Learning guitar theory is an important step to becoming a great guitar player. One of the beginning musical theory concepts that you will learn in music is called intervals. Intervals, are when you take two notes in either play them together or separately.
Another important step to becoming a great guitar player is to learn how to apply music theory to your six string instrument. This is accomplished by what is called ear training, and is an important step that you should incorporate into your daily practice schedule.
Continuing on with our quest in learning how to hear intervals, let's take a look at the five, final intervals that you will want to learn to recognize.
Minor 6th: Once you get past the beginning intro, the beginning verse of the song known as "The Entertainer" is a great way to recognize a minor 6th.
Another important step to becoming a great guitar player is to learn how to apply music theory to your six string instrument. This is accomplished by what is called ear training, and is an important step that you should incorporate into your daily practice schedule.
Continuing on with our quest in learning how to hear intervals, let's take a look at the five, final intervals that you will want to learn to recognize.
Minor 6th: Once you get past the beginning intro, the beginning verse of the song known as "The Entertainer" is a great way to recognize a minor 6th.
Major 6th: The tunes known as "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean," and "Nobody Knows" are excellent for learning to recognize the major 6th interval.
Minor 7th: The minor 7th interval can be a tricky interval to recognize, however, thanks to the classic science fiction show known as "Star Trek" you can use the first two notes of the theme song to help you recognize this interval.
Major 7th: Probably the most dissonant sounding interval, the best way to recognize this interval is to listen for the dissonant sounding notes when played together, or the seventh note wanting to resolve up to the octave note.
Octave: Just listen to any disco record with a repeating baseline, and chances are you will hear octaves everywhere. If disco music is not your style, then you can always think of the first two notes of the song "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."
If any of the songs mentioned are not familiar to you then the two things you can do to help your ear recognize intervals is to...
1. Memorize the sound of the Interval: Sometimes there are no songs that you may be familiar with. If that's the case, don't fret. You can still learn to hear intervals, however, it just might take a little longer. If you enjoy writing music, try having one of your songs start off with the intervals that you are having the most difficult time in hearing.
2. Find another song that starts with the interval: The interval hearing list given above is just a small sample of songs with interval comparisons. If you're unfamiliar with any of the songs listed above, then begin finding other songs that you listen to, and begin to use the songs you are most familiar with to recognize intervals.
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