Minor 3 - Brahms Lullaby - Maj 3 song: "Kumbaya" the 3 notes in that word are 1-3-5. Kum-By-Yah. 1-3-5 = Perfect 4 = "Here Comes The Bride" or "The Mexican Hat Dance" - Perfect 5th = Twinkle Twinkle little star... 1, 1, 5, 5.... _ Minor 6 = "Love Story Theme" Or wide interval (3rd n 4th notes) in "The Entertainer" - Major 6 = "My Bonnie..." (lies over...) 1-6 = "My-Bon" or "N and B" of "NBC" - Minor 7 = First two notes of "STAR TREK TOS" - Major 7 - "Take On"... TAKE ON ME from AHA. 1980
Got an interval exam this May. All i had for 4th was amazing grace and 5th was the Main theme from Star Wars,. The other star wars stuff and build me up helped a bunch. Cheers man, wish me luck.
The major third for me is always Beethoven‘s fifths symphony. My souce for the minor sixth is the Love Story theme. Major sixth is Mozart: „Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön“ in The Magic Flute. The minor seventh is the first interval in Bach‘s St. John Passion „Betrachte meine Seel“. Major seventh is tricky. I never had trouble recognising one, though. For reference, I suggest Take on Me, the beginning of the chorus ;) Triad is sitting in a corner, crying: Maria, Westside Story.
This is a really awesome way of memorizing intervals, it has helped tremendously, thank you! Another way I like to think of perfect fifths is that they are power chords on the guitar!
Fact about major 7th that needs to resolve: Mozart's mother used to wake him by playing a major scale stopping on the 7th. Mozart then got up to play the last note of the scale (tonic).
yup, I'd be the same. Annoying little chord. My guitar teacher once played a seventh at the beginning of our lesson to see how long either of us could go without wanting to resolve it, I think we got to two minutes lol!
Pretty good overview. Here's s few I learned in HS Music Theory class: Perfect 4th - 1st two notes of Auld Lang Syne (New Year's Theme song) Major 5th - forget Tron, 1st two notes of THE MAIN STAR WARS THEME. (I had to laugh that with all of the other SW references, this one wasn't called out) minor 7th - Somewhere from West Side Story (THERE'S A place for us)\ Major 7th - 1st two notes in Bali Hai from South Pacific (on the BAL & HAI)
I have an exam tomorrow so this was sweet to listen to. If you wanted some good songs to use: Perfect 4th: Amazing Grace Perfect 5th: The Last Post (I'm Australian and this is probably only familiar to Australians as it's part of our war history) and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Minor 6th: Love Story Theme by Francis Lai Major 6th: Hush little Baby lullaby, and Jingle Bells Minor 7th: Somewhere (west side story) Major 7th: Don't know why (Norah Jones) or Superman
CRAP. This fella is simply alert, speaking fairly fast, musically intelligent and musically experienced. He is also at ease conveying what he knows. Mainly he is ALERT and ARTICULATE. Try it some day, missy chippchipp1 - when you're awake enough !!!!!
+Teague Chrystie The first two notes of "Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In" is an example I've seen given. More fun to find one on your own, but anyways!
I am glad I'm not the only person who uses Star Wars almost exclusively to identify intervals. Even the major and minor sixths, as you pointed out. Once I was helping someone with the minor sixth and told them to sing the opening notes to Across the Stars and they looked at me like I was nuts. Say what you will about the Star Wars prequels, but they have great music!
man, finally someone who also remembers all because of star wars. BUT a PERFECT 5th can also be a star wars theme song! Think about the intro of every star wars movie with the scrolled up story! ;)
First two notes of last post on the bugle for a major 5th. Ubiquitous with anything ceremonial. Impossible to forget. Thanks for sharing tho - would never have thought to do this myself. Brilliant use pneumatics!
Very entertaining. I am a choir email liasion and I was looking for examples of "interval training". totally enjoyed listening to this. Not stalking, I promise. Thanks.
I find it funny that after all your talk of Star Wars you didn't use it for the major fifth, which I thought was always the most iconic/classic example for that interval.
Excellent video. Your examples are really helpful. A minor point about pneumatics vs mnemoncis: Pneumatics (Greek:which means "breath") is a branch of physics applied to technology that makes use of gas or pressurized air. Mnemonics (pronouned 'knee - mon - iks') is the study and development of systems for improving and assisting the memory.
