Reading Music: Intervals

Learn to identify musical intervals

So few musicians have a comprehensive knowledge of intervals, even though intervals are one of the most important elements of music.

What you’ll learn

  • Learn to identify intervals on the keyboard.
  • Learn to identify intervals on the staff.
  • Learn to identify intervals by sound.
  • Learn fingerings for intervals on the keyboard.

Course Content

  • Musical Distance on the Keyboard –> 10 lectures • 36min.
  • Musical Distance on the Staff –> 10 lectures • 32min.
  • Musical Distance by Ear –> 10 lectures • 20min.
  • Interval Fingering on the Keyboard –> 9 lectures • 13min.

Reading Music: Intervals

Requirements

So few musicians have a comprehensive knowledge of intervals, even though intervals are one of the most important elements of music.

Intervals make up chords. Intervals make up melodies. Because of this fact, a musician’s ability to read music, play music, or write music, will greatly depend upon their ability to quickly and accurately identify intervals.

The goal of this course is to make you proficient at interval identification, whether it be on the keyboard, on the staff, or by ear.

The course is divided into 4 sections:

  • In part 1 you will learn multiple methods for identifying intervals on the keyboard. Choose the method that works best for you.
  • In part 2 you will learn multiple methods for identifying intervals on the staff. Choose the method that works best for you.
  • In part 3 you will learn to identify intervals by sound. In this section you will have access to custom made ear training drills.
  • In part 4 you will learn the fingerings used for all intervals on the piano keyboard.

(This course is part of a series of courses that teach both the theoretical and practical aspects of music.)

Mr. Peters is an award-winning composer. He is author of multiple academic books on music and a best selling Udemy instructor with tens of thousands of students in over 100 countries.

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