Sing It Back: Ear Training (Part 2)

Learn about sing it back: ear training (part 2): transpose a melody to a different key

🎵 Stage Brief #47

Retrograde means playing a melody backwards.

🎯 Your mission

Catch the note. Then catch the next.

⚡ The twist

Every great melody is just a few notes used really well.

What you'll learn

Retrograde means playing a melody backwards. Combined with inversion, it gives composers four versions of one idea.

Remember

🎧 Listen

Listen for this

🎧 Notice when the notes go UP and when they go DOWN.

🎼 Notes on the staff

Tap a note to hear it

🌟 Artist spotlight

🌟 Mozart could write down a song after hearing it ONCE — at age 14.

🤯 Mind = blown

🤯 You only need 12 notes to make EVERY song that exists. Twelve.

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What is a counter-melody?

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What is an octave?

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What does 'conjunct motion' mean in melody?

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🌍 Where you hear this: The melody you can't get out of your head right now is the result of years of someone else's practice.

🏆 Try this week: Make up a 4-note tune. Hum it three times. See if you remember it tomorrow.

👨‍👩‍👧 At dinner: “Hum the first notes of a song you both love. Can your kid finish it?”

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