It was very difficult for me to listen for anything beyond the 5th major interval and non of the song references helped. Your advice on listening for 'resolves up' and 'resolves down' and the star wars references really helped. Thanks a lot! :)
M7 = Some Where OH-ver the rainbow....also, MaRIa...from W.S Story m7= There's "A" place for us......(west side story) M6= My Bonnie lies over the ocean...also, NBC m6= Love Story
This is funny. Very effective way of teaching this, but I hardly new any of the melodies. But the principle is there for all of us to learn intervals by melodies we do know. I have a different method, but this method is far better. Great video.
Major thirds begin one of my favorite melodies: The evening prayer from the opera Hansel and Gretel. "When at night I go to sleep....fourteen angels watch do keep."
Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 4th movement begins with a C Major arpeggio that starts on the tonic (C) and goes up a M3 (E). This is the first thing that came to mind when thinking of an example of a M3. Give it a listen, and I hope it helps.
Major 3rd is “Oh when the saints go marching in”. Also the Rocky Balboa training song. Edit: minor 7th is West Side Story “there’s A place for us” Major 7th is Take on Me, or Nada Surf’s “I’m Popular”
I don't understand why nobody here recognizes your Genius. I mean it's pretty fucking obvious. I know nothing about music but I CAN UNDERSTAND LOGICAL PATTERNS in your music.
Oops,you forgot the tritone.I have my students keep an "intervalic diary".For every type of interval they look for or happen to just notice an example of,I tell them to list it under the interval page in the diary.For example a major sixth ascending =the NBC tv jingle or the beginning of John Coltranes Dear Lord.I do this myself. It helps! Thanks for your very useful video.I especially liked the major 7,minor 7 part.Useful!
You can use the song "Eu sei que vou te amar - Tom Jobim" for the major 3rds. It's very clear. For perfect 5 you can use the "superman theme", i think it's easier. By the way, nice video.
These songs work best for me: m2 Jaws M2 Do Re m3 ironman ozzy M3 ob la di-Beatles P4 love me tender Tritone Limp Bizkit-Break Stuff P5 favorite things-sound of music m6 In My life-Beatles/Padme M6 Leia(Agree with you! Works great)Also NBC( NBC also works for a descending M3) m7 Takeover the Breaks over-FOB M7 Take on me/Pure imagination Octave Chestnuts
Thank you so much, my re-sit assessment is tomorrow, I have one more opportunity after that but I need a summer holiday....so I must pass this tomorrow! xx
Don't know why he doesn't suggest the main theme to remember the fifth though. That's how I was taught to remember it and it was always one of the easiest to hear as a result.
I know this video is pretty old, but I have some tips. For major third I recommend the main theme from Harry Potter, the first part starts with a fourth, but the second part with a M3 (it goes 1,M3,1,M3,1,4,M3,m3). For minor 7, try the opening theme from the original Star Trek (it's played by the flute when the yellow STAR TREK logo appears). Major 7 sounds a little bit like diminished 5, but less "evil" (and obviously higher).
Also imagining a dom. 7th chord is helpful for the minor 7th and major 7th, as well as a back- up plan to figure the interval-notes out in between if you forget the songs.
A few others - Perfect fourth - a little night music by mozart (the four peters) and Old lang syne, the bridal march. The fifth is the main star wars theme, I guess you must know that. For 90s kids the 7th to the octave of the key ends the rugrats theme.
I really suggest you play with that tool I linked to in the info, it's seriously very helpful for this stuff. Using these examples (my pneumatics, heh) or any other examples like them, is way easier than straight-up *memorizing* *intervals,* so if you can at least hear the "Jaws" relationship in an interval, or at least the this one or at least that one, it's a good start. Get them one at a time, it should click for you in a few days. Chin up!
i know these probably won't help many people but the riff from The Hindu Times by Oasis starts out with a major third. the same for the bass intro for Sweet Child O'Mine.
