If you'd like to improve your perception of intervals then do consider ToneGym. They make it fun and easy to improve your ear tonegym.co?aff=2104 👂🏻🎵 And check out Part 2 to this video here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qH6io9CriJXbiLQ.html

@bin8350

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you have a nice week

@khasab6124

2 жыл бұрын

Just a way to get people to pay for something you can do yourself for free. No one should fall for this.

@a_witcher94

2 жыл бұрын

great video. brilliantly informative.. if I might add some constructive criticism .. the position of the mic is very distracting. maybe put it besides the piano or record with two cameras: one focused on your hands and one on your face .. otherwise .. perfect video

@khasab6124

2 жыл бұрын

@@a_witcher94 "brilliantly informative" 🤣😂 you lot are weird!

@a_witcher94

2 жыл бұрын

@@khasab6124 awww thanks

Fun fact: If you play the lowest and highest notes on a full-size piano, that interval is a Minor 52nd!

@overtonesnteatime198

2 жыл бұрын

Wow.

@bluedingo1186

2 жыл бұрын

(Happily throws fact onto the massive pile of fun facts in my brain)

@chrimbo90

2 жыл бұрын

And this particular interval can be heard in every primary school music lesson 😏

@vecernicek2

2 жыл бұрын

It's more fun than a fact though

@FunnyAnimatoFilms

2 жыл бұрын

That is a fun fact. Thank you.

Imagine taking a music theory exam and hearing someone singing "all around me are familiar faces" very quietly

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@george474747

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they started playing intervals on slap bass or sax instead. (Too much 80s disparagement in this video... I want to see David present the next one on keytar - embrace the cheese!)

@necrozma4029

2 жыл бұрын

@@george474747 that would be interesting to see

@keizotim

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano hello there I love your videos please keep on doing them thanks keizo tim or @keizotim

@CRUSH40RULES

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, or any exam would be great.

Nice simple examples. As a music teacher, I’d love to see your examples for descending intervals, we only ever do ascending choices.

@bassmaiasa1312

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I always watch that, to make sure I don't skimp on the descending. For minor third and major 2nd, I use the line from Somewhere over the Rainbow, 'if happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow' But I also try to hear the inversion inside the interval. So if I hear a minor third, I want to hear the major 6th at the same time.

@dimebucker2

Жыл бұрын

Radiohead - The National Anthem has descending maj3 min3 and maj2 all in the same riff!

@Ioganstone

Жыл бұрын

fun fact: Gangsta Rap - Nigga Nigga Nigga is a rather astute example of OP's point.

@mensamoo

Жыл бұрын

David uses YYZ by Rush as an example of a tritone interval. This is actually a descending interval, although he used it as ascending.

1:52 Minor 2nd - Jaws / Fur Elise 2:47 Major 2nd - Halo Theme/ Frere Jacques / Happy Birthday 3:39 Minor 3rd - Pure Imagination/ Mad World (All around me are familiar faces) 4:22 Major 3rd - Subway Surfer / Wipe Wipe Wipe It Down Wipe /(descending) Golden Wind 5:34 Perfect 4th - Amazing Grace 6:03 Tritone - Regular Show / The Simpsons 8:55 Perfect 5th - Star Wars 10:02 Minor 6th - The Entertainer / (descending) Love Story 11:54 Major 6th - Chopin - Nocturne op.9 No.2 12:52 Minor 7th - Can't Stop / Somewhere 14:16 Major 7th - Take On Me 15:35 Octave - Somewhere Over The Rainbow 16:48 Intervals beyond the octave 19:02 Minor 9th - Killing in The Name

@calebdupree8728

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@roxonbenoit7951

Жыл бұрын

np

@BL00DYME55

Жыл бұрын

Don't know how you could leave out "Can't Stop" by RHCP for Minor 7th example. It's a much more recognisable and iconic song than Somewhere from some movie from the 60s (or was it a play) most people never heard of. The moment I hear E followed by D, i instantly hear Frusciante's intro in my head and just want to resolve it up to the E an octave up. But maybe that's just a guitarist in me talking.

@roxonbenoit7951

Жыл бұрын

@@BL00DYME55 Thanks for the suggestion, I was struggling to find one for Minor 7th

@AliKhan-sy9jy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Minor 3rd Me: Ah yes, Crazy Frog David: Mad World Me: That works too

@Cherri_Stars

2 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful

@johnhenrymills4517

2 жыл бұрын

Axe f

@jamlemon

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely, I heard Axel F then he starts playing Mad World!

@singerofsongs468

2 жыл бұрын

lmao, this is now my reference point

@IanFarrington1

2 жыл бұрын

When he started, I thought Send in the Clowns lol. Heard that ad nauseam growing up.

fun fact: you can use Somewhere Over The Rainbow to identify the octave (some-where), the major sixth (way-up), *and* the minor sixth (there's-a).

@EmpiricalPragmatist

2 жыл бұрын

Nice! You can also use various Star Wars tunes to identify most of these intervals. The Force theme for a perfect 4th, Han and Leia's theme for a major 6th, The Emperor's theme for a minor 3rd, and the Love theme from AOTC for a minor 6th. :)

@MajesticDemonLord

2 жыл бұрын

And minor 7th - 'over'

@eel9096

2 жыл бұрын

@@EmpiricalPragmatist I always use these too! I just didn't know what the actual themes were called lol

@eel9096

2 жыл бұрын

@@EmpiricalPragmatist also, the cantina band is really useful for perfect 4ths

@atanvardecunambiel8917

2 жыл бұрын

Minor Third: “Someday I’ll wish upon a star”

"Take on Me" is brilliant. I always recognize the major seventh simply by its proximity to the octave, but that's a really great example that I had never thought of.

