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First steps
Higher or lower, major or minor, do-mi-sol, fifths and octaves: where an ear starts.
High or low
Two notes, one after the other. Is the second one higher or lower? The leaps start wide: a fifth, a sixth, an octave.
+60 XPStart lesson →Major or minor
One chord at a time, major or minor. Major tends to sound bright and open, minor darker.
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C plays first, then one note: do, mi or sol, the three notes of the C major chord. Name it.
+80 XPPass at 80% to advanceFifth and octave
Two notes going up, five or eight steps of the scale apart. The octave sounds like the same note higher; the fifth sounds open and hollow.
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Twelve questions, one from each lesson in turn: higher or lower, major or minor, do-mi-sol, fifth or octave.
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