I have an exam tomorrow and looking for tips found this, i'm not a big Star Wars fan but some of this was actually helpful so thank you :) btw for major 3rd i use the himn of my country, Argentina or just try to fill it with the chord up and down again like DO MI SOL MI DO.
major 3rd - start of common blues theme played over first chord. In key of C you play C 7/6 (seven six chord) arpeggio like: C - E(hurray!) - G - A - Bb - A - G - E
I'm not SW fan like that but I do hear it and see the scenes and those other songs I know. This helped me get a ref point, maybe I'll find my own. Thanks.
For major third I use "Oh when the Saints " In C major it would be, C E,F,G (x2) etc. :) Just letting you know that there is some song out there that uses a major third.
Thats really great that you replied, I know you are busy. I'll keep that in mind, when I get to the compound intervals I will try that method out, I just want to get good with descending intervals first. And harmonic intervals.... Which if you don't mind I'd like to ask you another question. How do you go about recognizing intervals that are played together? Sometimes I can hear the Major seventh, or the octave but I'm hopeless at this without some form of reference. like the intro of a song!!
Not a star wars fan but this was still really helpful as I just replaced the songs with ones I knew already so the fourth for me is auld lang syne and the sixth you called Padme sounds like a recurring song in the musical Chess, ultimately that's what it's about finding songs that you know and can hear the intervals of. Great idea and you're a lot of fun to listen to and watch.
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is a real easy 5th that everyone knows I use "Here Comes the Bride" for a 4th - also pretty universally known University of Michigan's "Let's go blue" song is good for major third, but for a more generally known one, as others have mentioned, "Oh When the Saints" is good :)
Heh. John Williams scored Star Wars, *Joseph* Campbell was a mythologist who is credited with the concept of the "monomyth," or "hero's journey," which Star Wars deeply invokes. But thanks! :-P
So the method is simply to associate each interval with the opening of a tune you're familiar with. Which tunes you choose will vary from individual to individual.
3:46 Funny. For me, major third is so easy that I recognize it on the spot, whereas I have HUGE problems distinguishing between major second and minor third. Anyway, thanks for the lesson. Helps a lot.
I don't know what I love best the fact that your such a Star Wars Buff or the fact that your helping me with intervals. I have just begun learning theory 6 weeks ago and have had to go from nil knowledge to degree entry level in that time. I have been offered a place on two universities on the basis that I get my intervals in my head! And they just aren't aaaaaaargh!!! How long did it take you to get them, I am feeling completely hopeless!!!
brilliant vid!! Loved how you played Iron man. ps a good major 3rd = oh when the saints. I tend to use bob marley stir it up, but it has the 'bass problem' you talk of
Dude, Perfect 5th IS Stars Wars. It's the first two notes of the theme song. Also, there's a minor 7th, if you've ever seen West SIde Story, is "Somewhere" when they sing "Theeeerrre's (here) A Place for Us". Major 7th is "Take on Me" by A-ha, when they say "Taaaake Onnn".
Major 3: "rollin, rollin, rollin" from an old tv show called Rawhide I dono how I know that song but it its it🤣
Ohhhhhhh this is good. This one I can work with. Thanks!
@@TeagueChrystie oh when the saints go marching in for me
I use a reverse doorbell.
Ding dong.
Blues Brothers. Cage singing. Beer Bottles. Whips. Sunglasses. Mission from God.
Thank you so much for this, oh my. Your personality honestly made learning this feel a lot easier
Agreeeeeed 100%! This dude is so cool and charismatic, even just talking to a camera.
Minor 3 - Brahms Lullaby
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Maj 3 song: "Kumbaya" the 3 notes in that word are 1-3-5. Kum-By-Yah. 1-3-5
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Perfect 4 = "Here Comes The Bride" or "The Mexican Hat Dance"
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Perfect 5th = Twinkle Twinkle little star... 1, 1, 5, 5....
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Minor 6 = "Love Story Theme" Or wide interval (3rd n 4th notes) in "The Entertainer"
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Major 6 = "My Bonnie..." (lies over...) 1-6 = "My-Bon" or "N and B" of "NBC"
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Minor 7 = First two notes of "STAR TREK TOS"
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Major 7 - "Take On"... TAKE ON ME from AHA. 1980
another Major 3 example: Oh - When (Oh when the saints go marching in)
Really good list!
