Ear Training Perfect 4th And 5ths Options

[Nighthawk1]

Hi there GMC,

I am just doing some EarTraining Lessons via EarMasterPro and I am currently stuck in a lesson where you have to tell which of two intervalls is the bigger one. In this particular lesson the trainer plays a perfect fourth, a perfect fifth and a tritonus (which means a dim fifth or respectively an aug fourth which are the same) .

For me it is no problem hearing the tritonus and discriminating it from the other intervalls because it is very dissonant.
But I really can't hear the difference between the perfect fourth and the perfect fifth. By the way, the trainer plays each intervall from a different root which makes it also more difficult to differentiate the two intervalls.

I think the problem in hearing the difference between a perfect 4th and 5th is that an inverted 5th chord (or powerchord) is actually a perfect fourth intervall. So you can't say the perfect 5th is the powerchord sound and that's why it is easy to identify. For example the famous "Smoke on the water" riff is also played in inverted 5th intervalls meaning you play the fifth in the base which is the same as a perfect fourth interval. I think the problem shows up with all complementary intervalls but this is the first one I encounter.
This fact makes it very difficult for me hearing what interval is being played or which one is bigger if the trainer plays a fourth and a fifth..

Now, have you some tips how to hear these particular intervalls?

Thanks a lot

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This post has been edited by Nighthawk1: Jul 13 2010, 11:22 AM