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Ear training - Scales
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Ear Training - Scales
Inthispresentation,wewilllearnhowtoidentifyscalesaurally.Itispresumedyoualreadyknowhowtonotatemajorandminorscales.
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BelowisaDmajorscale.Listentothescaleafewtimestoknowwhatitsoundslike.
Major scale
Majorscaleshavehalfstepsbetweenscaledegrees3-4and7-8.Whentryingtoidentifymajorscalesaurally,listenforthethirdscaledegree(2wholestepsabovetonic)andtheleadingtonetothetonic(scaledegrees7-8).
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NaturalMinorscalesdifferfrommajorscalesinthatscaledegrees3,6,and7areloweredahalfstep.
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Natural minor scale
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Majorscale:
Naturalminorscale:
Listentothesetwoscalesafewtimestohearthedifference.
Wholestep
Thenaturalminorscalewillalsohavenohalfstepbetweenscaledegrees7and8.Thisistheonlymajororminorscalewithnoleadingtone.
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Naturalminorscale:
Harmonicminorscalesarethesameasanaturalminorscalebuthavearaised7th scaledegree.
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Harmonic minor scale
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Listentothesetwoscalesafewtimestohearthedifference.
Halfstep
Theraisedseventhscaledegreewillcreateahalfstepbetweenscaledegree7-8,makingscaledegree7aleadingtone.Itwillalsocreateafunnysoundinginterval(awhole+halfstep)betweenscaledegrees6and7.
Harmonicminorscale
Whole+Halfstep
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Melodicminorscaleswerecreatedto“fix”thestrangesoundofthewhole+half stepintervalthatoccursintheharmonicminorscale.Themelodicminordiffersfromtheharmonicminorinthatthescaledegree6israised(aswellastheraisedscaledegree7).
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Melodic minor scale
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Listentothesetwoscalesafewtimestohearthedifference.
Therefore,thebottompartofthescalewillsoundminor,butthetoppartofthescalewillsoundlikeamajorscalesincetheycontainthesamewholeandhalfstepcontentasthosescales.
Harmonicminorscale
Melodicminorscale
Minorscale- WHW Majorscale- WWH
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Nowlistentothedifferenttypesofscalesafewtimes:
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Ear training – Scales: Review
Harmonicminorscale
Melodicminorscale
Majorscale
Naturalminor
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Listen ScaletypeListen Scaletype
Let’spracticeaurallyidentifyingmajorandminorscales.Theseexamplesusesoundsofdifferentinstruments.Don’tletthatstartleyou.Justlistenthethescale.Listentothescale.Thenclicktoseethecorrectanswer.
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Ear training – Scales: Practice
Harmonicminor
Major
Harmonicminor
Naturalminor
Melodicminor
Major
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Selectoneofthefollowingtoreview:
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Ear training – Scales: Review
Majorscale
NaturalMinorscale
HarmonicMinorscale
Melodicminorscale
Review
Practice
