Ear Training Exercise - Level 1

This is level 1 in the ear training exercise series. Hope you enjoy.
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[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

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[@terrellthegeek4327]

Me: Oh I’m actually kinda good at this Octave switch: *oH rEaLlY*

[@hatemramadan6978]

TerrellTheGeek same here

[@mug875]

Lmao

[@favabean75]

hahahahaha same here

[@prakritishrestha7177]

Same

[@vitoriaguilherme8100]

lol

[@anildo1372]

first I thought i was doing well but then i got worse and worse lol

[@vickydas4850]

😂😂😂 same here

[@iworbeats4247]

@@vickydas4850 wtf same xd

[@yungwells6549]

Yep for me as well

[@amilanuwan22]

same here

[@jacobfogel4129]

swear

[@chimpthetitan5038]

I just wanna take a moment, and appreciate all this guy does for a second. He gives amazing vocal and ear training for FREE. And he dosent necessarily get compensation. Thanks to him, so many people have the ability to hone there voice, and that’s something I and many others, are extremely thankful for. Thank you Jacob, and keep up the hard work

[@johanntrvp4807]

I regret not finding these videos earlier

[@thegracemacbrand]

Great

[@viejetoh]

for free?

[@seufimeaqui9034]

@@viejetohare you paying to get their lesson???

[@rokle1457]

I got most C correct bc it felt like home.

[@limitd.1921]

Lol same

[@vladpierre2694]

Rok Le i do well with A’s. Not E F G’s

[@0nGaBrIeL]

And also Ds, because they felt like going back home.

[@janiabmusic]

Sameee

[@janiabmusic]

I'm not good with e and f and b

[@winduslel2040]

I was depressed at first, but after recognising so many people do not go well in the comments, it makes me feel better :D

[@Joojy]

practice a year or more, it's really hard for me too

[@winduslel2040]

@@Joojy practiced ear training for two months every day, I have been significantly improved!

[@gingerluigiwithnomoustache7411]

Windy Li yay! Good for you!

[@jayv6315]

@@winduslel2040 you mean this kind of training? I want to have relative pitch cause I dont have perfect pitch. Can this improve it? Pleassseee repllyyy

[@RahulDas-zy6ut]

@@jayv6315 dont think too much. the goal is to grasp and feel the intervals. so in future u ll hv a better note choice. the ultimate goal isn't to identify every single note accurately. in my opinion it should be used to feel the music better. while improvising you will be playing the notes which is in your head.

[@jonathansjourney4977]

The first time I did this it was kinda hard but the second time around I did something different. The key (pun intended) is to know what C sounds like (since it's the base note or Do), then once a new note is played go back to C (hum or sing) and see how far the new note is from C and that'll tell you what's the new note. The most important note to know is C, all the other notes are related to it.

[@anaknezevic6239]

Thanks so mu h

[@lisa_5325]

I think it's called relative pitch.

[@justahuman9273]

But that is exactly my problem... i wanna train my ears, so I don't have to do this anymore^^

[@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517]

yep, this works for a while, except when you switch to a different key, than you're screwed

[@currentwork4353]

What was the pun in key

[@bryanlee5195]

At least I got the H note right.

[@NickTriccc]

B*

[@meezemusic]

@@NickTriccc A*

[@harrypotteruknow7380]

@@meezemusic No B

[@meezemusic]

@@harrypotteruknow7380 A*

[@NickTriccc]

@@meezemusic Ø*

[@jb9507]

I always recognize the c note, the d and e and a almost all the time and I have some troubles with the f , g and b! Thanks for the video it's really helpful!

