Chromatic Harmonic Intervals, Fixed Root - Hands-Free Ear Training 14

Learning your intervals will allow your ear to instantly recognize the distance between any two pitches. Chromatic intervals encompass all of the possible distances commonly heard between two notes. We are staying within an octave because it is extremely uncommon for an interval to go beyond an octave. The full playlist is available on my Patreon for 1$ with audio downloads, but will gradually be made available on this channel for free. See below for links and a listener's guide.
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When it comes to harmonic intervals, consonance vs. dissonance is key because it really stands out here. Before you even guess the interval itself, identify its tonal quality as a sharp dissonance, soft dissonance, imperfect consonance, or perfect consonance.
Minor 2nd- Also known as a half step or semitone. Extremely dissonant.
Major 2nd - Also known as a whole step or a whole tone. "Chopsticks" begins with a harmonic major 2nd.
Minor 3rd - The first two notes in a minor chord. Dark and consonant.
Major 3rd - The first two notes in a major chord. Bright and consonant.
Perfect 4th - A perfect consonance, although the upper note sometimes sounds like it wants to resolve. It can be difficult to tell apart a harmonic perfect 4th from a harmonic perfect 5th. Try singing up a scale from the bottom to the top note (1-2-3-4, it's a 4th.) This takes practice, but it works.
Tritone - Very dissonant. A tritone is unique in the fact that it can resolve up or down depending on the context. The tritone is what gives a dominant 7th chord its sense of tension.
Perfect 5th - A perfect consonance. Used in power chords on the guitar. Again, try singing up a scale to outline the notes (1-2-3-4-5, it's a perfect 5th.)
Minor 6th - Dark and consonant. It's pretty common to hear it as a major interval, and if that's the case you are probably hearing it as scale degree 3 to scale degree 1 (mi-do). Try to sing a half step down from the top note. If you can't do that, it's not a minor 6th.
Major 6th - Bright and consonant. A lot of country licks on the electric guitar involve using consecutive 6ths.
Minor 7th - A soft dissonance, similar to a major 2nd. A dominant 7th chord is a major chord with a minor 7th up from the root, and it is one of the things other than a tritone that gives it its sense of tension. Try resolving down the upper note in your head.
Major 7th - A sharp dissonance. The upper note almost always wants to resolve up by a half step. Don't get this one confused with a tritone; a major 7th is much larger. Sing up a half step from the top note to see if you can get an octave.
Octave - The biggest jump normally seen in melodies. Harmonically, an octave might sound just like a single note to an untrained ear.
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