Ultimate Intervals 7 - Diatonic Interval Ear Training

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Bonus points: for more experienced musicians, try to guess what note on the piano is about to pop up. You don’t need perfect pitch to do this, just a knowledge of scales and intervals.FOLLOW ME FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON CONTENT Facebook: facebook.com/JoeLuegersMusicAcademy Instagram: instagram.com/joeluegersmusicacademy Website: www.luegerswriter.com/

[@Mishtiman]

Joe: Ur a great music teacher!!! Ty on behalf of all other amateur musicians who hv learned from u. Ty Utube too. U hv a lvly sense of humor, that makes it all the more lvly to watch ur clips.

[@Dor_atar]

i thought my ear could never give me up but it suddently became a stranger to intervals once you changed instruments

[@noahdevasher2552]

I haven't quite gotten this down yet, but dude...Thank you, so much for taking the time to create these. Your whole vibe is exactly what I needed to keep things light and loose while I fail over and over again. This is the way.

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Indeed. This is the way. Best of luck to you!

[@marshac1479]

I binged 😂😂😂

[@adriansmessages]

Wow. WoW! WOW! I am 55 and just recently decided to get back into my music. I've always told people I have a bad ear, so far for 6 lessons - I'm getting it! I'm so excited! You did a great job with these vidos and your corny jokes are actually... perfect!

[@horsehead97]

I'm impressed. Not only is he a great teacher he's also a damn good caterer and animal trainer. His use of animals was so subtle I didn't even notice any of them in the videos. That's a sign of greatness.

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

I’ve been ordered to cease my animal training business after several ferret-related incidents. Instead, my main focus has now become cartography.

[@samu5762]

It's 4am and I'm going to bed full of joy. I want to express my gratitude towards you, in the last few hours I have improved my hearing perception a lot and it has been an excellent training. I never thought I would reach the "level" of the 7th video. I found some difficulties towards the end, on low or high notes with various instruments but I got close. I will continue tomorrow, I am truly grateful. These videos are amazing. Great job.

[@SamuelMusic44]

I was like yeah i'm Mozart until level 5 when i started confusing 3rds with 7th for some reason

[@harryharrison4749]

I've watched so many of these types of videos but this is the first time I've made any progress and can see a way to do it - thanks very much for doing them ❤

[@just23bulls]

Joe, you are an incredible teacher. I cannot wait for the (hopefully inevitable) chromatic interval series! :) Thanks so much!!

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks so much! Yes, I am planning on returning to this series as soon as I can to cover chromatic intervals.

[@catherinehu7079]

Yeah thank you Joe look forward to your series 8 for chromatic interval.

[@user-qd4zn4wf1j]

This is amazingly helpful. It's like resetting the software in my ear for epic accuracy. Thank you, Joe!

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thank you for watching! When I made these I didn’t even understand the scope of importance for ear training. My musical memory is wildly better than it used to be, because I have a more direct line of communication between by ears and my fingers.

[@havenprice]

I feel like I'm going to be repeating this a lot

[@failingdisciple938]

Excellent series!

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks so much!

[@SamuelMusic44]

Just need to say this chanel is amazing, i struggle to focus a lot in this topic but your videos are amazing and fun to watch!

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

I’m so glad you like it! Thanks for watching.

[@GankMoove]

from Switzerland, thank you Joe ! Really nice lesson ! Laughing while learning, thanks for this !

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Greetings! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@barbarawiebeloveontherocks4375]

Great great stuff! Greetings from Germany ... I am studying at a Jazz Academy right now in my "late youth" and even though I have been into music almost all my life, ear training is the hardest thing to me. I like your channel, you way of teaching and your sense of humour a lot. Keep going ;-)... I also like the sight singing video!

[@stevedunnington6047]

I have so much to learn. Your lessons, advice and general approach were very enjoyable and make it seem at least possible that I will be able to reliably recognize intervals some day. I would be glad to make a financial contribution to support your work if there is an avenue for that. Thanks so much.

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Glad to hear that my videos have been working for you, and thank you for asking about supporting my channel. I do this primarily through Patreon right now. Right now on Patreon the 5$ and up a month tiers get access to an ear training course that I’m about 75% done with. www.patreon.com/collection/90196?

