Chromatic Intervals: Change
Goal: To hear, sing, and play chromatic intervals in differing rates of time.
Out of Tempo
All Levels
“Out of Tempo” exercises are not presented separately in Ear Training III and Ear Training IV improvisations. Should any exercise prove difficult performed in tempo, out of tempo versions of the materials in Ear Training III and Ear Training IV can be modeled on Ear Training I and Ear Training II approaches to out of tempo improvisations.
In Tempo
Teacher sets up a tempo, time signature, tonality, and rhythms.
Phrases can be four to thirty-two measures in length depending on the student’s ability.
Start with one note per measure and add different rhythms as students become more comfortable with the exercise. For more confident students, use non-repeating notes and rhythm patterns.
Students sing one, two, three, or four notes per measure.
Speaking, singing, playing.
Refer to the Interval Smorgasbord for ideas.
Beginning
- Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “When I say 'change,' sing a perfect interval upward and turn it in to a minor interval downward."
- Students do so.
Intermediate
- Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “When I say 'change,' sing a major interval upward and turn it in to a perfect interval downward."
- Students do so.
Advanced
- Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “When I say 'change,' sing a major interval upward then a perfect interval downward and turn them into a minor interval downward and a perfect interval upward."
- Students do so.