Release Year: 2014
Producer: Ask Video
Producer’s Website: www.askvideo.com/course/melodies-intervals-and-scales
Author: Gregg Fine
Duration: 02:21:00
Type of Material: Video Lesson
Language: English
Description: Whether you perform, listen, or mix music, knowing the intervals and chords you hear is an essential skill all musicians should have. The good news is, you can train your ears, and start doing it right now with this course from Gregg Fine.
Our music theory expert, Gregg Fine, will give you fun and engaging ear workouts! In this first installment of the “Ear Training” series, Gregg will explain musical intervals and show you how to better identify them.
Whether you perform, listen to or mix music, knowing the intervals and chords behind what you hear is an essential skill that all musicians need to have. The good news is that you can train your ears – beginning right here – in this course by Gregg Fine.
Our music theory expert, Gregg Fine, has put together a fun and entertaining workout for your ears! In this first installation in the Ear Training Series, Gregg dissects musical intervals and shows you how to get better at identifying them. He covers musical modes, both for the major scale and the melodic minor scale and tests your progress with some interactive exercises that you can run through at any time! Gregg also explains how scales are built, and helps you train your ear with more exercises that give your ears a solid workout.
Finally, he takes it to the finale with an introduction to transcription—a fantastic way to develop your ear and learn music! Gregg also gives a real life example of a short solo that he transcribes using his DAW of choice, a musical staff, and some serious listening!
As a musician, your ear is arguably your most powerful tool. So educate your ears with this first course in our fascinating new series on Ear Training by Gregg Fine.
Content :
01 Introduction (05:50)
02 Relative Pitch vs. Perfect Pitch (03:22)
03 Half Step vs. Whole Step (05:20)
04 Exercise 1: HS vs. WS (03:03)
05 Exercise 2: HS vs. WS (03:10)
06 Solfege (04:23)
07 Tuning (03:36)
08 Tuning Exercise (03:22)
09 Intervallic Recognition (06:12)
10 Exercise 1: Intervals (03:28)
11 Exercise 2: Intervals (03:31)
12 Exercise 3: Intervals (05:27)
13 Modes from the Major Scale (04:29)
14 Listen to the Modes (03:50)
15 Exercise 1: Major Scale Modes (05:04)
16 Exercise 2: Major Scale Modes (07:11)
17 Minor Scale Type Recognition (05:53)
18 Exercise 1: Minor Scales (04:44)
19 Exercise 2: Minor Scales (04:16)
20 Exercise 3: Minor Scales (04:15)
21 Exercise 4: Minor Scales (04:20)
22 Modes from Melodic Minor (02:48)
23 Exercise 1: Melodic Minor Modes (05:06)
24 Exercise 2: Melodic Minor Modes (02:48)
25 Pentatonic Scales (06:43)
26 Exercise: Pentatonic Scales (03:51)
27 Symmetrical Scales (07:27)
28 Exercise 1: Symmetrical Scales (04:25)
29 Exercise 2: Symmetrical Scales (03:31)
30 The Importance of Transcription (01:40)
31 Tips for Transcribing a Solo (07:10)
Example files: None provided
Video format: MP4
Video: AVC, 1280×720, 16:9, 30.000 fps, ~181 Kbps
Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 96.0 Kbps, 2 channels