Got an interval exam this May. All i had for 4th was amazing grace and 5th was the Main theme from Star Wars,. The other star wars stuff and build me up helped a bunch. Cheers man, wish me luck.
When the saints go marching in a good major third melody
True
I use that one
"Oh Happy Day" too, I suppose.
Well I guess I can delete my comment now lol
The major third for me is always Beethoven‘s fifths symphony.
My souce for the minor sixth is the Love Story theme.
Major sixth is Mozart: „Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön“ in The Magic Flute.
The minor seventh is the first interval in Bach‘s St. John Passion „Betrachte meine Seel“.
Major seventh is tricky. I never had trouble recognising one, though. For reference, I suggest Take on Me, the beginning of the chorus ;)
Triad is sitting in a corner, crying: Maria, Westside Story.
This is a really awesome way of memorizing intervals, it has helped tremendously, thank you! Another way I like to think of perfect fifths is that they are power chords on the guitar!
You're a complete boss for doing this video. Thank you.
"Oh when the saints" is a good example of a Major 3rd relationship.
Fact about major 7th that needs to resolve: Mozart's mother used to wake him by playing a major scale stopping on the 7th. Mozart then got up to play the last note of the scale (tonic).
yup, I'd be the same. Annoying little chord. My guitar teacher once played a seventh at the beginning of our lesson to see how long either of us could go without wanting to resolve it, I think we got to two minutes lol!
May the fourth be with you.
+Dani Olivo perfect 4th? ;)
Your major 4th joke is good good but minor funnier
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂y’all silly
I actually do use a Star Wars song for perfect fifths. The beginning to the intro to the main theme.
How did he miss that?
Close your eyes while listening and imagine Tony stark speaking.
Amazin
Pretty good overview. Here's s few I learned in HS Music Theory class:
Perfect 4th - 1st two notes of Auld Lang Syne (New Year's Theme song)
Major 5th - forget Tron, 1st two notes of THE MAIN STAR WARS THEME. (I had to laugh that with all of the other SW references, this one wasn't called out)
minor 7th - Somewhere from West Side Story (THERE'S A place for us)\
Major 7th - 1st two notes in Bali Hai from South Pacific (on the BAL & HAI)
I have an exam tomorrow so this was sweet to listen to. If you wanted some good songs to use:
Perfect 4th: Amazing Grace
Perfect 5th: The Last Post (I'm Australian and this is probably only familiar to Australians as it's part of our war history) and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Minor 6th: Love Story Theme by Francis Lai
Major 6th: Hush little Baby lullaby, and Jingle Bells
Minor 7th: Somewhere (west side story)
Major 7th: Don't know why (Norah Jones) or Superman
5th: usb connection and disconnection in win xp
omg same
I'M NOT ALONE!
This guy took 14 tabs of acid before he filmed this.
+chippchipp1 His pupils are dilated while staring at a bright light. look
CRAP. This fella is simply alert, speaking fairly fast, musically intelligent and musically experienced. He is also at ease conveying what he knows. Mainly he is ALERT and ARTICULATE. Try it some day, missy chippchipp1 - when you're awake enough !!!!!
Lol read this comment before the clap and the whoop - great timing. Thanks for the great video :)
And I wouldn't have it any other way
"Cocaine is a hellofa drug." -Rick James
The first interval of the melody to Faithfully by Journey is a major 3rd.
Ooooh. That one's actually handy for me. Thanks!
'In The Mood' by Glenn Miller, too
+Teague Chrystie The first two notes of "Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In" is an example I've seen given. More fun to find one on your own, but anyways!
and "morning has broken"
Thanks man this is a useful intro to listening and building your own memory palace of sound. Thank you!
Dude you're the best at doing examples on intervals. Most vids on youtube do scales and use other instruments other than pianos.
I am glad I'm not the only person who uses Star Wars almost exclusively to identify intervals. Even the major and minor sixths, as you pointed out. Once I was helping someone with the minor sixth and told them to sing the opening notes to Across the Stars and they looked at me like I was nuts. Say what you will about the Star Wars prequels, but they have great music!
9:25 "If they're higher than a star wars girl the answer is something 7th" haha great quote.
man, finally someone who also remembers all because of star wars. BUT a PERFECT 5th can also be a star wars theme song! Think about the intro of every star wars movie with the scrolled up story! ;)
First two notes of last post on the bugle for a major 5th. Ubiquitous with anything ceremonial. Impossible to forget.