I live in central Europe, in the Czech Republic and because of that, the major 6 interval actually to me sounds perfectly stable and consonant. It is often used in our folk songs, when there's more then one voice. The voices often go in major (or minor) thirds and major sixths, and often without "resolving" to e.g. a P.5. at the end of a song, and it's been like that for centuries. It's quite interesting to note, because compared to this, christian chant music (gregorian chants, etc.) in history uses almost exlusively the "cleanest", most stable intervals - the octave the P5 and the P4 (with occasionally using thirds).

@nakejtypek1829

Жыл бұрын

Kterou písničku máš na mysli, co se týče tý sexty? :D

@andylovesbats4566

Жыл бұрын

@@nakejtypek1829 Hej, prakticky každá druhá lidovka, či její sborová úprava (od dětství zpívám ve sboru, takže toho mám naposlouchaného hodně). Tzv. lidový dvojhlas je, když se k původnímu hlasu souběžně zpívají tercie nebo sexty, čili to má dokonce i název. Jako příklad uvedu např. Nepi Jano, nebo Chodila Maryška.

@FuerstMykisch

11 ай бұрын

Interesting. Ca you name some exemplary songs that I can listen to on KZread?

@laknathchamikaraweerasingh6067

10 ай бұрын

thanks

Fun fact: A perfect fifth sounds similar to an octave because when played in produces an octave undertone or subharmonic of the fundamental note.

@JoshuaWillis89

2 жыл бұрын

Science is cool 🤓

@herowars_MCY

2 жыл бұрын

1-5 => power chord, because science :)

@318h7

2 жыл бұрын

Finally, a logical explanation! Thanks

@polyphony250

2 жыл бұрын

@@318h7 It's 2 over 3. If you play the rhythm with your hands, it's obvious - the frequencies "sync up" on every other oscilliation of the lowest. So the "synced" oscilliations are at half the frequency of the lowest note, one octave below. More dissonant intervals will create lower pitch undertones for this reason, i.e. the longer the time between each synced oscilliation, the lower the note produced. Sorry about the non-technical language, these are not concepts I have been taught.

@user-dj9td1kx5x

2 жыл бұрын

@@polyphony250 that sounds correct, and that's the reason there is a distinct throbbing in a minor 2nd or, stronger still, in a just slightly out-of-tune unison

Ad: "Regardless of what you might think, interval exercises are ineffective. It's not just my opinio-*skipped*" David: "This video is sponsored by ToneGym. Being able to identify an interval by ear..." *Laughed so hard*

@makaiev

2 жыл бұрын

Same xD

@error50012

2 жыл бұрын

Lol what's there reasoning even why they are inefective?

@PedroMachadoPT

2 жыл бұрын

Actually the ad made me think and I listened to it to its end. But it didn’t explain why it’s ineffective. Maybe learning to recognize which note in the scale we’re listening to is more effective than learning intervals. I don’t know.

@entropybentwhistle

2 жыл бұрын

@@PedroMachadoPT Don’t do anything, ever, because it’s hard for someone.

@theworkoutsounds7391

2 жыл бұрын

@@error50012 Go watch the video “why you don’t want perfect pitch” by adam neely, it’s quite interesting. Basically, interval training is not ineffective, but there are other skills that you should be training as well.

I use "Here Comes the Bride" to identify a perfect fourth. I think of the first two notes of "Maria" (from "West Side Story") to identify a tritone. I am only at the beginning of this video but I'm already finding it helpful and kinda fun. Thanks!

@Thetimrobertson

Жыл бұрын

I always use Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik. I simply cannot NOT hear it.

@IlaughedIcried

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I've always, always used "Maria" as the example of a tritone -- the West Side Story score is actually spilling over with tritones, all over the place -- and I was shocked it wasn't mentioned. :)

@namibia584

11 ай бұрын

I use the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

@snicky58

11 ай бұрын

@@namibia584 Good one! Several perfect fourths in a row!

@namibia584

11 ай бұрын

@@snicky58 There's also "Take off Ya Hoser."

I've been playing guitar (badly, but I enjoyed it), for the past thirty years. Watched hundreds if not thousands of of videos. Got a basic understanding of music. Stumbled on your website and in six months I have improved a thousand fold. Thank you,your a true breathe of fresh air. Keep up the good work.

@minigunner9060

Жыл бұрын

best thing I can say is learn C maj scale and how to hear these intervals. C Maj forms the foundation for all the other modes and makes it VERY easy to learn them while knowing the intervals by ear will let you more easily ear learn songs or when writing, allow you to know how to get the right feel or emotion for something you want to play

Now I know about the tritone, I appreciate the irony of The Simpsons welcoming us with a heavenly choir and background using such a devillish sounding musical arrangement.

@jeremyowens3319

2 жыл бұрын

I find a lot of comedic / wacky music will lean on those tense moments to resolve.

@Teelirious

2 жыл бұрын

The Simpson's and "Maria" from WestvSide Story are strange identical twins.

@chameleonicblu22

2 жыл бұрын

David, can you do a video analyzing this theme song? Please!!?! I tried to analyze it once as a youth and I gave up. All I remember is that it's in Lydian.

