Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Perfect 5ths

OK, so now we'll jump into some ear training. Nearly everybody in the group has been through this process except Chris, so this will be a little bit of review, but we'll move quickly the next couple of days, so don't get bored. Also, I wrote the little quiz thing, and I think it's pretty cool.

So here is a chart of Perfect 5th spellings. Memorize it.

C G
D A
E B
F C
G D
A E
B F#

Cb Gb
Db Ab
Eb Bb
Fb Cb
Gb Db
Ab Eb
Bb F
Bbb Fb (that's B double flat)

C# G#
D# A#
E# B#
F# C#
G# D#
A# E#
B# F## (the double sharp actual looks like an x)

You'll need to be able to spell a 5th ascending or descending. The accidental for a perfect 5th will be the same for the upper and lower note, with the exception of the B-F group. As you can see the accidental of the F will be one accidental higher than the B. Easier to see than describe, so just look at all the B-F pairings.

Now on to the workout: http://www.l-n-f.com/intervaltester.htm

I corrected a couple of mistakes, but there may be more, so let me know if you find any. Post your results to the comments.

5 Comments:

At 3:06 PM, Blogger Matt said...

I got 60 out of 65 my first try. You're supposed to get to the point that you know these without even thinking, so I need to keep working these.

 
At 9:25 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

When I first started memorizing these I had some memory aids that I used to help me out. When I look at them now they’re funny.
(C)ow (G)irl
(D)r. (A)bbie
(F)at (C)hance
(G)ood (D)og
(B)um (F)eeler
I have never forgotten the "bum feeler".....never....

 
At 9:33 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not bad I missed one....and yes believe it or not I did do more than just one. Although if I had only done one that would be 100% and that can get you elected President. So back off fool!

 
At 1:04 PM, Blogger Chris said...

Good practice...but I noticed a mistake. When it asked for the perfect 5th down from F (which is b flat, right) b flat wasn't a choice and when I got the answer wrong it said that b flat was the correct answer. You gotta get your mom to program these things better Matt...

 
At 3:12 PM, Blogger Matt said...

Hey, my mom can program your pants off. Yuck

 

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