- Episode 9 (chord Qualities)2010/01/07
I will play a 4 note voicing consisting of the root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th and you have to guess the quality of the chord. You're choices are major 7, major 7b5, major 7#5, minor/major 7, minor 7, half diminished 7, full diminished 7, dominant 7, dominant 7b5, dominant 7#5. I will play the chord twice, tell you the answer, then arpeggiate the chord
- Episode 8 (II - V progressions)2010/01/03
Info (Show/Hide)This exercise will help you to hear II - V progressions. I will play two II - V progressions consecutively and you need to distinguish the interval between them. For example if I give you Dmi7 - G7 - Ebmi7 - Ab7 then the answer would be a half step up because the second II - V progression is a half step up from the first. These different types of progressions are common in jazz music and if you are able to distinguish between them you will have a better understanding of the music and will hopefully allow you to eventually learn jazz tunes by ear.
- Episode 8 part 2 (II-V progressions)2010/01/03
This is the same exercise as the first part of episode 8 except you will now have to name the last two chords of the progression after hearing the first two.
- Episode 7 (more interval training)2010/01/03
This exercise will help you to recognize intervals quickly. I will play a note and you need to guess what it is based on the previous note.
- Episode 6 (modes of the major scale)2010/01/02
I will play a scale based on a mode of the major scale and you have to guess which one it is. You can choose from ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian.
- Episode 5 (recognizing extensions in dominant chords)2010/01/02
This exercise will help you to hear all the extensions of a dominant chord. I will play the chord twice; the first time as a block chord, the second time each note separately.
- Episode 4 (singing intervals)2010/01/02
In this exercise I will tell you what interval to sing from a given note.
- Episode 3 (singing melody notes over chords)2010/01/02
I will play a chord and tell you what that chord is. I will then give you a note that you need to sing over that chord. I will play the chord twice. The first time without the melody note; the second time with the melody note after.
- Episode 2 (melody notes)2010/01/02
name the interval between the melody note and the root of the chord
- Episode 1 (intervals)2010/01/01
Name the interval. You will hear the two notes played simultaneously twice followed by the answer. The answer will be within two octaves.
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- Episode 11 (root position triads over bass notes)2009/12/10
The first section will be major triads over C
the second section will be minor triads over A
- Episode 10 (melody notes over bass lines)2009/11/18
In this exercise you need to guess the melody note played on the piano over a given bass line. I will provide the key of the bass line. Later on in the exercise I will give you two notes at the same time.