[@Vitale673]

great teacher joe

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks so much!

[@user-rp2do9gb1u]

Thanks. These videos are so good

[@windfallenterprises2754]

Your approach to a necessary musical ingredient is Refreshing. Keep up the good work & Thank you!

[@andyhuckleberrywilliamsoni3873]

You are great! Thank you for making me take a giant step😀

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks for watching!

[@freezo244]

This is so helpful for learning shape singing intervals. Thanks so much. Will practice it over and over. TY

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Glad it’s helpful. To help with shape singing, when you hear an interval try to sing along to it using either solfège or numbers. Perfect 5th- 1-5 or do-sol

[@brunogiordano2505]

Thank you for this series mate. And thank you for the patience, you made me not being that anxious when aproaching ear-traning; on the contrary, I sleep on it. In fact, I sleep through your whole videos

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

That’s all I ever wanted! Thanks so much!

[@dorefromDetroit]

Oh my gosh!!!! I loved doing six! It gave me the giggles

[@ramiveiberman3182]

Your playlist is awesome! It really builds up the knowledge step by step. I couldn't find the next videos about the chromatic intervals. Unfortunately the 1 hour long is too hard for me since I can't recognize them (especially minor/major thirds/sixths). Could you please guide me to videos about them?

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks! I weirdly had viewship decline on that series so I took a break from it, but now there seems to be a lot of interest so I’m almost done with lesson 8. Should be released on Dec 20th.

[@ramiveiberman3182]

@@joeluegersmusicacademy great, I'll stay tuned! I think what I lack the most in just playing them on instrument/virtual piano is your approach and guidance. And obviously practice.

[@mfitkin]

I was about to become very reliant on songs until watching this. Thank you! Feeling the consonance or dissonance in my soul was all I needed to get there

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Aweome! Tunes work okay in theory, but there's a HUGE disadvantage. Here Comes the Bride, for example, goes from scale degrees 5-1 (sol-do). If you hear a song with a perfect 4th that goes 1-4 (do-fa) it might sound totally alien because you've gotten used to a particular tune.

[@nara.sundara]

Best ear training exercise I've ever seen, and I watched and researched a lot

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Yay! Thanks for watching! My personal favorite exercise I’ve ever made is the “contextual intervals” section of this video: Advanced Ear Training - Do you REALLY Know your Intervals? kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3jTmGqJht2Fgqc

[@ramv1564]

Thank you Joe. The best interval lesson on Internet. Does the chromatic come after this? Where is the lesson?

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

I got pretty sidetracked, but due to demand I will likely create the 8th lesson soon.

[@ramv1564]

Waiting eagerly for lesson 8

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

Love theme song,, "We- learned--a-about-in-ter-vals..." :D

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

I was going for "90s movie credits theme". I reprise the song in the video I released today and expand it a little bit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX21h6uVfrOAnJI

[@dorothylenz595]

Thank you- that was very helpful!

[@igorkevorkian16]

All right! Been waiting for this. Thank you. 1st!! 😁

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Hopefully it was worth the wait! This lesson in jam packed.

[@carstenjensen4079]

This is the best 😊……I would be very glad to Watch videos about chord progressions too 👍

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks! Here’s an early preview of a series I’m starting on Saturday - Learn How to Play Chord Progressions by Ear - Chord Pro 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqO4eoZqiq-rqdU

[@DanielPenn]

Great video lessons! Thank you!

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Glad you found them helpful. Thanks for watching.

[@RiccardoReginato]

Thanks for these videos! mi fai spaccare!

[@wachiravichamorndachaphon5257]

Thank you so much

[@SaschaOnBass]

Really Nice Lesson! Thanx!

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Glad you like it! The next video in that series was released recently: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX21h6uVfrOAnJIsi=EQOhsMKsr7Myvo1s

[@SaschaOnBass]

Thank you Joe! I decided to do my weekly ear training with you. 🙂@@joeluegersmusicacademy

[@simboy]

Best one on youtube

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

I hope I win this year’s Hearie award!

[@GogOtHeCaT15]

Dude this is amazing

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks!

