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Hearing intervals
a song or a trick for every interval, going up and coming down
Plain prints every note in black, without the color coding.
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Step 4: count to check
- Counting a 6th: C up to A, then hum up the scale C D E F G A0:13
Going up
- Minor 2nd (m2) up: C to D♭0:06
- Major 2nd (M2) up: C to D0:06
- Minor 3rd (m3) up: C to E♭0:06
- Major 3rd (M3) up: C to E0:06
- Perfect 4th (P4) up: C to F0:06
- Tritone (TT) up: C to F♯0:06
- Perfect 5th (P5) up: C to G0:06
- Minor 6th (m6) up: C to A♭0:06
- Major 6th (M6) up: C to A0:06
- Minor 7th (m7) up: C to B♭0:06
- Major 7th (M7) up: C to B0:06
- Octave (P8) up: C to high C0:06
Going down
- Minor 2nd (m2) down: D♭ to C0:06
- Major 2nd (M2) down: D to C0:06
- Minor 3rd (m3) down: E♭ to C0:06
- Major 3rd (M3) down: E to C0:06
- Perfect 4th (P4) down: F to C0:06
- Tritone (TT) down: F♯ to C0:06
- Perfect 5th (P5) down: G to C0:06
- Minor 6th (m6) down: A♭ to C0:06
- Major 6th (M6) down: A to C0:06
- Minor 7th (m7) down: B♭ to C0:06
- Major 7th (M7) down: B to C0:06
- Octave (P8) down: high C to C0:06
Heard together: open
- Perfect 4th (P4) together: C + F0:06
- Perfect 5th (P5) together: C + G0:06
- Octave (P8) together: C + high C0:06
Heard together: sweet
- Minor 3rd (m3) together: C + E♭0:06
- Major 3rd (M3) together: C + E0:06
- Minor 6th (m6) together: C + A♭0:06
- Major 6th (M6) together: C + A0:06
Heard together: clashing
- Minor 2nd (m2) together: C + D♭0:06
- Major 2nd (M2) together: C + D0:06
- Minor 7th (m7) together: C + B♭0:06
- Major 7th (M7) together: C + B0:06
Heard together: restless
- Tritone (TT) together: C + F♯0:06
- The tritone settles: C + F♯, then B + G0:09
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