Intervals and Progressions

One great way of building up your ear training is listening to the root note in a rendition. Normally I would do intervallic exercises when working with the school choir. Another method one can use to identify intervals is the "Power of Association". This is using familiar songs to remember the interval singing. Using this method, I found to be very effective. For a musician, this is slightly different, as in playing, intervals follow a pattern. This pattern is what we call progression. I have developed a chart from the circle fifths, to determine where the interval in each progression will most likely lead. The circle of fifths also allows you to use non-diatonic chord structures as passing chords within a progression.

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