[@anastazjasowska6754]

I just binge watched all lessons that came to this. Well, im gonna go through them again, and again. But i wanna just try out every video on this channel.

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Awesome! I’m actually mostly done with lesson 8 in this series because people keep asking for me to bring it back.

[@anastazjasowska6754]

Awesome!

[@user-xp7rk1nj7x]

Восхищаюсь твоим чувством юмора мужик! Спасибо, эти упражнения и правда помогают мне развивать слух 😁

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks so much!

[@SanderClasen]

Hey Joe love your videos, thanks so much from Spain! It’s awesome that you make your content with your personal touch. I wonder if I can ask you to upload more progressions? I would love to recognize them jamming to songs or in a proper jam one day! Thanks again for your content and work!😊🤩👏👏

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks! Are you referring to chord progressions? I hope to add to this series soon, so check in with this playlist every now and then: kzbin.info/aero/PL40pFkWbVtdmIvdPv3Rv0sCui0oKQ-IX0 I'm also currently working on Ultimate Intervals: Lesson 8.

[@SanderClasen]

Yep did those and I come back to them when I want a fix! Going through basically all the videos that don’t make me feel like a pro😢😂

[@ironvader6602]

I really wanna do more with ear training specifically quasai perfect pitch! It would be nice to be able to recognize notes.

[@patrickpoladian3425]

Thanks!

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thank YOU!

[@demolicionesdemexico]

I found great the change in timbre! Little shorts the exersice.. thank you

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

You're welcome! Glad you found it useful.

[@electricgamingrobot2003]

Hey Joe This is Aubrey from India I loved your ear training tools Keep up the good work It’s very helpful indeed, Would appreciate if you could ear training on clapping back rhythmical 2 -4 bar phrases Thanks

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks so much! Yes, I'd like to do some more rhythm content in the future. Thanks for the idea.

[@talosian10]

Goodness. I was moving along reasonably well. Just starting to focus on intervals when I realized my total inability to find melodies on the guitar. Moving along well until I got to the descending and tried to flip them in my head and I could literally feel my brain breaking. 😭

[@talosian10]

Day 2. I still can't get a single descending interval correct 🤣

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Practicing singing along to them. Honestly, for most people it takes weeks or months. It’s like learning a language.

[@brunoaraujo7016]

Am I... experiencing post Final Boss depression? Did you really had to say goodbye forever? Will I ever recover from this blow? (Yes I will.) Thanks Joe! You helped me so much. ❤

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Glad to hear it has helped! I actually made another episode here, and I do plan to continue: Ultimate Intervals 8 - How to Hear Whole Steps and Half Steps kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX21h6uVfrOAnJI

[@brunoaraujo7016]

You are the absolute GOAT, like literally, best cheese in town ever mhmmm ✌️🤌🐐

[@freezo244]

Thanks again, Joe! 🎯 Could you please give more interval practice with no fixed root? I practice your Ultimate Intervals lessons #3-7 almost everyday (saying the shape note and the number) and I’m starting to memorize the order of intervals you use in this section of the video.

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

I’ve considered posting videos that are nothing but additional practice. It actually wouldn’t be difficult because the lesson portion is the part that eats up most of my time. So, YES- expect one at some point this month.

[@freezo244]

TY. Got a big community sing coming up and I’d like to get more than 70-75% of the notes right this time. Lol

[@niacingrooves2998]

Haha...love your approach

[@nathanielmarks1754]

Chromatic intervals are the most terrifying. I am glad that they were left out of this video.... or were they?

[@SebastianTorres-dl7go]

Where is the chromatic lesson? Cant find it helllppppp. Thank u so much for this content

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

I got distracted, but I am planning to return to this series as soon as I can.

[@juliuscrazybadguy]

thanks for the help. glad you ditched the unisons. can you include longer exercise segments?

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks! Have you seen this one? It’s a solid hour of exercises. Interval Ear Training - 1 hour of hands-free ear training exercises kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2S2mGlujcehnbM

[@tex24]

I just discovered your channel and I've been going through your Ultimate Intervals videos. I like how you break down and teach the diatonic intervals. I've also spent time working through the "Interval Ear Training - 1 hour of hands-free ear training exercises" video. I'm struggling with chromatic intervals and I realize that I can't seem to find any Ultimate Intervals videos covering the chromatic intervals. Do the Ultimate Interval videos only cover diatonic intervals? Do you cover the chromatic intervals at the level of detail you do the diatonic intervals anywhere?

