so I really don't understand how I am supposed to learn? And sometimes, I will guess right by accident, by just pressing one number. And sometimes, when pressing the Play the Correct Answer button, it will play 2 notes or 3. If I press 4 it says I am correct, but not why. Okay – I thought I was supposed to be playing which note comes next in the scale – not multiple notes? I am really really confused. so what exactly does this ap want from me? If I press the 'Play the correct answer' button, it plays four other notes, and lights up 4 3 2 1 in that order. There are four boxes I am supposed to pick from, labeled 1 2 3 4 Press start.Ī piano plays bum-bum-bum-bum-blah (5 notes). *practically the same? Shouldn't the same tone sound exactly the same, regardless of what scale you are playing? Just practice regularly, and one day you will be surprised that tones in other major keys sound practically the same as in C major. Then, in the 'Not-C' levels, you will practice in one random key different from C major. In the First levels you will practice only in the key of C major. It is helpful to sing along with the resolutions. Your task is to guess what it is and to press the corresponding tonal button.Īfter your correct answer, the tone resolves into the nearest tonic.įrequent listening to such resolutions helps you to identify and memorize personalities of each tone (in the context of a key). *Okay, so now we have switched from numbers to roman numerals, not sure why, but fine.Īfter that, some tone is played. Each question starts with a cadence (the basic I-IV-V-I chord progression that establishes the 'sound' of the current key in your head). But I have no idea what is meant by resolve into the nearest tonic (root). *Okay, so I guess tonic is another word for Root. Other tones tend to resolve into the nearest tonic. Hearing the tonic gives us a sense of stability. Īlain's method teaches us to distinguish tones in the context of a key. What? Isn't the point of this to help me tell the difference between different notes? I mean, I'm not in a band right now, but when I was, the guitarist would certainly know if I played a B instead of an E. Eg, the 3rd tone in a C major melody (the E note) and the 3rd tone i a G major melody (the B note) sound very similar. In other words, they have the same function.

Same scale tones in different keys sound practically the same. These are scale tones (or scale degrees). To make it really easy, let's represent a major scale with numbers: Ī melody in the key of C major consists mainly only of these 7 notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, BĪs another example, a melody in the key of G major consists mainly only of these 7 notes: G, A, B, C, D, E, F# Don't know where I picked that up from, probably some book two decades ago. *Okay, this, I understand! Except when I do it in my head, I say whole-whole-half-whole-whole-whole-half. For example, a major scale is defined by the interval pattern: tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone. This set is defined by some interval pattern. *okay, I'm lost already – There is nothing between a C and a C#, so we are measuring zero? I don't get it.Ī tone is an interval of 2 semitones Ī Scale is a set of notes. The interval between two adjacent notes is called a semitone

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