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Hi, how are you doing, Justin here!

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Here we are at Aural Training Stage 5,

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where we are now looking at

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all of the chromatic, ascending,[br]melodic intervals.

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Bit of a mouthful that one, aye?

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So basically, we are looking at

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all of the notes ascending,[br]like going up,

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within an octave.

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

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

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and also an augmented 4th.

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you can also call this a flat 5.

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I tend to think of it as a sharp 4.

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Doesn't really matter,[br]sharp 4, flat 5,

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

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So, we need to check out[br]these intervals.

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So, the first one[br]that we need to look at

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is the flat 6.

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♪

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Now, I always hear this...

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

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♪

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It's that.[br]It's a kind of a jazz standard.

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♪

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But there's also a lot cooler ones.

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

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

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♪

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That's a flat 6 interval. Minor 6.

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♪

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Great song.

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♪

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

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♪

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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♪

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I just recognize it

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♪

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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♪

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

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Make sure that you've got it right.

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♪

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

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That's flat 7

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

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♪

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This is exactly halfway between[br]an octave, this one:

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♪

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

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

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

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♪

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

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♪

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

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The Simpsons - ♪

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

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

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

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which started-off with this augmented 4th

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♪

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so I always hear it as being the[br]John the Fisherman interval

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♪ - Primus

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But Simpsons is probably a more common

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♪

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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♪

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

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♪

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

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

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

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So there, miss one, play the next one.[br]

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♪

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

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

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

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♪

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

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♪

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I always think of these as diagonals.

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♪

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

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There's quite a few - ♪

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The Simpsons - ♪

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Or, Ave Maria - ♪

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

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That's how you play the augmented 4th.[br]

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It's time to do a test!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Question 1: ♪

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And question 2: ♪

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And question 3: ♪

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Question 4: ♪

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Question 5: ♪

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Question 6: ♪

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Question 7: ♪

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Question 8: ♪

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Question 9: ♪

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And question 10: ♪

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

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practice them a few more times,[br]practice singing along,

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try and feel their vibration,[br]pick-up on their personality

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

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try and get with those particular[br]intervals that you struggle with.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Good luck!

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Question 1: ♪

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Question 2: ♪

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Question 3: ♪

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Question 4: ♪

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Question 5: ♪

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Question 6: ♪

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Question 7: ♪

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Question 8: ♪

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Question 9: ♪

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And question 10: ♪

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

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

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and start looking at harmonic intervals,[br]and or descending intervals.

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

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