I see the same thing in lessons 13, 14, 15 etc.

Am I wrong that it's just a notation convention (employed by EM)?

Major vs Minor Seconds (lessons 13 onwards) seem almost impossible at this stage. Persevering… .

Thanks again, Quentin; again - very helpful :-)

Something else I've noticed with regards to Seconds is how much easier some are than others. In the course of 15 questions half a dozen stand out almost before 'B' has finished. Other intervals I have to play up to four or five times… then still get ...

Good idea. Thanks.

I'm curious, though: as things stand now (I'm new to this), I'm just working my way through recognition tests. Every day (as suggested) for 20 to 30 minutes.

Can I assume, though, that something is (physically?/chemically?) changing in my brain to make me (permanently?!) more ...

Thanks again; I think I'll repeat #13 (I did it half a dozen times yesterday) to try and get closer to 99%!

This time I'll pay more attention to the consonance/dissonance properties.

I love EarMaster, BTW - thanks!

Thanks, Quentin; I am certainly going to stick with it

So are you saying that it's more the lack of a common (to both intervals) tone that I'm finding difficult than the nature of seconds?

I got nearly 99% on Interval Comparison lessons 1 - 12.

When I came to do #13 (Major vs minor 2nds - a scending), I started to find it a lot harder to recognize the greater interval.

Is there a reason for this, please?

And then when I went on to 14 (Major vs minor 2nds - de scending), it suddenly ...