🎵 Interval Ear Training 🎼

Level 1 - Practice 👂🏻

Can you recognise the ascending major & perfect intervals?

Level 1 - Challenge 🎯

Level 1️⃣

Can you recognise the descending major & perfect intervals?

Level 2 - Practice 👂🏻
Level 2 - Challenge 🎯
Level 3 - Practice 👂🏻
Level 3 - Challenge 🎯

Level 2️⃣

Level 3️⃣

Level 5️⃣

Level 4️⃣

Level 6️⃣

Can you spot the ascending major, minor & tritone intervals?

Can you recognise the descending major, minor & tritone intervals?

Level 4 - Practice 👂🏻
Level 4 - Challenge 🎯
Level 5 - Practice 👂🏻
Level 5 - Challenge 🎯
Level 6 - Practice 👂🏻
Level 6 - Challenge 🎯

Interval Ear Training is the practice of recognising the distance between two notes just by hearing them—without any reference instrument. It helps students develop a keen sense of pitch relationships, making it easier to play by ear, sight-sing, and understand music at a deeper level.

Why Does It Matter? 💡

  • Better Musical Intuition – Imagine hearing two notes and instantly recognising whether they form a perfect fifth, a major third, or a tritone—just like knowing the difference between a question and an exclamation by tone alone! This skill helps students grasp melodies and harmonies more naturally.

  • Improved Aural Awareness – By training to hear intervals, students learn to recognise the building blocks of music. Whether it’s identifying the leaps in a melody or understanding chord structures, interval training strengthens their ability to "hear" music before playing it.

  • Stronger Sight-Singing & Transcription – When students can recognise intervals by ear, they can sight-sing with greater accuracy and dictate music more efficiently. This skill is crucial for transcribing songs, composing by ear, and improving overall musicianship.

  • Enhanced Playing & Improvisation – Whether playing an instrument or improvising a solo, knowing intervals by ear allows musicians to navigate their instrument with confidence. It helps in playing harmonies, constructing melodies, and even tuning by ear!

Melodic Intervals

Can you recognise any ascending interval?

Can you recognise any descending interval?

Level 9️⃣

Can you recognise any interval?

Level 9 - Practice 👂🏻
Level 9 - Challenge 🎯

Level 7️⃣

Level 7 - Practice 👂🏻
Level 7 - Challenge 🎯
Level 8 - Practice 👂🏻
Level 8 - Challenge 🎯

Level 8️⃣

Can you recognise the major & perfect intervals?

Can you recognise the major, minor & tritone intervals?

Harmonic Intervals

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