Ear training, chord inversions?!


Question: Ear training, chord inversions!?
Hi, I'm doing my Gr!. 10 RCM exam in a few weeks and I still can't tell the difference between the chord inversions for ear training! It's extremely difficult for me!. If anyone has any tips or tricks that will help, please tell me!. I can't tell the difference between major: root, 1st, and 2nd inversions!. Or Minor: root, 1st and 2nd inversions!. The examiner will play a solid chord (not broken chord) only once!. I must say whether it's major or minor and it's inversion!. Help! Thanks!.Www@Enter-QA@Com


Answers:
Chord identification takes time and in Grade 10 RCME, we expect the candidate to build up this skill from Grade 7 when we begin to do chord identification!. You also have to distinguish between dominant and diminish in Grade 10!.

Here are a few things that you can try now but with the time constraint it will be a challenge for you!.

1!. Identify these chords in the pieces you play!. The problem is teachers don't teach ear training with value by using the pieces their students study!. Instead they save the last 5 minutes of the lesson to quickly go through these things!. If you are taught properly, ear training is done actively through your entire lesson!. When you practice your pieces, look for the different chords and intervals you have to identify!. Tell yourself what they are when you play the piece!. Listen carefully to the chord as you identify it!. This will help you have a musical understanding of what you hear!. Just identifying the chord for most people is hard when they don't have perfect pitch so you have to be able to understand the chord in the music you play!. The more chords you can identify the stronger your ear will be!.

2!. Sing the chords out loud in all inversions!. Doesn't matter if you use solfege or just the syllable la!. Play the solid chord and sing from bottom to top!. Listen for the bass note and then sing each note up the chord while you are still holding a solid chord!. Once you are comfortable with this (you need to sing all major and minor 4 note chords in all inversions) then play the bass note of each position then sing the chord up without playing any additional notes!. Singing helps you hear these intervals and the chord!.

3!. When you practice the technical requirements - play them slowly and not fast - especially the broken and solid 4 note chords!. Again, listen to the chords you play and identify the position as you practice them!. This is one of the easiest ways to learn chords!. If you did this for 6 months prior to the exam every day then it would be easy!. Many students just play the chords and scales without thinking about what they play!. Play them - listen and think, then tell yourself what you just played!.

4!. If you have sung the chords enough over the next few weeks, come the exam when the examiner plays the chord you should be able to sing the chord in your head and be able to identify what the interval sequence is!. You can sing the chord in your head after all of the above steps!.

Finally if you still can't do it, then don't worry too much - we only play 4 chords for you and each chord is worth half a mark, at worst, you'll lose two marks!. If all your other requirements are in great shape then losing two marks here won't be an issue!. Just remember you need to score a minimum in every category to pass!. If you have difficulty with ear tests you will be in trouble - you need a minimum of a 6 out of 10 in the ear category to receive your Grade 10!. Even if you get great scores in all other areas, one poor score in 1 area will result in you doing the exam again!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Hearing inversions can be pretty difficult in thick textures, so be thankful that you're only dealing with 4-parts!.

Practice arpeggiating the chord you hear using solfege or another system!. This is particularly useful in distinguishing major or minor chords (do-mi-sol vs!. do-me-sol)!. It will also help in figuring out the lowest intervals (and therefore the inversion)!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

first inversion has the root of the chord as the top note or middle if the voices are spread ( ie: e g c, or e c g)

2nd inversion has the root or third on top ( ie: gce or gec)Www@Enter-QA@Com

So glad that Mr!. Chinese Cowboy ( a real master) came to your rescue!. Instead of adding anything, I would just recommend you to follow closely all his excellent advices!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

sh !!.!.Wish I could help you more, but resourcing to "ear" tricks maybe I will!. (It is not academic, though, just domestic usage)

Major Chords!.!.!.!.C- E- G!.!.!.Root!.!.!.You' ll hear it is a "complete" chord!. (This is because C is played as the bottom sound)

Inversion of Major Chords!.E- G - C You' ll notice that this and the other inversion sound somewhat "incomplete", as if something was missing!.!.(It is because C is not played at the bottom of the chord)

The same goes for minor chords!.!.And if you ever heard this, take note that a minor chord always sounds a bit "sad", because the middle note is half a step lower!.

The inversions will also sound sad!. Good luck!

PS!. I think it is a shame that they will be playing 4 notes, repeating the bass note, hope it is done on an octave lower!

PS!. In the meantime, train your ear!.!.!.Sit down and play the chords and inversions over and over, listening very, very carefully to each !.!.!.Notice the sounds on top, mainly, but listen to each chord very carefully, trying to identify them one by one, close your eyes if you must!. Good luck!

PS!. also, you could get a friend to play for you, you standing backwards and see how many chords and inversions you can identify!.!.Again, good luck to you!Www@Enter-QA@Com



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