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

You are welcome 😉

[@judithgavare9162]

Helpful tip: once the key is played, hold it in your mind/hum it, then you hum the whole scale starting at C and stops when it fits with the key

[@andydrums4333]

That's exactly what I do, works wonders

[@itsmahna]

me guessing the first three notes: wow i am such a pro everything after that: nevermind bye

[@prekshanirala]

exactly why I'm sobbing in a corner rn💀

[@hannahnguyen723]

i split it up into parts if it helps anyone! part 1 - 0:24 part 2 - 1:31 part 3 - 2:43 part 4 - 3:49

[@kg6393]

That helped thx

[@kimngo3877]

I actually did better splitting them

[@FenrirInFlowers]

Wanted to see how my ear was developing after four months of playing uke. Was expecting to fail terribly since my musical cousin always teased me about being tone deaf, but I got most of them right. Thank you!

[@priyanshibhattacharjee3789]

Yeah ukulele helped me alot too

[@priyanshibhattacharjee3789]

But I've been irregularly playing since 1 year

[@FenrirInFlowers]

@@priyanshibhattacharjee3789 - I understand that completely. It's much harder for me to play regularly now since I don't have as much structure as I did when I was following ukulele challenges and daily lockdown livestream lessons. But I'm 2 1/2 years in now and still playing. Just keep playing as regularly as you can. It's worth finding the time and working through the challenges.

[@priyanshibhattacharjee3789]

@@FenrirInFlowers yes true. I have my exams coming but now I still manage some time to practice my uke and singing😅

[@jackmehoff3973]

Do you have a level 0?

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

Haha no 😂

[@SkyBoxGaming]

*mashes a single note for an hour until you have mastered its sound* "We now have a level zero"

[@markl4730]

@@SkyBoxGaming "1 hour of perfect pitch training" C.... "weird, why don't I have perfect pitch"

[@Phyoomz]

@@SkyBoxGaming Me: listens to A-440 for 4 weeks straight. Test (plays A): Which note is this? Me: A! Test: very good (plays F#) and this? Me: Definitely not A.(leaves room)

[@rudolthomas8126]

This is hilarious.. lol

[@imjody]

This video has taught me that I need to spend some time trying to memorize the sounds of these notes. Thank you. I've got work to do. lol... :)

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

You are welcome 😉

[@cartercolvin169]

Don’t try to memorize sounds, try to memorize where they are in relation to C, and learn solphedge (do, re, mi). Hope this helps:)

[@vihaan.7186]

Best thing on internet

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

thanks man!

[@cristinam6575]

I totally agree 😍

[@knightkilas2727]

This is my first time trying and is very hard for me, especially when change octave. but I'm sure one day I will master it

[@RSDrum]

Just play the C major scale over and over again on the piano until you can just do it in ur head without needing the piano

[@paulg444]

the octave switch basically makes it impossible for a person without perfect pitch to get it.

[@xayano590]

@@paulg444 bullshit

[@anunluckyguy7586]

@@paulg444 so i guess i have perfect pitch? 🤔

[@emresimsek7394]

@@paulg444 no need to have perfect pitch for this

[@jowildcat40]

If I say the letter that instantly comes to mind the moment I hear it (without thinking), I get it right. If I spend more than a second thinking, then it becomes more of an 80% chance where I'm off by a semitone. I think that we hear these tones all the time and we already defined the tone subconsciously, and so part of getting it right requires some internal confidence.

[@stephanemartin5539]

This is exactly what I was looking for. A video to show me how bad I am at recognising a key. Also it shows piano keys, which is useful for French people who have no clue about the letter system. Come to think of it, I should have probably searched for a french title, but content is usually much better in English because there is a lot more choice

[@36adrix]

THAT'S PERFECT! CAN'T WAIT FOR OTHER LEVELS! Thank you ^-^

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

You are welcome :) im glad you like it

[@amberbesselingmusic]

For some reason, I find it harder to distinguish the higher notes. Is that a common thing or am I just weird?

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

I think thats quite normal

[@devysblesivsedits5165]

I find it harder to do lower one

[@iworbeats4247]

i thought c was b xd

[@soos4719]

I find it hard to distinguish notes, i am obviously weird

[@triplet2381]

Low notes and high notes are equally as challenging for me, 3rd octave is easiest to distinguish.

