Nathan posted a few days ago about a bunch of stuff he wants to do better including doing more ear trainging.
Honestly, that site is pretty awesome–they play intervals and you’re supposed to guess which one it is.
I played it for a while and sucked at it. But it’s something I think I could really work on–it’s certainly something I regret not challenging myself to do in college.
Like Nathan, though, I’m going to have to work hard to discipline myself to do it. I need to figure out a routine it would fit into.
Perhaps over lunch?
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I think it’s totally worth it. One key to success is to limit the how many intervals you start out with. Start by just recognizing the difference between a major third and a perfect fifth, for instance, and then add intervals to the mix as you master those.
use song mnemonics, for example:
perfect fourth = here comes the bride
perfect fifth = twinkle twinkle little star
minor seventh = original star trek
(first two notes)
Regarding your interest in tech philosophy, I think you’d find this interesting…
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/weekinreview/31lohr.html
Expanding on Trevor’s comment. I played this for awhile and was surprised at how rusty I felt.
We had mnemonics for every interval. The ones Trev mentioned were the ones we used for those intervals plus (first two notes on all):
tritone= Maria from westside story
“N-B-C”= for major 6th
“When moses…” (let my people go)= minor 6th