FAQ #2: How Do I Better Hear Intervals?

The video tutorial explains how to classify musical intervals into perfect, consonant, or dissonant categories. It guides listeners on identifying the distance and quality of intervals, distinguishing between major and minor qualities. The tutorial covers perfect intervals like unison and octaves, consonant intervals such as major and minor thirds, and dissonant intervals including minor seconds and tritones. The video emphasizes listening skills to differentiate intervals and understand their musical context.

What are the three categories used to classify intervals?

• Hollow, pleasant, crunchy

• Major, minor, diminished

• Perfect, consonant, dissonant

• Stable, unstable, neutral

How do unison and octaves sound similar?

• They have the same pitch

• They are both inversions of each other

• They are both dissonant intervals

• They are both part of a major chord

What is a characteristic of the perfect fifth compared to the perfect fourth?

• It is narrower

• It sounds more stable and hollow

• It is part of a minor chord

• It is closer to the major third

How can the minor sixth be distinguished from the major third?

• By listening for the implied harmony

• By recognizing the major chord

• By identifying the distance between notes

• By noting the hollow quality

What makes the tritone unique among intervals?

• It is the same as a minor seventh

• It resolves to a major third

• It is part of a major chord

• It sounds like the beginning of a scale