[@emcd6707]

i am unbelievably terrible at this

[@starrysouI]

LMFAOO REAL

[@koteswarris8949]

I literally can't believe I got like..88% of it right!! I am so happy!! I am gonna cry 😭

[@faeriepalace]

wait i surprisingly did not to bad on thiss!! ive been like trying so hard for the past few months to teach myself music so like wow gonna cry

[@alecunkel1613]

this legit fries my brain in like 10 minutes. this takes so much brain power for me

[@huh4829]

To get better at this REALLY practice doing and listening to a C scale, especially the arpeggio. An arpeggio is the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and then back to the first of a scale. Just play these on a piano and try to get familiar with the intervals. If you are able to hum along to a scale you will get better with the the progression. Oh and one more thing... You're doing great :)

[@NaylaMansilla]

That C at 1:57 really threw me off I wasn't expecting the octave to be there

[@BhoomikaYellowB]

Great! I've started practicing ear training since two days. This is my first day with this excercise. I'm actually surprised to see that I've improved! Thanks to you for helping me find that out ❤️

[@acborgia1344]

got almost nothing right... how is this even remotely possible man, I can't distinguish anything and I played the clarinet for 10 years

[@Jayantan846]

Practice 20 yrs u will get

[@DailyRedditStoryslike]

İts because you played clarnet and not piano just copare Do on clarnet and piano you will start getting better

[@gerardquinn4513]

I couldn't distinguish a thing either but you need to learn solfegge. It will take time like learning the clarinet. Sing Do Re Mi every day for a week. Then add Fa and Soh then La Ti and top Doh. Also sing down the scale. Then arpeggios.

[@oliviab8275]

OOOH thank you so much. I definitely need this Ear Training series. Just started and it's pretty much a game of chance as to what note I am guessing! THERE WILL BE IMPROVEMENT WITH PRACTICE (AND THIS SERIES). Thank you.

[@ohlooocha]

whats your practice schedule like for ear training?

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

You are welcome 😉

[@aaronzhu4721]

I'm going to be doing this everyday, and I already know that I'm going to improve. 😀

[@Charlie-e9k]

Thank you Jacobs for providing easier lessons to learn. Some other channels just introduce beginners to 12 tones right away, made thing really difficult for a new beginner like me.

[@AlexChannel113]

I’m so thankful for this channel 🥺 I feel like I’m in music school.

[@anoob8582]

I'm in love with the D-Note

[@leenotliar]

my emo ass can only figure out G

[@nyrrea.5214]

joshdunsforhands SAME

[@specialknees6798]

I understood that reference

[@friendlygrotesque2941]

yes.

[@d0wntownki2k]

wHEN I WAS, a YOUnG BOY-

[@meh_81]

@@d0wntownki2k my father took me into the city

[@goodfriend43]

C - feels like completion D & A - feels like about to complete F - little weird negative sound and little out of sync comparing other notes. E - If it sound like a base tone and not C or D then it's E. G - not able to connect with it. If you can find any other connection with the notes. Please feel free to add it down in the comments. It will be helpful for others as well!

[@elmarkel3159]

B is like when you're about to sneeze but then you don't have to anymore

[@deborahyogi3858]

just found these and omgg got probably less than half right but they are so much fun! love this!

[@darkmikolai]

Sucking at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.

[@keithjones7037]

This is a great exercise. It really helps to solidify your knowledge of intervals and how they sound.

[@taylorwilcoxon3406]

It really helps if you humm Do (C) to hear what the relationship between the intervals is then go back to try it again but instead of humming C just try and keep it in your brain

[@int16_t]

Lol. I don't have perfect pitch. I just start from C and sing: do re mi fa so la ti do. And then the trickiest part is comparing this note with the solfege. I actually manage to guess about 70% of the notes.

[@matpit8781]

Lol literally doing the same 😂

[@tradinginfora]

I use the same trick

[@nitsuasiwel]

Well that’s what I did but after doing that for a while you start to not having to do it anymore.