Thanks for sharing tho - would never have thought to do this myself. Brilliant use pneumatics!
Very entertaining. I am a choir email liasion and I was looking for examples of "interval training". totally enjoyed listening to this. Not stalking, I promise. Thanks.
I find it funny that after all your talk of Star Wars you didn't use it for the major fifth, which I thought was always the most iconic/classic example for that interval.
Btw awesome vid loved the Leia and Padme references, huge star wars fan but I never knew
Thanks for the video, for M3 I like to think of it as a major chord.
Ex. C - E - (fill in the G with your head)
Excellent video. Your examples are really helpful. A minor point about pneumatics vs mnemoncis:
Pneumatics (Greek:which means "breath") is a branch of physics applied to technology that makes use of gas or pressurized air.
Mnemonics (pronouned 'knee - mon - iks') is the study and development of systems for improving and assisting the memory.
It was very difficult for me to listen for anything beyond the 5th major interval and non of the song references helped. Your advice on listening for 'resolves up' and 'resolves down' and the star wars references really helped. Thanks a lot! :)
M7 = Some Where OH-ver the rainbow....also, MaRIa...from W.S Story
m7= There's "A" place for us......(west side story)
M6= My Bonnie lies over the ocean...also, NBC
m6= Love Story
m6 is Lacrimosa! :D
Kevin Nix I think that's more for a P8 "somewhere over the rainbow "? adleast that's what I learned in school.
I've been using somewhere for my minor 7ths too!
Kevin Nix Somewhere over the rainbow is an octave
I really wish you hadn't sworn so I could've shared this with my class... Such a fun way to explain intervals :-)
This is funny. Very effective way of teaching this, but I hardly new any of the melodies. But the principle is there for all of us to learn intervals by melodies we do know. I have a different method, but this method is far better. Great video.
Major thirds begin one of my favorite melodies: The evening prayer from the opera Hansel and Gretel. "When at night I go to sleep....fourteen angels watch do keep."
"Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a triad up to the octave. So, I use it for Major 3rds, and the Triad generally.
Oh this one is really helpful. Thanks.
Beethoven's 5th Symphony, 4th movement begins with a C Major arpeggio that starts on the tonic (C) and goes up a M3 (E). This is the first thing that came to mind when thinking of an example of a M3. Give it a listen, and I hope it helps.
Major 3rd is “Oh when the saints go marching in”. Also the Rocky Balboa training song.
Edit:
minor 7th is West Side Story “there’s A place for us”
Major 7th is Take on Me, or Nada Surf’s “I’m Popular”
Major Third made me think of lots of classical pieces.... thats it. Thanks for the video, you cleared up some questions that I've been overthinking.
I don't understand why nobody here recognizes your Genius. I mean it's pretty fucking obvious. I know nothing about music but I CAN UNDERSTAND LOGICAL PATTERNS in your music.
Major thirds: arpeggio of a major scale, rocky theme song, first two notes of "when the saints go marching in", first two notes of kumbaya
Maj III, 'Oh When the Saints, Go Marching In'.
Emma Webber thank you because I can't connect the M4th to what he played.
I have my central exam and this video made my evening and also was very helpful. Thanks a lot for this man!
*checks to see if Courtney* ... *[is not Courtney]* ... *squints*
Just kiddin.' Glad it helped! :-P
Oops,you forgot the tritone.I have my students keep an "intervalic diary".For every type of interval they look for or happen to just notice an example of,I tell them to list it under the interval page in the diary.For example a major sixth ascending =the NBC tv jingle or the beginning of John Coltranes Dear Lord.I do this myself. It helps! Thanks for your very useful video.I especially liked the major 7,minor 7 part.Useful!
Dude, that's fucking rad. Explained the intervals like a pro, even for non-SW people.
Thanks for the video and the verve with which it is produced. But I wish it had less talk and got to the point more quickly.
Thank you!! really nice and helpful, you are a really kind guy who makes the world a better place!!
You can use the song "Eu sei que vou te amar - Tom Jobim" for the major 3rds. It's very clear.
For perfect 5 you can use the "superman theme", i think it's easier. By the way, nice video.