@MikeS29

2 жыл бұрын

***Reverend Lovejoy has left the chat***

@aidendiamond5793

Жыл бұрын

Danny Elfman knew what he was doing

The chorus of "Into the Unknown" actually uses an 11th! It's the interval the third time she sings "into the unknown" and is part of what makes the song feel so epic and dangerous.

@es175yes

2 жыл бұрын

I love 7th's,9th's and 11ths

@MenacingBanjo

2 жыл бұрын

Whoa, you're right. I thought that was a tenth, but she goes all the way up to the upper 4th. Neato.

@johnallegood4469

2 жыл бұрын

So THAT'S why I love singing it so much

@brickabang

2 жыл бұрын

As a subnautica fan I was so confused what you were on about. Then I realised you’re speaking about a song from Frozen

@jaredd9166

2 жыл бұрын

In the BTS, the song authors specifically cite the unusual size of the interval as what gives the melody its emotional sense of breaking free from what's traditional or comfortable.

Some songs that I use: m3 - Seven Nation Army, Greensleeves M3 - Oh When the Saints P4 - Bridal Chorus ("Here comes the bride") Tritone - Maria (West Side Story) P5: Twinkle Twinkle M6: Jingle Bells ("Dashing through the snow"), My Bonnie

@near5148

Ай бұрын

Greemsleeves

With the string sound you had on the minor 7th, I was sure you were about to break into "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac. I don't know if it's technically an interval, but those are the notes they hit most hard in the intro so it functions as an interval.

@yamankurul9497

2 жыл бұрын

same here

@gville001

2 жыл бұрын

I hear Josie!

@lukeyboi0899

Жыл бұрын

I heard The Chain too!

@christiandady2581

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@lorrainedonahue9507

Жыл бұрын

It was so obviously The Chain. Even the sound he had on the synthesizer sounded just like it. Lol

"Into the Unknown" from Frozen features intervals of an octave, 9th, 10th, and even an 11th in its masterful chorus. In the BTS, the song authors specifically cite the unusual size of the interval as what gives the melody its emotional sense of breaking free from what's traditional or comfortable.

@cynzix

2 жыл бұрын

The wider interval is right at the end, sung by Aurora

@geoffreyprecht2410

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why I loved that track so much! It's beautiful, even though I don't remember much else about the movie.

@thesoubretteoftheopera7313

2 жыл бұрын

You don't listen to opera much do you?

@gamechimp869

2 жыл бұрын

@@thesoubretteoftheopera7313 you can be less pretentious. Weirdo

@thesoubretteoftheopera7313

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamechimp869 Weird and pretentious for the basic knowledge that people can sing more than a fifth? Also big talk coming from an industry that considers Lloyd Webber "beneath them".

i was SURE you were gonna do Dr Who for the minor 9th

@gingerfreak01

2 жыл бұрын

Same here.

@daringnote6269

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@sambaxter8236

2 жыл бұрын

'Need to' by Korn

@HotSauceBear

2 жыл бұрын

1:13 I thought he was going into Shine On You Crazy Diamond

@louisaruth

2 жыл бұрын

rage all the way

I was genuinely taken back when the Minor 3rd wasn't Axel F. It seems so perfect to me, since it plays the A, the C, and then the A twice more. Really vivid sound. And my go-to for the perfect fifth is Something In The Way by Nirvana. The opening is just Kurt Cobain playing the very stripped back A5 and F5

@GoatCat_

Жыл бұрын

I thought it would be Clair de Lune

@elegantwaffle257

Жыл бұрын

@@GoatCat_ but...

@GoatCat_

Жыл бұрын

@@elegantwaffle257 I see what you mean. It’s more of a chord than an interval

@pcache

10 ай бұрын

minor 3rd is the first 2 notes of the blues scale, so there's sooooo many examples in blues inspired genres like rock'n'roll, later rock, and rock-inspired music in general. smoke on the water, whole lotta love, are you gonna be my girl, you spin me round (chorus), muse - psycho, even flippin wannabe by spice girls. too many to name

I sat through all of this and was able to pay attention the whole time which is rare so thank you for making this!

Alright so... here's what I use: Minor 2nd up & down: Eyes Wide Shut piano thing Major 2nd up: Happy Birthday Major 2nd down: Yesterday (Beatles) Minor 3rd up: Seven Nation Army (White Stripes) Minor 3rd down: Hey Jude (Beatles) Major 3rd up: Oh, When the Saints Major 3rd down: Big Ben chimes or Summertime (Gerschwin) Perfect 4th up: Amazing Grace Perfect 4th down: Under Pressure bassline (Queen) Tritone up: The Simpsons Tritone down: Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) Perfect fifth up: Star Wars theme Perfect fifth down: Game of Thrones or Zelda themes Minor 6th up: In my life intro(Beatles) Minor 6th down: Love Story theme Major 6th up: Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead) Major 6th down: Il Était un Petit Navire Minor 7th up: Original Star Trek Theme Minor 7th down: Watermelon Man (Herbie Hancock) Major 7th up & down: Popular guitar intro (Nada Surf) Octave up: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Octave down: Bulls on Parade (RATM) Minor 9th up: Killing in the Name Bass thing (RATM) And that's about it... Good video!