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Awesome! I took a break from the series for a while and then came back to it in December with the addition of minor 2nds- The Building Blocks of Music, Whole Steps vs Half Steps - Ultimate Intervals 8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jX21h6uVfrOAnJI Still need to cover minor 3rds, 6ths, 7ths, and tritones, which I will hopefully get around to soon.

[@tex24]

@@joeluegersmusicacademy Great! Looking forward to the videos to come. Also, do you have videos on tonal memory?

[@mtsanga3421]

Hi Joe, thanks a lot for your very well done and helpful videos ! Could you make one about chords inversions : 6, 4-6 ?

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Great suggestion! Planning on returning to chords at some point.

[@mtsanga3421]

@@joeluegersmusicacademy Thanks for the reply !

[@curtpiazza1688]

What a challenge! 😂 Thanx!

[@catherinelangley4110]

Thank you very much - so helpful. My violin teacher is French and will often say "So, La, Do" or something to remind me how it should sound. Do you use the tonic solfa? And do you think it is useful?

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Yes, solfège or some kind of functional ear training is probably the best way to develop your ear. Interval Ear Training helps fill in the gaps, because solfège only works when there is a very clear tonic. I just released a sight singing video that you might find helpful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2bGXmZth8eYq5I

[@WP-pn6nu]

11:37 love your videos, best so far to really learn the different tone qualitiies each interval has. And your earxercises are very well composed. A question on descending order, why is it so that its harder, or at least different, to diffirentiate intervals between de- and ascending order? Is there any scientific explanation for it?

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks! I suspect that descending tend to be more difficult because it is harder to think of descending examples for certain intervals. Or it could be that because people are traditionally taught ascending first, our minds are a little more cluttered when moving to descending and we have a longer list of things to sort through. I hear intervals as scale degrees now, and I don’t really find any ascending/descending/harmonic intervals to be harder than each other anymore, although I used to.

[@WP-pn6nu]

@@joeluegersmusicacademy So basically the solution is to just practice intervals/scales in descending order more often then? One thought though, if one play the major scale intervals, but in descending order, then it won't be a major scale going back up, because all intervals will be inverted.. for example, if i descend a major second from root note, it will in ascending order be a b7.. 🤔 so a major 2nd in ascending will belong to major scale, but in descending it will be a note in minor scale...maybe this plays trick with the ears?

[@VinhTran-hi5ub]

Plz do about minor interval, huge thanks my friend.

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Will do!

[@kamikan22]

I did everything perfect but on the last timbal I heard dissonance and said 7, it feels like dying on the last boss of a darksouls opermadeath run xd

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

That was 100% my intention.

[@rebeccapugh2297]

Brill.

[@truthfreedom8506]

It's hard to separate the sound into its component tones. I only hear the resulting combination.

[@Wulfrim]

I struggle a lot using the common descriptions of intervals. When you say fourths and fifths are "hollow" I can't really hear what you're talking about, and to me at least they sound pretty different from each other. And weirdly I have "bright" and "dissonant" mixed up for sixths and sevenths. To me sevenths sound really pretty, and sixths sound kinda weird and awkward. I guess that's just the subjectivity of music though, and I just need to find my own descriptors that work for me. Overall though I did way better than I thought I would as someone with no music background, only two or three misses!

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Yes, a lot of these are subjective and part of me wonders if we only start to hear things as “bright” because we’ve been taught to focus on those adjectives. The reason I use “hollow” for perfect intervals is because they are essentially chords with the note that makes them major or minor removed.

[@AcousticBihari]

Found level 4 difficult. 5 was ok after doing 4 twice. 😢😢😢

[@demolicionesdemexico]

Coud you make a larger chapter in wich you change the Timber!? Please AND thank you very much.. i have beeing using the video of 1 hour intervalos for about 3 weeks AND i have improve as I has not imaginé

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

I had a few videos I was planning on making first, but since the intervals video is currently my most popular I’ll go ahead and make the follow up to it. Look for “Advanced Interval Ear Training” on June 3rd.