[@razielakos1]

I've got everything right. I did for one month relavant pitch ear training and works pretty well.

[@Shootinglefty]

Thank you for making this. I can practice while I'm at work taking breaks. It's perfect spaced rests to think about it too. I got all of them! The one I have the most trouble with is distinguishing the fifth note G from the root C. Ps All those struggling, I recommend singing out loud like do, re, me, fa, so, la, ti, do, just like when we were little kids.

[@1ciromanzari]

After only 20 days of exercise = 0 mistakes (I started the first day with just 9 mistakes)

[@aa9811]

Did u do it daily on just this video or did u do the other videos for several days

[@sunshined3274]

U watched this video for 20 days?

[@Kapiwolf123]

congratulations your memory has improved, but not ear

[@crunxomusic4953]

@@Kapiwolf123 exactly hahahahaa

[@nauka7565]

I got 14 wrong 😭

[@ryzhendrix8224]

Trying my best to practice everyday. It's definitely working! Thanks.

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

You are welcome

[@L33TGam3r95]

would’ve been helpful to hear all of them just once at first

[@thomaswomack3888]

Missed 10 my first time thru...the question I have is, ok lets say you practice this and you get to where you can do this exercise with no errors, is that just because you memorized this exercise or your pitch perception has actually improved? How do you know?

[@hamtzy6303]

??? EXACTLY! this NEEDS more likes

[@julianpizano5586]

I recommend the app Functional Ear Trainer. I've been using it for a while now and I was able to get all of these notes correctly first try. It really helped me out.

[@thomaswomack3888]

@@julianpizano5586 thanks for the idea of using that app, it really does seem to help with pitch identification.

[@niiii4134]

Yeah man!

[@niiii4134]

@@julianpizano5586 thx lemme try it

[@michaelhaz5006]

Actually came back to this video after like 2 weeks of ear training and Im a lot better, I remember being absolutely horrendous

[@diyeimeta3339]

wtf!!!. and this is 1st level.

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

Yup 😂

[@gdta1738]

Well it would be easier if you first learnt how only C D sounded 100% and then go for C D E then C D E F etc taking all on at the start is not level 1 and is not really worth it.

[@csicsi45]

@@gdta1738 It's not about knowing the sound of a particular note, but hearing the distance between notes in a key and what role their role is in it. Yeah, the first note was not fair, but other than that it's really not so hard, even because it was just C major.

[@kalenemcrae4638]

I know write

[@Chronosmaster002]

Huh, D and A always got me. C and E are my homies (Em is my favorite basic chord)

[@internetdino7188]

Omg this is so helpful. I have a terrible ear and struggle with pitch and hearing the correct note but this was helpful and didn’t make me feel like trash!!!!!!!!

[@anaknezevic6239]

Same I used to struggle with pitch but don’t give up

[@anaknezevic6239]

I still do but not as much

[@internetdino7188]

@@anaknezevic6239 aww thx for the support!

[@hamtzy6303]

Then youre not horrible

[@emanhacker]

Think of this scale in solfage. C is your Do, D is your Re, E is your Mi, F is your Fa, G is your Sol, A is your la, B is your ti, and back to C is your Do an octave about. If you sing the Do solfage in order starting on C and training yourself how to hear each note differently, it geta way easier and you can figure out what note was played .

[@LeeBramich]

im doing this while working and it is way more stressful then it should have been

[@MegaGame901]

same here

[@1WAQIAH]

Did way better than I expected.

[@johanasvobodova7046]

I should practice instead of watching this with perfect pitch, I-

[@anna-maria2195]

Same here 😂

[@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517]

Good luck not loosing it when you get older because it will turn your musical life upside down.

[@mikaeleugh546]

@@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517 hi do you mind explaining what you mean?

