Musical Interval Trainer
Train your ear to recognize intervals common in Black music genres
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About Musical Intervals in Black Music
Understanding intervals is crucial for appreciating and performing Black music genres. Different intervals create distinctive emotional effects and are used in specific ways across genres:
Blues & Gospel
- Minor Third: The "blue note" that gives blues its characteristic sound
- Perfect Fourth & Fifth: Common in gospel chord progressions
- Minor Seventh: Essential for dominant seventh chords in blues
Jazz
- Major Seventh: Creates sophisticated jazz harmony
- Tritone: Used in bebop and advanced jazz progressions
- Perfect Fifth: Foundation for ii-V-I progressions
R&B
- Major Third: Creates warm, soulful melodies
- Perfect Fourth: Common in bass lines
- Octave: Used for dramatic vocal runs