[@kithsirigunasekara8848]

😊❤

[@miritsm]

Very good lessons!!! thank you so much 🙏😊

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Thanks for watching!

[@miritsm]

@@joeluegersmusicacademy I'm glad i discovered your channel! i surely subscribed and spread to my friends💪

[@creeperthecat9120]

i cant believe i've just been music-rolled.

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

You’re the first person to point it out since the video came out last year. I wonder if anyone else noticed.

[@firstanama4573]

Hi what video or videos do we start with after we graduate from these 5?

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Good question! Eventually I'd like to return to this series, but for now you can check out my hour long intervals video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2S2mGlujcehnbM or my new series on chord progressions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqO4eoZqiq-rqdUsi=dvIjPs4-WYYGh_WE

[@firstanama4573]

Thank you! Do you find it is common in the beginning to confuse perfect 5ths and octaves? i noticed this happens when higher pitches are used. I am struggling with the minor 7ths/major 7ths and minor / major 3rds. any ideas on what i am doing wrong or should focus on more? @@joeluegersmusicacademy

[@Koraaofficial]

Is the one in 17:04 really M7 and not M2?

[@Koraaofficial]

I mean it sounds like a M2 the there’s difference between the notes so it becomes obvious its 7. But again m2 and m7 never sounded so same

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

It’s a major 7th. I think the bass guitar sound is tricking you with some of it’s prominent octave overtones.

[@Koraaofficial]

@@joeluegersmusicacademy ohh okay thank you!! I’ll hear carefully

[@dharmendrachoudhary5566]

I am finding 7th and octave very difficult to get what do

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

They are very close to each other. 7th sounds like it wants to resolve, 8th sounds very consonant

[@dharmendrachoudhary5566]

@@joeluegersmusicacademy ok your channel is blessing thank you sir

[@mikeysplace]

I'm so glad I found your videos, I've been trying to play sax for 3 years now, and I've realized the only way I'm going to have another revelation in my ability to play music is transcribing. But, I never developed the nomenclature/reference in my mind. So I've been floundering. So these videos are just what I needed. They are such good quality, with very little fat, and categorized/ structured in the best progression that I've found. And idk, I like the subtle shame/tough love, dry and self deprecating humour. It really does lighten the mood in something can be a bit boring. But I really appreciate it. I've been beating myself up about comprehending this stuff. But your vids make it so much easier. I can see an improvement after about a week. More so than in the last three years! I would love if you made more of the multi-instrument ones. The sax has been hard for me to pick out the essence of the notes, with all the strong overtones, it throws me off and is frustrating to no end😂. But you stating that the timbre could be an issue felt very Validating. Because at first it was so impossible for me to hear the same note, played by different instruments. I could not pick out the essence 😢. A little long and sappy, but I like it, thank you🎷🏆

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

@@mikeysplace It’s really validating to hear things like this! I don’t know why music education can be so elitist and discouraging, so I try my best to combat that. For your own progress, I’d recommend setting very specific, reachable goals. This week I’m going to learn these scales, or learn to sing these intervals, or memorize this specific song, and so on… Too many people go to practice an instrument with the mindset of “I’m going to practice whatever I feel like at the moment and hopefully I’ll get better.” Best of luck to you and thanks for the kind words.

[@karinatorresmartinez7828]

don't tell me to sleep on it I HAVE EXAM TOMORROW AND YES, i'm binge watching

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Here’s what I did in school: if you don’t know the answer, guess that it’s a 6th.

[@Insert_Bland_Name_Here]

...is it weird that I found Level 6 easier than Levels 2 through 5?😅

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Sometimes extreme ranges can really highlight the consonance or dissonance of an interval.

[@marliestol9414]

Will you also make a series about the chromatic intervals? (Minor 2 and stuff?) I found this series very helpful but struggle a lot with learning the other ones now 🫣

[@joeluegersmusicacademy]

Yes! There’s been a lot of renewed interest in this series, so I’m planning on revisiting it asap.

[@rebeccapugh2297]

Brill.