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lcsdds View Member Profile	Sep 19 2009, 11:50 AM
Sep 19 2009, 11:50 AM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	Bought this and started working with it Pedja. It seems pretty good so far........ http://www.earmaster.com/home2.htm?gclid=C...CFSn6agodRFvDag You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

wrk View Member Profile	Sep 19 2009, 12:41 PM
Sep 19 2009, 12:41 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 1.027 Joined: 19-June 06 From: Paris/France (..used to be german)	I used the trial once ... seems to be pretty good as you said. If i remember right, there were too many options for my taste and i mainly played with the settings instead to just practice Btw .. if you have an iPhone/iPod touch. There is a nice and very simple app called "Relative Pitch". I used it a lot this summer and really liked it. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by wrk: Sep 19 2009, 12:41 PM -------------------- www.musiclearningtools.net www.youtube.com/AndyVeil

lcsdds View Member Profile	Sep 19 2009, 01:10 PM
Sep 19 2009, 01:10 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	I'll have to talk my wife into getting me an iPhone..... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Pedja Simovic View Member Profile	Sep 20 2009, 11:06 AM
Sep 20 2009, 11:06 AM	Instructor Posts: 8.109 Joined: 13-September 08 From: Nis, Serbia	Good for you Monte! I never purchased any ear training software so I can't share my experiences with you about that one Let me know how you are doing with it. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Video Lessons

lcsdds View Member Profile	Sep 20 2009, 11:35 AM
Sep 20 2009, 11:35 AM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	QUOTE (Pedja Simovic @ Sep 20 2009, 11:06 AM) Good for you Monte! I never purchased any ear training software so I can't share my experiences with you about that one Let me know how you are doing with it. How did you do your ear training Pedja? Specifically when you were learning to identify intervals? I've noticed that it is more difficult for me to identfy intervals when they are played in the lower register of the guitar. Especially subtle differences......like difference between a m3 and M3. It's good software. It makes you identify the intervals first using a common tone using ascending, descending and then harmonic. Then it does the same thing but using random tones. I think if I can be consistent with this software I should really improve my ear. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Pedja Simovic View Member Profile	Sep 20 2009, 11:47 AM
Sep 20 2009, 11:47 AM	Instructor Posts: 8.109 Joined: 13-September 08 From: Nis, Serbia	QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 20 2009, 12:35 PM) How did you do your ear training Pedja? Specifically when you were learning to identify intervals? I've noticed that it is more difficult for me to identfy intervals when they are played in the lower register of the guitar. Especially subtle differences......like difference between a m3 and M3. It's good software. It makes you identify the intervals first using a common tone using ascending, descending and then harmonic. Then it does the same thing but using random tones. I think if I can be consistent with this software I should really improve my ear. I first learned to sing using traditional method in singing, solfege. I had to learn that for exams in music school when I was young. It helped me a lot because after getting sounds of the scales, I started focusing on distances between the notes (singing up and down major minor 2nd 3rd perfect 4th etc). When I got my relative pitch it was combination of scales intervals and songs! I would remember a specific song that starts with specific interval and I would sing it so many times from different starting note until it locks in my ear. That is the method I used You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Video Lessons

lcsdds View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 07:01 AM
Sep 23 2009, 07:01 AM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	So Pedja I've been working with this software everyday for about an hour. It is going pretty well but one thing I am having trouble with is distinguishing between perfect 4ths and perfect 5ths. The program starts you out by first starting on the same tone and then it does a section for ascending, descending and harmonic. So when it starts from the same tone I can tell the difference between the 4th and 5th pretty easily. Then it makes it harder and plays the intervals starting from different tones. I am having a difficult time with this. I do pretty well but I am not consistent. It especially seems difficult if one interval is played in a much higher register compared to the other interval. Do you have any suggestions to be able to be able to distinguish these two intervals better or do I just need to get a billion more repetitions???? I am doing well at distinguishing between the M2, m2, M3, m3 and A4/D5 intervals.......it's just the 4th and 5th that I am not consistent with. Thanks Pedja......... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

wrk View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 07:20 AM
Sep 23 2009, 07:20 AM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 1.027 Joined: 19-June 06 From: Paris/France (..used to be german)	Hi Monte, ... i find these intervals difficult as well ... especially on higher or lower registers as you said. What helps me is to "sing" triads if i'm not sure, but i'm not happy with this approach as i would like to hear clearly the differences between both .. Hope Pedja can give us some other ideas ... but i'm afraid i know what his answer will be .. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- www.musiclearningtools.net www.youtube.com/AndyVeil