[@martinpagac7422]

@@mikaeleugh546 people with perfect pitch will eventually identify the notes wrong - Adam Neely put it as if the person with perfect pitch first saw colors normally, for example a green apple as green, eventually they would see it as purple, which is wrong, at least that's how I understand it

[@hezekiahthompson6817]

I'm so glad they don't test us on stuff like this in school. I couldn't even get a GED in ear training 😂.

[@SuccessMindset2180]

0:25 Nice warm up exercise

[@rosalie6468]

I don’t know if this helps, but this is how i figure out the notes - by listening to their function in the C major scale rather then the intervalls between the notes. C: Feels like home. D: Is the note before C, wants to resolve to the C. E: Wants to resolve to the C, everytime there is an E I sing E-D-C or 3-2-1 in my head. F: The subdominant, want’s to go up to the dominant (G) and then home (C), F-G-C or 4-5-1. G: The dominant, there is a clear ans direct pulling to home (C), 5-1, without needing to go to any other route. A: Wants to go up to the C, A-B-C or 6-7-1. B: Is the note below C, the 7th that leads to C

[@alibajingru2998]

I play piano but my listening skill is of one the major problems i struggle with. I hope this will help me. *i'm practicing it and will continue untill i get it. Thank you.

[@pironmusic8572]

With keyboard/piano is so much easier.

[@natashae701]

how is that a C played at about 1:59? I'm confused, because the original C played at the beginning is much lower. Is this C just an octave higher??

[@twigstwigs2]

yes

[@melikababaei6032]

yeap

[@bunnyy.7]

True.. dat was B

[@annaliseph]

think so i was like WAAA

[@jay_giffin_]

Manish Chauhan That was a C, but it was just an octave higher making it very easy to mistake if for B

[@derycktrahair8108]

The jumping 8vs = a lesson. Kind of HEARING it & knowing its name. Thank you for that.

[@cristinam6575]

Pleaaaase more videos like this one!! They are soooo helpful 😍

[@ARGhostie]

That was really interesting. I used a combination of humming the note, then working up 'do re mi' from the old song to the match of the feeling in my mouth. Never done something like this.

[@cincigaming3060]

I got so happy when I actually knew the piano notes.

[@4ourty5ive]

Got them all. It feels good to exercise, I don’t use my ear for nearly enough these days

[@chrishanson3918]

Does it matter what octuve you pick

[@she4390]

@@chrishanson3918 no it doesn't, it's all the same notes just in different octaves

[@SIBONEYMUSIC]

Thank you so much! I'm preparing for an audition and this was just perfect!!

[@evan.snider]

Thanks for making this!

[@DeverusSlays]

I've got some work to do lol. I got about half of them. but I don't play any instruments so, i think I did alright

[@yungsparkles7355]

Keep it going and learn an instrument, it'll help ya out with singing a ton.

[@Bfolks84]

I did it without an instrument too and I got a few right.. more than I thought I would considering I don’t have very much formal music training.

[@Bfolks84]

Yung Sparkles will it help with singing? I hope so cuz I want to improve my singing substantially.

[@Halo-lg7rq]

I play multiple and I did dog shit. I really need the practice

[@hipeople9856]

@@yungsparkles7355 bro I've played flute for nearly 4 years and I still can figure out what note is what

[@Altamash2504]

I am a beginner but glad that I got 80 - 85 percent correct. Thanks for this.

[@melia.claire]

YES I FINALLY GOT ALL OF THEM RIGHT THIS TIME AFTER 3 TRIES

[@luciusfitness2507]

That was good, thanks for the exercise!

[@katsumi8956]

Nailed it🎉

[@muktib]

I got like 70% right doing it the first time, this was hard! I have never done ear training before but I recently started the ukulele so ig it helped lol

[@noahliasam7407]

I recommend you martha macht musik for ukelele songs and tutorials :)

[@beatsfromyhwh]

thank you so much! 🙏🏼🙏🏼📿📿 god bless

[@igot7coco348]

I did horribly

[@pinetree6348]

same

[@herps588]

You're not alone

[@balbino4]

Thank you very much!