These songs work best for me:
m2 Jaws
M2 Do Re
m3 ironman ozzy
M3 ob la di-Beatles
P4 love me tender
Tritone Limp Bizkit-Break Stuff
P5 favorite things-sound of music
m6 In My life-Beatles/Padme
M6 Leia(Agree with you! Works great)Also NBC( NBC also works for a descending M3)
m7 Takeover the Breaks over-FOB
M7 Take on me/Pure imagination
Octave Chestnuts
Thank you so much, my re-sit assessment is tomorrow, I have one more opportunity after that but I need a summer holiday....so I must pass this tomorrow! xx
As a huge Star Wars nerd this video was truly helpful.
Don't know why he doesn't suggest the main theme to remember the fifth though. That's how I was taught to remember it and it was always one of the easiest to hear as a result.
Mike Towey I concur. That seems to be indeed a more elegant solution.
I know this video is pretty old, but I have some tips. For major third I recommend the main theme from Harry Potter, the first part starts with a fourth, but the second part with a M3 (it goes 1,M3,1,M3,1,4,M3,m3). For minor 7, try the opening theme from the original Star Trek (it's played by the flute when the yellow STAR TREK logo appears). Major 7 sounds a little bit like diminished 5, but less "evil" (and obviously higher).
Also imagining a dom. 7th chord is helpful for the minor 7th and major 7th, as well as a back- up plan to figure the interval-notes out in between if you forget the songs.
HOLY SHIT! THANK YOU SO MUCH! IRON MAN! You're the best dude.
A few others - Perfect fourth - a little night music by mozart (the four peters) and Old lang syne, the bridal march. The fifth is the main star wars theme, I guess you must know that. For 90s kids the 7th to the octave of the key ends the rugrats theme.
I really suggest you play with that tool I linked to in the info, it's seriously very helpful for this stuff.
Using these examples (my pneumatics, heh) or any other examples like them, is way easier than straight-up *memorizing* *intervals,* so if you can at least hear the "Jaws" relationship in an interval, or at least the this one or at least that one, it's a good start. Get them one at a time, it should click for you in a few days. Chin up!
i know these probably won't help many people but the riff from The Hindu Times by Oasis starts out with a major third. the same for the bass intro for Sweet Child O'Mine.
I have an exam tomorrow and looking for tips found this, i'm not a big Star Wars fan but some of this was actually helpful so thank you :)
btw for major 3rd i use the himn of my country, Argentina or just try to fill it with the chord up and down again like DO MI SOL MI DO.
this was the most helpful thing for intervals i've ever watched
and it made me laugh
First interval of 'When The Saints Go Marching In' = major third
Major 3rd: Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks
Thanks for a helpful video!
major 3rd - start of common blues theme played over first chord. In key of C you play C 7/6 (seven six chord) arpeggio like: C - E(hurray!) - G - A - Bb - A - G - E
I'm not SW fan like that but I do hear it and see the scenes and those other songs I know. This helped me get a ref point, maybe I'll find my own. Thanks.
For major third I use "Oh when the Saints " In C major it would be, C E,F,G (x2) etc. :) Just letting you know that there is some song out there that uses a major third.
Minor 6th is also that "Hulk Walking Away" song from the show in the 70s or 80s with Bill Bixby.
Thats really great that you replied, I know you are busy.
I'll keep that in mind, when I get to the compound intervals I will try that method out, I just want to get good with descending intervals first. And harmonic intervals.... Which if you don't mind I'd like to ask you another question.
How do you go about recognizing intervals that are played together? Sometimes I can hear the Major seventh, or the octave but I'm hopeless at this without some form of reference. like the intro of a song!!
This is awesome and quite helpful, thank you for creating and posting it.
That said, clean your keyboard.
omg thank you so much! i could never remember the songs my teacher would suggest we use! but with all the star wars stuff it makes it so much easier!
Great video. Helps out a lot when you think of it that way.
Major 7th-Indiana Jones -(part of the theme after the bridge of the song) m7- Led Zepplin's Immigrant Song/Jack Black's Song- School of Rock
If nothing else, this gave me a bit of a new perspective through which to view composition. Thank you for sharing your knowledge :P
Not a star wars fan but this was still really helpful as I just replaced the songs with ones I knew already so the fourth for me is auld lang syne and the sixth you called Padme sounds like a recurring song in the musical Chess, ultimately that's what it's about finding songs that you know and can hear the intervals of. Great idea and you're a lot of fun to listen to and watch.
