Question about interval memorization

Dirge326 · Post by **Dirge326** » 10 Feb 2010, 12:51

About how much longer than singing or using songs as references would it take to memorize the sounds of the different musical intervals if I just repeated them over and over until I finally memorized them all?

Post by **Quentin** » 11 Feb 2010, 02:20

That's really difficult to say, as it depends mostly on your ability to assimilate such material, and how fast you will do that. It varies from individual to individual. Singing and using songs is a method that makes it easier to create mental triggers in order to memorize the different intervals, but you don't have to use it if you don't feel that it is helping you. The most crucial part in assimilating the sounds of intervals is to train a little everyday (5-20 minutes), not hasting things, and to put it into practice as much as possible with your instrument (by trying to transcribe songs by ear for instance, etc.).

Dirge326 · Post by **Dirge326** » 12 Feb 2010, 18:38

Quentin wrote:Singing and using songs is a method that makes it easier to create mental triggers in order to memorize the different intervals...

Thanks for responding!

Because of your reference to singing and using songs making it easier to memorize the interval sounds, and because of the ear master manual's reference to the same, I recently started singing to figure out what interval is being played while I use the program's exercises. (I would also use songs, but my computer doesn't always seem to like you tube videos.)

One thing I haven't figures out, and something I'm hoping you could tell me is, when I should stop singing and start relying on nothing more than my ears when using the exercises.

I'm currently using the interval identification part of the program.

Post by **Quentin** » 15 Feb 2010, 05:01

At some point, you will feel that the name of intervals come up to your mind automatically, and that's when you won't need to systematically sing or use reference songs. Ultimately, interval identification should become like a pure reflex. Don't rush it, it will come by itself just like one starts playing an instrument faster and better without noticing it, simply by practicing regularly