Need Memory Tricks For Interval Spellings |
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Dec 22 2009, 02:22 AM
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QUOTE (A.C. Dega @ Dec 22 2009, 02:18 AM)  I've got a course on relative pitch training, they want us to memorize the spellings of all intervals but I keep getting some of my ascending fifths mixed up with descending fourths. Example. E up to A is a 4th. and E down to A is a fifth. Does anyone have any memory tricks for remembering the "spelling" of intervals? The first notes of "twinkle, twinkle little star" is a fifth, or You can take whatever simple melody and use as a reminder. The same goes for the fourth, eg. use a melody You know as reminder. The reason that You mix it up is because that the inversion of the intervals is actually the same..... //Staffay --------------------  Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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Dec 22 2009, 02:42 AM
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QUOTE (A.C. Dega @ Dec 22 2009, 02:27 AM) Hey that Twinkle Twinkle thing is Awesome for Ascending Fifths. Thanks. Also For Descending Fifths I use "Oompa Loompa" from Willie Wonka. No probs..  I've learned this when I was at college long time ago and studying about the same as you...
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Dec 22 2009, 03:45 AM
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I was thinking maybe you'd remember by the sum always being nine. Given your example about E and A. Whatever the distance in one direction, the distance in the other irection MUST be the difference from nine.
Taking your example of E as the center point, E up to A is a 4th. and E down to A is a fifth 9 - 4th = 5th 9 - 5th = 4th Expanding for intervals we might not consider: E to F#: 2nd, 9 - 2nd = 7 F# to E: must be 7th -------------------- ::jafomatic
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Dec 22 2009, 04:19 PM
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for the fifths I use the Superman theme,
fourths are easier because they are the typical cadencial interval at the end of a symphony for example. Seconds/sevenths I use Blitzkrieg, the metallica cover, 
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