Staffy View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 07:50 AM
Sep 23 2009, 07:50 AM	Learning Tone Master Posts: 2.294 Joined: 18-June 09 From: Genarp, Sweden	QUOTE (wrk @ Sep 23 2009, 08:20 AM) Hi Monte, ... i find these intervals difficult as well ... especially on higher or lower registers as you said. What helps me is to "sing" triads if i'm not sure, but i'm not happy with this approach as i would like to hear clearly the differences between both .. Hope Pedja can give us some other ideas ... but i'm afraid i know what his answer will be .. What could help, is to think at the first note as the first chord in a blues progression, is the second note the iv chord or the v chord??? Otherwise, Pedja mentioned a great idea here before. Take a famous song: for a fifth, take "Twinkle,twinkle little star" for example.... (the first notes) //Staffay You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- 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

Pedja Simovic View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 07:51 AM
Sep 23 2009, 07:51 AM	Instructor Posts: 8.109 Joined: 13-September 08 From: Nis, Serbia	Monte and Andy For perfect 4ths and 5ths to lock in, you should sing the songs that have those intervals. For perfect 4th, use "Here comes the bride" For perfect 5th use "Star wars theme" or "Top gun theme". I think even "Flinstones theme" starts with descending perfect 5th. Money for nothing by Dire straits starts with perfect 4th hammering on the perfect 5th. Smoke on the water main riff is using just perfect 4ths... Idea is to pick one tune for each and as soon as you hear starting note, sing the next note from it. Use the song, lock it in your ear and then check your answers. More advanced approach is by using triad inversions, but that only works for perfect 4th! 2nd inversion of major and minor triads use perfect 4th interval between 5th and root followed by some sort of 3rd. Hope that helps! Pedja You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Video Lessons

wrk View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 08:49 AM
Sep 23 2009, 08:49 AM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 1.027 Joined: 19-June 06 From: Paris/France (..used to be german)	Thanks Pedja and Staffay Yes, when i use ear training tools to practice intervals .. different approaches like to use songs as references or to sing scales or chords works quite well to find the solution. Actually i try now to listen more closely to the "quality" of each interval and try to hear the difference by the sound, .. different levels of consonant or dissonant sound. Using a piano, i have the impression as lower the intervals are played, 4th's and 5th's become more and more similar to each other. On the guitar i don't have that much problems to hear the differences btw .. maybe it does not go as low or i'm more used to guitar sound in general. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- www.musiclearningtools.net www.youtube.com/AndyVeil

Pedja Simovic View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 09:24 AM
Sep 23 2009, 09:24 AM	Instructor Posts: 8.109 Joined: 13-September 08 From: Nis, Serbia	QUOTE (wrk @ Sep 23 2009, 09:49 AM) Thanks Pedja and Staffay Yes, when i use ear training tools to practice intervals .. different approaches like to use songs as references or to sing scales or chords works quite well to find the solution. Actually i try now to listen more closely to the "quality" of each interval and try to hear the difference by the sound, .. different levels of consonant or dissonant sound. Using a piano, i have the impression as lower the intervals are played, 4th's and 5th's become more and more similar to each other. On the guitar i don't have that much problems to hear the differences btw .. maybe it does not go as low or i'm more used to guitar sound in general. This is true Andy! Piano in the lower range can sound trickier then guitar. That period of adjustment will last only for a little bit, just keep singing and locking the melody with starting interval in your head. After a while it becomes automatic You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Video Lessons

