Ear training

The course “Ear training”: theory and exercises. Lessons: 18.

Intervals by ear

Recognise intervals played one after another and together.

• Perfect intervals by ear
• Thirds and sixths by ear
• Seconds, sevenths and the tritone by ear

Chords by ear

Recognise triads and seventh chords, played together and as arpeggios.

• Major or minor
• Diminished and augmented triads by ear
• Seventh chords by ear

Scales and modes by ear

Tell scales and modes apart by their colour.

• Major and minor scales
• Three kinds of minor
• Modes by ear

Melodic dictation

Write down short melodies by ear, from steps to leaps and minor keys.

• Stepwise melodies
• Leaps and thirds
• Minor and rhythm

Rhythmic dictation

Write down rhythms by ear, from quarter notes to syncopation and sixteenths.

• Quarters and eighths
• Dots and rests
• Syncopation and sixteenths

Harmonic hearing

Hear chords in a sequence: cadences, progressions and the bass line.

• Cadences by ear
• Progressions by ear
• The bass line