Best Practice Approaches for Mastering Intervals???

[bparham79]

Hello Ear Master Community,

I recently purchased Ear Master Pro 6, and I absolutely love it. I've been incessantly working intervals doing the Interval Comparison, Interval Identification, and Rhythm Imitation to round things out.

That being said, I'm already stuck on Major 3rds, Minor 3rds, and it seems to me that I probably need to practice those specific intervals away from Ear Master and on my own.

So what's the best method of doing this? Should I sing them chromatically? Circle of Fourths? Fifths? Take the Major 3rd on one day and the Minor 3rd on another day? Or should I sing a note then sing the Major 3rd followed by the note and the Minor 3rd?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Second question: I'd really like to work on the Interval Singing exercises, but they are way above my level.

Can I set the exercises to play, for example, a Major 3rd, then repeat the first note, and I sing the 3rd above it after already having heard it.

Right now, the exercise gives me a tone and tells me to sing a 3rd above it, and I can't do it. No way in hell. Not yet at least.

Thanks for your thoughtful replies. I really love Ear Master, and I can already see a steep improvement.

[Quentin]

Hi,

In the interval Singing activity, you could play the third on the piano or the guitar interfaces by clicking on the correct tone with the right button of the mouse (so that it doesn't get inserted on the staff). This is an easy and quick way to preview the intervals you are asked to sing.

Best of luck with your ear training!

Cheers,
Quentin

[bparham79]

Thanks Quentin! I can't wait to give it a try. Any other suggestions for mastering my intervals? Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.

Best wishes.

-B

[Quentin]

You will find a few tips in the Help file of EarMaster Pro 6. Check them out, some are very useful for interval ear training