@TeShiky

2 жыл бұрын

If you really wanna be able to detect major 10ths, a great song for that is VCR by The XX

@sacriste

2 жыл бұрын

Our hero

@markmurthen7068

2 жыл бұрын

Don't get him started on Yesterday!!

@maxschumann2761

2 жыл бұрын

I don't get the min6 reference to in my life. Otherwise, great list.

@nimnone

2 жыл бұрын

Copy, paste. Thanks!

I wish people also showed songs where the interval descends rather than ascends

@chrisschack9716

2 жыл бұрын

That song from Love Story is perfect for a minor 6th down, for instance.

@deyama2012

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same. Off the top of my head, there is Fur Elise and Yesterday for descending minor and major seconds respectively.

@JiveDadson

2 жыл бұрын

@@deyama2012 _Yesterday_ begins with three notes on the same pitch. Listen to the Beatles original.

@secularZoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@JiveDadson yes but I think he does it in the 2nd verse. Good observation though

@bennetteberle4476

2 жыл бұрын

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones. Perfect fifth down.

I think I found my perfect teacher! Honestly, you make learning what can be a pretty dry subject such fun. There's something about the way you teach and make your videos that really clicks for me. Thank you!

One of the more important lessons for any musician. Good work!

The way I remember a perfect 5th is "someBODY", thats all I need

@tombworld9012

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you have now ruined Star Wars for me forever.

@minapolina6661

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah? WHEN I WAS is a Perfect 4th. Fuck any of your other songs you claim on that interval, homie.

@Jewpacca

2 жыл бұрын

Comment of the year here, folks

@rubixtheslime

2 жыл бұрын

This is also my go to example for a pickup beat

@Falk0209

2 жыл бұрын

fuck you I love it xD

Was mentally preparing to hear you talking about the tritone being the Devil's chord, and then you mentioned Neely, and I was unreasonably happy about that.

@timdelaney366

2 жыл бұрын

@@JimmyTulip1 it's not well known?

@VanessaHolguin

2 жыл бұрын

6:31 *BULLSHITE~* @@JimmyTulip1 It's a not a myth... Adam Neely is a woke lefty that lies about shit in his vids (see: White Supremacy vid).

@informant09

2 жыл бұрын

@@VanessaHolguin It is a myth. You are right about Adam being a woke lefty but that doesnt make everything he says false.

@VanessaHolguin

2 жыл бұрын

@@informant09 It *was* banned. Just because a #4th existed in pieces from that period doesn't mean it wasn't still thought of as the devil's interval and banned by the church. THAT is the lie. Sure it existed. Yes it was used. To pretend the church didn't ban it in many places in Europe is an outright denial of reality (but that's what woke leftist's do... try to change word meaning, history [Virginia statues say hello], and of course... minimize anything church related).

@CD_Character

2 жыл бұрын

An example using both the octave and the tritone is Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath". E - E - A# So maybe this is the Devil's work after all ! (jk)

For a minor 6th, I use "Across the Stars" by John Williams. It's Padme and Anakins love theme from the Star Wars Prequels and it's one of my favorites from that trilogy.

Thanks so much for this. I was doing an interval training app and felt really stuck just trying to listen to the tones without mental associations. Now I hear Jaws and Let’s Dance and I immediately started improving. I am doing to to try and get better at music in order to express myself, so you really helped me with that. thank you.

Also, Maj 6th: My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean ( first two notes ).

@andrefortes1342

2 жыл бұрын

Black Orpheus by Bonfá

@adamwojtasiak6204

2 жыл бұрын

YES THIS IS WHAT I DO TOO

@teresacronin5801

2 жыл бұрын

I learned it with My Bonnie.... 53 years ago. I still remember that lesson. A light went on

@urwholefamilydied

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you... I don't know "Holly and the Ivy". I'm american, maybe it isn't as big here for xmas stuff?

@unvergebeneid

2 жыл бұрын

The downside of this: you then have My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean stuck in your head for the next five fucking hours ;)

David's Examples: Minor 2nd: Jaws Theme - John Williams Major 2nd: Frère Jacques - traditional Minor 3rd: Mad World - Tears for Fears (But it Really should have been Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer) Major 3rd: Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder / Let's Dance - David Bowie Perfect 4th: Summer Nights - from Grease Tritone: YYZ - Rush / The Simpsons Theme - Danny Elfman Perfect 5th: Star Wars Title Crawl Theme - John Williams / ET Theme - John Williams Minor 6th: Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty / The Entertainer - Scott Joplin Major 6th: The Holly and the Ivy (Christmas song) - traditional Minor 7th: Somewhere - Leonard Bernstein, from West Side Story / Bass from Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers Major 7th: Take on Me - A-ha Octave: Somewhere Over the Rainbow - from The Wizard of Oz Minor 9th: Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine

@cinnamonroll6471

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I really thought he was going to go with Axel F based on the notes he played for the minor 3rd.

@woutere

2 жыл бұрын

Major 6th: the first verse of Jingle Bells at the word "dashing".

@Gay4Garak

2 жыл бұрын

@@woutere Good one. “O’er the” (fields we go).

@finctank

2 жыл бұрын

The Shins’ James Mercer sings some very wide intervals, like in the song Phantom Limb

@seanfitz81

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking Axel F too

This is just pure genius and beautiful... Thanks David

Im so happy i have found this. Ive been in music scho for 8 years and i never knew how to get rhese right but now i do. I am preparing for audicions for music conservatory and i really needed this. Thank you very much!