Staffy View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 09:47 AM
Sep 23 2009, 09:47 AM	Learning Tone Master Posts: 2.294 Joined: 18-June 09 From: Genarp, Sweden	The reason why its tricky to say if its a fourth or fifth (especially in the lower registrys) is that the fourth interval will actually be a fifth interval, if its inverted. As guitar players, we are using these inversions all the time in form of "power-chords", and therefore also recognizes them easier with a guitar sound. But its true as Pedja says that its harder on piano in the lower registries. When I studied ear training, I was transposing the intervals in my head (one octave above) - when they were really low.... Also we have the matter that a piano is a well-tempered instrument, which gives that no interval is really "clean" or "sharp", but i dont think that matters in this case... //Staffay You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- 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

lcsdds View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 12:47 PM
Sep 23 2009, 12:47 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	Thanks for all the suggestions......I will definintely try them to see if I can't get these intervals down...... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Pedja Simovic View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 01:32 PM
Sep 23 2009, 01:32 PM	Instructor Posts: 8.109 Joined: 13-September 08 From: Nis, Serbia	Cool Monte I will try to do one Ear Training video by the end of the month, no promises though You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- My Video Lessons

lcsdds View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 02:55 PM
Sep 23 2009, 02:55 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	Thanks Pedja.......I'll keep working. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

enforcer View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 06:33 PM
Sep 23 2009, 06:33 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.202 Joined: 23-September 08 From: Istanbul	I own that software too, it is really detailed and works great. I was thinking I had no problems with intervals for example, but that showed me I still had a way to go. (Esp, trying to find 4ths dim5ths and 5ths which have different roots) I really suggest it every serious musician round here:) Can You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- incoming spoiler read it at your own risk! Spoiler: Vigier G.V Wood HH American Stratocaster Maple Standart with X2N bridge pickups Samwick Artist custom modified Baswood Lespaul with S.Duncan JB and N56 pickups Self made Fretless Strat type made of Rosewood/Maple with self wound Neck and Ibanez V8 Bridge Pickups Floor Pod 2.0 Amp Simulation System Pod Xt Pro Rack Amp Simulation System Digitech TSR 12 Rack Effect and Studio Reverb Behringer Composer Rack Compressor Expander Morley Bad Horsie Wah Pedal Behringer FB1010 Floor Board it, surely, spoiled me!!! and may the force be with you :)

lcsdds View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 07:10 PM
Sep 23 2009, 07:10 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	QUOTE (enforcer @ Sep 23 2009, 06:33 PM) I own that software too, it is really detailed and works great. I was thinking I had no problems with intervals for example, but that showed me I still had a way to go. (Esp, trying to find 4ths dim5ths and 5ths which have different roots) I really suggest it every serious musician round here:) Can That is where I am having problems too Can.......the different roots with the 4ths and 5ths. Just gotta keep working I gues.... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

enforcer View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 08:01 PM
Sep 23 2009, 08:01 PM	GMC:er Posts: 1.202 Joined: 23-September 08 From: Istanbul	QUOTE (lcsdds @ Sep 23 2009, 09:10 PM) That is where I am having problems too Can.......the different roots with the 4ths and 5ths. Just gotta keep working I gues.... Yeah man, seriously even A-B'ing with some known songs doesn't help. (for ex. Sad but true for 5ths and smoke on the water for 4ths ) You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- incoming spoiler read it at your own risk! Spoiler: Vigier G.V Wood HH American Stratocaster Maple Standart with X2N bridge pickups Samwick Artist custom modified Baswood Lespaul with S.Duncan JB and N56 pickups Self made Fretless Strat type made of Rosewood/Maple with self wound Neck and Ibanez V8 Bridge Pickups Floor Pod 2.0 Amp Simulation System Pod Xt Pro Rack Amp Simulation System Digitech TSR 12 Rack Effect and Studio Reverb Behringer Composer Rack Compressor Expander Morley Bad Horsie Wah Pedal Behringer FB1010 Floor Board it, surely, spoiled me!!! and may the force be with you :)

lcsdds View Member Profile	Sep 23 2009, 09:45 PM
Sep 23 2009, 09:45 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	I think it is hard to differentiate between 4ths and 5ths because they are essentially the same interval. If I play a 4th ascending then I am playing a 5th when descending. They sound the same because they are the same.......that's my story and I'm sticking to it..........\m/\m/ You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

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