[@evannnoah787]

this is so helpful tysm

[@Jacobsvocalacademy]

My pleasure 😉 im glad you like it

[@deeyajule]

Got all of them right!✨💪🏼

[@dtbissy6761]

Well I'm about to lock my self in a room and watch this on repeat for 24 hrs see ya later guys

[@internetsummoner]

How it went ?

[@anaknezevic6239]

MOOD

[@dtbissy6761]

@@internetsummoner well I can HEAR the difference in the notes the only problem is I haven't stopped hearing the notes

[@cjgreen4331]

nice, thanks. This really helped! Turns out I know most of my notes, prob from practicing scales all of the time

[@paperplanes6656]

for anyone writing it down then checking answers after: (42 questions total) 01. C 02. D 03. E 04. C 05. E 06. G 07. D 08. F 09. E 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. G 14. A 15. E 16. C 17. B 18. F 19. G 20. D 21. A 22. E 23. F 24. C 25. E 26. D 27. G 28. C 29. B 30. G 31. A 32. C 33. D 34. B 35. C 36. A 37. F 38. C 39. B 40. G 41. D 42. C

[@Ionlyeatchipzeveryday]

I only made four mistakes. Currently practicing my ear training lol for the next 7 months until my exam. My harmony? I suck at singing

[@justin02350]

I think it would make sense to to only one octave per video then start combining them, it would be fantastic

[@KitanKate]

Got a lot right but helps to pause and sing do re mi since I dont know the note names associated with the sound

[@visitur4914]

Don't feel bad if you struggle: I've tried like a dozen ear tests on KZbin, and this is probably the hardest Level 1 of them all.

[@hamtzy6303]

So this must be the best one as well

[@adigozeloffe]

This is awesome man. I understand that, I improved my ears for notes. So thanks

[@nikoyochum6974]

So for those that struggled with this, the trick to remembering which intervals are which is by remembering them in songs (I.e., the first two notes in “Somewhere over the rainbow” have an octave relationship) and then relate every tone you hear back to the tonic

[@lollipop3982]

Huh I’m confused

[@kali3828]

The trick is to recognize the scale degree of the note in the C major scale

[@marvylomega5871]

This is awesome, it really helps. Please can help us with ones for the flats/sharps (the black keys) as well.

[@EarTrainingPractice]

Very cool exercise! I love the keyboard graphic and the highlighted answer. After the first note was played, I was able to get the rest of the notes figured out. Guess those ear training classes did pay off! It’s been awhile since I actually had a class 😂

[@9dwd]

Best playlist ever!!!!!

[@DJahop]

Level 1??? At least stay in the same octave.

[@ewinchengyu7280]

They are trying to improve you as quick as possible so stop complaining and practice

[@TheOriginalArchivist]

@R R It's not nonsense. This is a perfectly reasonable rate of learning. You stop with your nonsense.

[@grapes2268]

@@ewinchengyu7280 lmfao this comment is funny af, sounds like a parent

[@melonoire]

Woah the sub count became bigger you deserve it sir

[@mariafernandanallim5318]

Can you post a level 0?

[@kyest]

María Fernanda Nallim 😂

[@cutenessoverload719]

Bruh. I need lvl -2 BRUH

[@GenericAhhHandle-i6q]

This is great practice. Thanks!

[@noni-pe9yn]

how can I improve this? I don't want to keep repeating this video and end up memorizing which note comes when. I want some sort of helpful technique.

[@JustineManago-tq6zy]

Perfect score!!! I'm proud of my improvement.

[@nicole53981]

I was pretty awful 😫 I'l try do this often

[@shrimponabarbie1297]

I see junguwu

[@MrNobo15]

I'm glad I did much better than I expected. But thats not saying much cos I was expecting to miss all of them

[@alimybad]

I'm always confuse of C, I always think it's a high notes so when the C note was played I always think it's F.😂