Such a great reference tool. I remember learning similar techniques in choir. We never learned the minor intervals just the major, though I can always recognize minor thirds. We were taught the “doorbell” for major thirds and the song “Taps” for major fourths. John Williams REALLY likes his major fifths. The Superman Theme also uses that.

@firstnamelastname3182

2 жыл бұрын

I came here to see if anyone else uses doorbell and Superman! How about Come As You Are by Nirvana for a Perfect 4th?

@DawnDavidson

2 жыл бұрын

In choir I learned the rising major sixth is My Bo(nnie Lies Over the Ocean.) And “Do, a deer, a female deer” gives both rising and falling major thirds. Both ones I’ve never forgotten. I like most of his examples, though a few were too recent for me.

@Katerine459

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if anybody else would bring up Superman too. :) Though I usually use it to remember how the major 7th goes.

@rizahawkeyepierce1380

2 жыл бұрын

Ha, we used "Here Comes the Bride" for perfect fourths. And then my music professor in college said to be cautious using that one, since it's Sol->Do, not Do->Fa. Still works, but it's a different vibe.

@freyathewolf4909

2 жыл бұрын

For our 4ths in choir our teacher uses "here come the bride", specifically the "here comes" part! Neat to see other choirs do this too. Also when we were doing a chromatic scale in one of our songs she used the Jaws theme.

"Stupid slap bass"... oh no, you've awoken Davie

@applehack97

2 жыл бұрын

to be fair, that keyboard did have a terrible slap bass sound

@ISuperI

2 жыл бұрын

NOT EPIC

@paulsto6516

2 жыл бұрын

@@ISuperI I'm calling the Police.

@radonato

2 жыл бұрын

SLAP!

@Stalinshounds

2 жыл бұрын

Keyboard vs bass battle!

You're a great teacher and very knowledgeable that's why I subscribed. Great info for us musicians and explained in a very informative and concise way. I know plenty of theory but I always learn something more I can use from you. Keep it up!

Black Sabbath, the song, is G. Octave G and then mashing the tritone. The main riff is just TWO notes. Entirety of Metal is built on this interval but it's also called a "blue" note because the diminished fifth is the one note Blues scale adds to the Pentatonic. So if it sounds like blBlues or Metal, it's the tritone.

Not sure if any other commenters mentioned this, but the YYZ “vamp” you brought up for the Tritone is actually the letters YYZ in Morse code. The dots are the tonic and the dashes are the tritone. As always, great video and thanks for being an awesome music theory resource!!

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

I love Morse code in music! Another example is the Mission Impossible riff which is based on the Morse for "M.I."

@MikeWallaceDev

2 жыл бұрын

Rats! I was coming here to say that. I snoozed, I loozed. :-D

@piratefrawgee

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano ooh nice! Future video topic maybe??

@user-fg9xe5kq4q

2 жыл бұрын

But Jeff, what about the airport?

@kwarsha

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidBennettPiano The best example I know is "Waves" by the french singer Camille. The background vocals literally sing "dot" and "dash" spelling out "show me the waves". kzread.info/dash/bejne/hWSEr7ygaM_AXbA.html

Min 7th is also Star Trek, the tv show theme ( 1st two notes ).

@jeremyowens3319

2 жыл бұрын

That's the one I hear. When he added the second example and said he grew up with it, I thought for sure Star Trek was coming out. heh

@Th3L0n3lyG0d

2 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyowens3319 That's funny, when I heard the sound he chose I immediately thought of The Chain

@quietone610

2 жыл бұрын

especially since that sounds almost EXACTLY like Lindsey's(sp?) guitar.

@Nico_higu

2 жыл бұрын

@@Th3L0n3lyG0d interesting

@jongorman751

2 жыл бұрын

Nah. With that tone he had its immediately Josie by Steely Dan

You are a most intelligent young sage. I am very well entertained by your delivery. Kudos fellow musician/musicologist. I have been teaching for decades and you have got the gift! The theory mystery continues...

This lesson made me smile the whole way through in how crystalized intervals in my mind.

This might be one of the MOST USEFUL music-related KZread videos I have ever come across. It is pitch perfect (if you'll excuse the pun!) Also fantastic thumbnail! Will be coming back to this again and again when composing, transcribing, recording... and will probably share this with my friends for all eternity hahhaha. P.S. Radiohead's new song If You Say The Word starts with a major third!! (Eb to G, in the key of C minor)

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@miller13ico

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

@khasab6124

2 жыл бұрын

This is a common well known technique for ear training. There's a list online by Earmaster on ascending and descending intervals with you tube URLs.

@miller13ico

2 жыл бұрын

@@khasab6124 you know what's also common, tools like you..

@khasab6124

2 жыл бұрын

@@miller13ico *yawn* sure kiddy. Some people can't accept information. Like you. They prefer to remain stupid

I'd love to see a companion video where you show some examples of descending intervals. (Since audiating backwards is hard.)

@Shazar789

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea. Has one up now

@silvestarmravlincic8996

2 жыл бұрын

minor 6th, "Love Story" theme, first two notes

@tiyenin

2 жыл бұрын

18:54 Widest vocal interval I've found: P11 up (G3 to C5), Sleeping with Sirens - If You Can't Hang pre-chorus: "There's **the door / Aah**"

@tiyenin

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYmrubutfLqriso.html

THANK YOU!! This was brilliant and extremely helpful! 🤯

this is what we did in HS music theory and I still remember those lessons. Learning intervals like this is amazing ear training.

