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Old 20th September 2008 , 04:44 PM
sphelan
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Originally Posted by sureno View Post
Intervals have a distinctive characteristic sound to each one, the more you do it the more you get to recognize the sound, its really just training through repetition and practice on your piano, lol speaking of that i should really dust off the ol' piano
Yes, but it's also about listening and understaning and not just repetition. I remember internalising intervals using a method where I would relate the sound to the opening notes of a well known melody e.g. a perfect 4th as the opening to Here Comes the Bride, a perfect 5th as the opening to the Black Beauty theme (yes, this was a while ago!!), a minor 6th as the third and fourth notes of The Entertainer by Scott Joplin, etc.

If it were only about repetition, you could teach a monkey to do it!!
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