid. 138 00:09:25,164 --> 00:09:26,917 Plenty of practice. That's the way to go. 139 00:09:26,917 --> 00:09:31,606 Have fun with those. See you for some more training very soon. Bye bye.