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Melodic Dictation
Melodic dictation means writing down a tune you hear. You don’t need perfect pitch, just a plan: find home, trace the shape, then write it down.
Plain prints every note in black, without the color coding.
Listen
Play each example here, or download it as an MP3 (audio) or a MIDI file.
Find home
- Find home: I–V–I in C major, the last chord is home0:09
Steps, skips, leaps
- Steps: 1 2 3 2 10:07
- Skips: 1 3 5 3 10:07
- Leaps: 1 5 8 5 10:07
Write it down
- The example: I–V–I, a count-in, then the tune twice0:28
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