I'm on (the older) team Axel F for a Minor 3rd. Coming up in the 80's it was unavoidable!

@benjaminshepard

2 жыл бұрын

That one has a bunch of nice clean intervals both up and down, which was a definite help while learning theory 35+ years ago.

@growingsage

2 жыл бұрын

As soon as I heard it I started singing it and got distracted

@lev7509

2 жыл бұрын

-"Smoke on the Water" for m3-

@jaerivus

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto! I also immediately thought of Top Gun for the perfect 5th, and given how the other two examples were movies from 1977 & 1982, I thought for sure he'd incorporate it. Oh well, he's a young one. ;)

@genesis209_gd

2 жыл бұрын

No joke, that's what first came to mind for me.

As you were talking about Mad World, you said, "it's going.." and my daughter just blurts out "going nowhere!" and I didn't even know that she knew that song. It was an awesome moment. Thank you for that.

That's always like a blessing to watch your videos, great job, you are the top G at explaining music theory, big support from Mauritius 👏🏾🎩

I’ve seen a few of your videos …. I’m quickly becoming a fan and enjoying the idea that there’s lots more to see and learn.

18:52 I believe "Defying Gravity" from the movie "Wicked" has a major 11th in it, between the words "the rules" near the start, in "I'm tired of playing by *the rules* of someone else's game".

@youregonnaletityeetyouaway2882

2 жыл бұрын

defying gravity also has a massive leap at the end on the word "down", i dont remember what the interval is exactly but it was drilled into me at gcse haha

Back in the 60's my Mom - a music teacher - taught me intervals with songs - I learned the major 6'th as the first two notes of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. We mostly had to use different songs back then - lol

@malindadenlinger882

2 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me the si gs she used? I don’t know many of the the songs he’s using

@karricompton

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Also the Wedding March for perfect 4th.

@ElleCee62978

2 жыл бұрын

This is how I learned in the 1980s. The major 7th was “Somewhere” from West Side Story.

I have exams coming up and this is super helpful-thanks so much David!

I grew up loving Movie Soundtracks and often piddle with them for fun. I was leaving intervals just as you show and it has helped me significantly. Thanks

Ah! How times have changed! When I was in music school this is how we learned them: m2- train sound, M2- beginning of M scale, m3- Brahms Lullaby, M3 From the Halls of Montezuma, P4- Here Comes the Bride, Aug4- Maria(West Side Story) P5-Twinkle Twinkle, m6 Where Do I Begin? (Love Story) M6 My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean or the NBC logo, m7 - There's a Place for Us (West Side Story) M7- Bali Hai (South Pacific). However, for teaching purposes now, new examples would be needed for those who did not grow up with those musicals. Thank you!

@JonesNate

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting; I also thought of the NBC jingle, though I'm only 33.

@tammyrobinson6409

2 жыл бұрын

LOL these are the songs I use to this day… M7 Bali Hai is not familiar to me but Take on Me is😊 this is a good video

@jaroslaval9159

2 жыл бұрын

@@tammyrobinson6409 kzread.info/dash/bejne/amWCtLGmhcWdn5M.html the Bali Hai interval is at 42 seconds.

@tammyrobinson6409

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaroslaval9159 thank you… I can hear the M7 interval perfectly

@jaroslaval9159

2 жыл бұрын

@@tammyrobinson6409 Great!

As soon as you played the minor seventh, I thought “Josie” by Steely Dan. Thanks again!

@andrewcarter1089

2 жыл бұрын

So did I.

@wgandy9541

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!!! That also kind of shows my age!!!

@thebreakfastmenu

2 жыл бұрын

Oh good it wasn't just me.

@ynotw57

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto! love that song

@ajhieb

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't think of the name, but as soon as I heard it I was like "That's a Steely Dan song"

David, I’ve seen this elsewhere: teaching each interval by associating it with one particular instance in a well known tune. The problem is, it doesn’t account for how different an interval can sound in different harmonic contexts. Take the minor third. You describe it as “sounding minor” and your supporting example certainly does. But the first two notes of O Canada don’t have that sad, minor sound, and neither do the 2nd-to-3rd notes of Baby Shark, yet they’re both minor thirds. I’m a musician but not a music educator, and I don’t know what a better approach is, but surely there is one. If the goal is being able to follow the structure of melodies, at best this approach doesn’t get you very far, and at worst it might point you in a direction that’s actually unhelpful.

@naritruwireve1381

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly how I've been feeling listening to his ear training "remember these songs to remember x" playlist, except I wasn't able to explain why. The songs given as examples sound similar yet so different, so it's been hard for me to grasp it, but I haven't seen other comments saying the same and wondered if it was a me issue. I leave his videos still feeling completely unconfident I'd be able to recognize intervals, chord progressions or such

@Person4649Person

Жыл бұрын

This is true. If the harmonic context is different, or the interval takes place on different scale degrees, you might not recognize it very well. Unfortunately you either have to get used to how the different intervals sound at different points of the scale, or are able to isolate the sounds in your mind and transpose the scale in your head so that the interval matches the examples you're thinking of. If one was able to easily recognize an interval regardless of the harmony or scale degree, that would likely mean music would be very uncomplicated or not of much interest to us.

I have been trying to get my head around the sound of intervals forever. This is the first time I had something to hook on. Thank you!