The first two notes of melody for "When the Saints go marching in" is a major third interval, if i'm not mistaken. That's the only one I can think of.
That Xmas thing "while shepherds watched their flocks" starts on a major 3rd. For what it's worth, y'know... :-)
Many years ago my piano teacher suggested Bali Hai from South Pacific for Major 7th. You basically go up an octave then down a semitone = major 7th.
not down a tone?
Neil Cameron semitone. Essentially a descending minor 2nd from the tonic
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is a real easy 5th that everyone knows
I use "Here Comes the Bride" for a 4th - also pretty universally known
University of Michigan's "Let's go blue" song is good for major third, but for a more generally known one, as others have mentioned, "Oh When the Saints" is good :)
Wow, you're welcome! Glad you liked it.
Loved it! Really helping me to learn some more about music and therefore, a better singer. Thank you for this!
M7 is one of the best moments of tension in the song UNINVITED by Alanis Morisette, and for M3 I think of that camp song Michael Row the Boat Ashore.
This is great I never thought of intervals this way
Great video! Thumbs up!
I always think of Major third as "Oh when the saints go marching in".
Heh. John Williams scored Star Wars, *Joseph* Campbell was a mythologist who is credited with the concept of the "monomyth," or "hero's journey," which Star Wars deeply invokes.
But thanks! :-P
So the method is simply to associate each interval with the opening of a tune you're familiar with. Which tunes you choose will vary from individual to individual.
For major third I use one of my favorite ol' time jazz tunes, When the saints go marching in, that is what I always hear. Hope that helps people
"The Nightingale" from Twin Peaks starts with a minor 7th afaict.
Oh, and the Rey's theme from the new SW is minor 3rds.
I'm glad I know much more about pressurized air now.
the m6 and M6 examples were good, thanks
for me it helps for major thirds, but also for fifths to play in my head 1st, 3rd, 5th, octave
Great lesson. Is C to F# call an augmented 4th? And is G# an augmented 5th?
C to F#, then G (5th) is "Maria" from West Side Story.
If it helps you guys, the Augmented 4th (or Diminished 5th, however you look at it) is basically the opening notes of the Simpsons Theme Song.
Brilliant. Obviously an age thing as my film is 2001 theme for the 5th and The Blue Danube( Strauss ) for the 3rd.
Major third interval is what Kurt Cobain uses for Something in the way, in the key of E. It's actually a quite lugubrious interval.
3:46 Funny. For me, major third is so easy that I recognize it on the spot, whereas I have HUGE problems distinguishing between major second and minor third.
Anyway, thanks for the lesson. Helps a lot.
Thanks man I have watched this video a few dozen time's
Also in Thunderstruck- minor 7th descending in the main part for the lead guitar right after the octave.
For me minor 6th is Baker Street. One of the most famous riffs of all time!
Great video dude!
"...they sound... just like f**king Jaws, its a minor 2nd, its a minor 2nd" Lol!
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I don't know what I love best the fact that your such a Star Wars Buff or the fact that your helping me with intervals. I have just begun learning theory 6 weeks ago and have had to go from nil knowledge to degree entry level in that time. I have been offered a place on two universities on the basis that I get my intervals in my head! And they just aren't aaaaaaargh!!! How long did it take you to get them, I am feeling completely hopeless!!!
brilliant vid!! Loved how you played Iron man. ps a good major 3rd = oh when the saints. I tend to use bob marley stir it up, but it has the 'bass problem' you talk of
Dude, Perfect 5th IS Stars Wars. It's the first two notes of the theme song. Also, there's a minor 7th, if you've ever seen West SIde Story, is "Somewhere" when they sing "Theeeerrre's (here) A Place for Us". Major 7th is "Take on Me" by A-ha, when they say "Taaaake Onnn".
I believe the second set of the Westminster Chimes starts with a major third
Kum Ba yah is perfect 4th
1st 2 notes from star trek is min 7th
And... My favorite Take On Me is major 7th. That last one is a gem : )