Bradley Hall's Guitar School

Ear Training Masterclass (Pt.2: Intervals)

Added 2024-09-24 16:50:33 +0000 UTC

A huge part of becoming a pro guitarist is about not just honing your technical skills, but also your listening skills. No matter how advanced your alternate picking or sweeping is, if you have under-developed ear training then you're gonna have a very hard time!

Learning songs by ear, composing, improvising - these are all skills that are made miles easier by having decent ear.

In this 2 part masterclass we're gonna be looking at the core areas of ear training that are absolutely essential for every guitarist to know: chords and intervals. By the end of these lessons you should be able to quickly recognize all of the most common chords and intervals found with Rock/Metal music, and also be able to process musical information much quicker!

Please do let me know how you got on with the quiz at the end, either on this post or over on the Discord server!

0:00 What are intervals? And why are they important?
2:42 The core intervals all guitarists should know
4:04 Minor 2nd
5:33 Major 2nd
6:49 Minor 3rd
7:32 Major 3rd
9:11 Perfect 4th
10:39 Flat 5th
11:38 Perfect 5th
13:07 Minor 6th
15:01 Major 6th
16:58 Minor 7th
17:41 Major 7th
18:40 Octave
19:43 Quiz time! (Answers below)

QUIZ ANSWERS!

Round 1
1) Perfect 4th
2) Octave
3) Minor 7th
4) Major 2nd
5) Major 3rd
6) Major 7th
7) Minor 3rd
8) Perfect 5th
9) Minor 2nd
10) Major 6th
11) Flat 5th
12) Minor 6th

Round 2
1) Major 2nd
2) Perfect 5th
3) Minor 6th
4) Perfect 4th
5) Minor 7th
6) Minor 3rd
7) Major 7th
8) Octave
9) Flat 5th
10) Major 6th
11) Minor 2nd
12) Major 3rd