It's interesting to me that minor thirds sound more tense going up (Mad World, Greensleeves), and more resolved coming down (Hey Jude, the Star Spangled Banner), while major thirds sound more consonant going up (When the Saints come Marching in, Kumbaya) and more dissonant coming down (Beethoven's 5th, Imperial March).

@FlorisVerbeij

2 жыл бұрын

This has everything to do with the function of the interval within the chord. (Hey Jude is the distance beteeen 5 and 3 of the major chord). This immediately showcases the risk of this method. Be aware of the context.

@hfghguuh

2 жыл бұрын

Also Brahms lullaby is a minor third (I think). Kinda funny

@jcovent

2 жыл бұрын

Very wise response. Thank you, Bekahoot. I agree.

I really appreciate that you went to the effort of naming the intervals in the font and style of the movie poster. That visual cue really helps with my memory

I am just starting with ear training. I was already getting frustrated with telling if it is a 2m or a 2M interval. The easiest case in my training software. I watched only 3:34 min of the video and I decided to try out those two songs. I worked like a charm. I can now tell the difference between a 2m and a 2M intervals in my training software. Thanks !

@DavidBennettPiano

Жыл бұрын

Great!!

Dude you’re a World Heritage for humanity in music 🎼! Thank you so much !

wait i actually really needed this im taking a music theory exam in december and recognizing intervals is part of it so thank you so much ❤️❤️

@DavidBennettPiano

2 жыл бұрын

Great!!

@Bongz.14

2 жыл бұрын

All the best 🙌🏽❤️

@khasab6124

2 жыл бұрын

I'm really surprised your teachers haven't suggested this technique

@nat91307

2 жыл бұрын

@@khasab6124 she has i'd just rather learn about it in video form

@khasab6124

2 жыл бұрын

@@nat91307 that's silly you don't do ear training in "video form" . This just wants you to pay for something you can do for free. The only way to practice recognising intervals is to do it, not listen to videos

Damn you played the minor third and I completed it in my mind with Cruel Angels Thesis Great video!

Tenths are great. I love them and I use them. A guitar teacher of mine, Serge Lazarevitch, taught us that tenths somehow almost sound like a chord, rather than just an interval. I can hear what he meant when I use them. Bach wrote fantastic things in tenths, as did so many other classical composers, but those amazing structures can also be found in Paul McCartney's Beatles classic, Blackbird. I also love hearing it in the Foo Fighters' Walking After You. It's a bit of a magical chord-like interval, waiting to be needed as the right addition to the song, or be the basis for a song. Rocking regards to all, BBH

Thank you so much for a great video! It helped me a lot❤

I was so convinced you'd go for 'The Chain' by Fleetwood Mac for the minor 7th. The sound matches so well, and it's in the same key too.

@codediporpal

2 жыл бұрын

From the instrument selection i though that was he he was going too.

@Nerdifull

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah same tbh

@Backburner846

2 жыл бұрын

i literally just commented the same thing lol kzread.info/dash/bejne/fHh7lM9umLGXptI.html

Thank you so much for this video. It really helped me a lot

Amazing lesson! Thanks for making this helpful video!!

West Side Story is truly a treasure trove of weird intervals, I also use Maria for the tritone

@melanieprice

2 жыл бұрын

same "Maria"..."The Simpsons" :D

@es175yes

2 жыл бұрын

Maria is perfect for Tritown star… If you’re familiar with the song of course!… The other great one from Westside story is the first two notes of there’s a place for us which I think is called somewhere… That’s great for a minor seventh… There’s a place for us

For a major 2nd I would have picked “So This is Love” from Cinderella, it even rocks helpfully back and forth between the 1 and 2.

This is so useful to me. Thank you so much David.

This unlocked something in my mind! Thank you so much

Another fifth is the first notes from the very old TV-series Ivanhoe. First notes of Two of Us by The Beatles are also iconic. Funny how we 'know' intervals in ascending order. I suddenly wondered about the famous first notes of Beethovens Fifth Symphony (of which I once read it was 'Fate knocking on the door'). Very inspiring video. (Edited the order of the sentences).

@khasab6124

2 жыл бұрын

Two of Us by The Beatles doesn't start with a perfect 5th it's a major 6th. and Beethoven's Fifth is a major third

@fritsvanzanten3573

2 жыл бұрын

@@khasab6124 ' Another' in my comment refers to the one mentioned in the video. I was very much aware the other two examples in my comment weren't fifths. An F for me for clarity, an A for trust in the reader.

@khasab6124

2 жыл бұрын

@@fritsvanzanten3573ok. it wasn't clear. Looked like you were saying they were all 5ths

@fritsvanzanten3573

2 жыл бұрын

@@khasab6124 Yes, my fault ;-)

@allenapplewhite

2 жыл бұрын

You mention Beethovens fifth symphony during a discussion of intervals and then say "another 5th" after that. Beethovens 5th symphony starts with a descending major 3rd. Not sure if you meant to word it the way you did or were confused about the interval or not...just wanted to clarify for everyone else.

The major tenth is used in Scar Tissue by RHCP right at the beginning.

@jsherman256

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing. Iconic riff

@lamasalon8822

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I was struggling to remember the name of this song - but it was the first example that came into my head as well!

@dee5559

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. Therefore would Road Trippin be a minor tenth?

This is incredibly helpful. Great channel.

