Intervals: Patterning
Goal: To focus on interval patterns of sixths, sevenths, and octaves using major, minor, whole tone, and pentatonic scales.
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 or three notes per measure.
Speaking, singing, playing.
Refer to the Intervals Smorgasbord for ideas.
Beginning
- Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “Using scale x, sing an intervallic pattern using sixths, sevenths, and octaves.” For example, Do up to Do down to Re up to Ti, or in numbers 1 up to 8 down to 2 up to 7.
- Students do so.
Intermediate
- Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “Using scale x, sing an intervallic pattern using sixths, sevenths, and octaves.” For example, Do down to Do up to Ti down to Re, or in numbers 8 down to 1 up to 7 down to 2.
- Students do so.
Advanced
- Teacher sets up as above and prompts, “Using the whole tone or pentatonic scales, and starting on a scale degree other than 1, sing an intervallic pattern that is composed of sixths, sevenths, and octaves.” For example (whole tone) , F# up to F# down to G# up to E.
- Students do so.