Thanks, David. That's a fun demo and gets me ready to figure out things away from the keyboard/fretboard. It's an ongoing process.

Those first two notes of Somewhere, with that sound, are SO much like the start of Josie by Steely Dan.

@MrLucasRigby

2 жыл бұрын

Yes i noticed that straight away

@JustPlayItLoud

2 жыл бұрын

Josie immediately came to mind for me for the minor seventh and octave!

@PianoDentist

2 жыл бұрын

That was my go to as well.

@jaschul

2 жыл бұрын

So good.

Great video! I'd love to see a sequel where intervals are compared in ascending and descending forms. Even good musicians are sometimes thrown when they hear an interval moving in the opposite direction to the example they've memorized.

@disgustof-riley8338

2 жыл бұрын

^ This! Invaluable sequel

@hman2912

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed

I love your videos. This is an excellent demonstration!

thanks, this really helped, I've been trying to figure out the best way to tune my timpani, and this helped a lot :)

"So what I told you was true... From a certain point of view." - David Obi-Wan Kenobi Bennett

Star Wars: Perfect fifth. Correct. Empire was the "perfect" "fifth" part.

@Rapidashisaunicorn

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha brilliant! I love it

@HEADBANGEREN

2 жыл бұрын

I don't get it??

@gorillaau

2 жыл бұрын

The fifth will be with you always.

@graemekennedy2326

2 жыл бұрын

@@HEADBANGEREN The Empire Strikes Back is the 5th movie in the series and is considered by many to be the best of the saga.

@HEADBANGEREN

2 жыл бұрын

@@graemekennedy2326 cheers

brilliant. very clearly explained and watchable. thank you. subscribed.

as always .. good concept .. with exellent delivery

The first two notes of Scar Tissue by Red Hot Chili Peppers is an example of a major 10th interval.

@turbo3922

Жыл бұрын

That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure since I'm not especially musical.

@willbananas

Жыл бұрын

Same as Untitled #2 from John Frusciante

@XSpImmaLion

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I had to go find what music it was so much it bothered me that I couldn't remember the name... xD

@manuelpapo1377

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, i love that song

@gen077

Жыл бұрын

The only one I could think of!

Crystal Clear ! Thanks !!!

DAVID YOU ARE A INCREDIBLY CLEAR INSTRUCTOR! I LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA... WISH I COULD LEARN MUSIC FROM YOU IN PERSON BUT THIS IS THE NEXT BEST THING! JAMES

Very well known example of a tenth interval in popular music: the iconic bass line of Lou Reed's 'Walk on the Wild Side', recorded by Herbie Flowers. It's actually two separate bass parts, one on upright bass, and one on electric. It's a beautiful interval on bass. I think Indiscipline by King Crimson uses it too (among others), but spread among different instruments.

@mrshankly213

2 жыл бұрын

Fully agree, love the tenth on bass! Especially on fretless with some reverb, so mellow.

The octave jump that I remember from my childhood was the beginning of "Hi, Ho" from Diney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. That opening 2 Hi - Ho were the octave jumps.

You teach intervals like I was taught in music theory in the early 80s. Association is the best. The Tri-Tone also sounds like scenes in Apocalypse Now. Even your keyboard sounded exactly like that. Nice job!

What a gorgeous and helpful video. Thank you.

I'm a huge advocate for learning theory in context- in a more musical way, that's both more enjoyable and makes more sense. I think this approach is invaluable and brilliant. Another one that I thought of is the Universal theme for the perfect fifth.

There's a tenth in the Star-Spangled banner between "streaming" and "and the rockets' red glare."

16:21. Definitely "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". That is so iconic. I would also do the bass line for the "Duck Tales" Theme Song.

I grew up being able to do this and I thought it was just something everyone could do. Wow I never knew that it was valued in any way

13:00 - Ha! When I heard the minor seventh with that timbre, my mind immediately went to a much more obvious example for me: Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain". It's even in the same key as that "stupid slap bass" of the RHCP song. And yes, Davie's gonna come after you now... 🤣

@sharrer2

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same! hahaha.

@alexl7539

2 жыл бұрын

I recognized it when I heard it but I didnt make the connection to "The Chain". Thx for the enlightening.

@mikepollack8277

2 жыл бұрын

Same

I don't wanna sound weird, but I really appreciate the para-social relationship I've created with you since I found your channel. I've said this before in your videos, and I'll say it again: as a harmonica teacher I usually struggle making music theory easy for my students, but your content really helps me getting the right definitions for every concept. So, once again, thank you very much for your beautiful work. Cheers from Temuco, Chile!

@georgesracingcar7701

2 жыл бұрын

Just don’t let it go to your head! XD

This video is GOLD !

this helps so much omg ty

The main intro riff of _Scar Tissue_ has that beautiful major 10th F-A chord.

@gavinmcnabb9125

2 жыл бұрын

As well as Santeria by Sublime, B-D#

@vicenteandrade8521

2 жыл бұрын

YES!

@Lamadesbois

2 жыл бұрын

I thought of it right away! Thanks for posting it.

@ric8248

2 жыл бұрын

True, but mind that Frusciante tuned down his B-string to make the interval a PERFECT 10th which is slightly lower than th 10th with equal temperament. There's a great video by Paul Davis explaining this. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dpWrm5WbgqvLZLw.html

@lucianocalboni5500

2 жыл бұрын

@@ric8248 thank you for the link, very interesting video!