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Wiley Bouchard
Jul 23 in ToneGym Cafe

Help -- I'm finding it impossible to distinguish between P4 and P5 in Intervalis, when they are played at the same time, even though it's showing up on level 2, so clearly ToneGym thinks it should be easy! Any tips?

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Miu Miu
Jul 24

P4 imo always sounds like the bridal chorus (here comes the bride)
P5 sounds like the first two notes of the slowed fairy tail theme to me

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Benjamin Buckley
Jul 25, 02:48

The examples I was always taught were P4 = Here Comes the Bride, and P5 = Star Wars.

In Intervalis, when they're played at the same time, it's tricky because P4 and P5 are inversions of each other. The trick is to listen to which note is higher. I often find myself humming either Here Comes the Bride or the Star Wars theme to determine which one matches.

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Joanna Pyrak
Jul 25, 22:54

Whenever I hear P4 my brain automatically continues Soviet Russia's anthem 🙈 also some Bluetooth devices have just a P4 as jingle when it connects (for sure marshall headphones, Logitech speakers).

And this song continues to play when I hear P5 - also good example of these intervals being inversions of each other. Going down = P5, going up = P4:

I feel like songs really started to help me recognize the intervals only when I found examples that easily trigger this radio auto-continue in my brain :D

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ToneGym
Jul 23 in ToneGym Official

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Colin Aiken
Jul 25, 04:14

Fantastic!

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Jul 23 in ToneGym Official

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Cuantas Vacas
Jul 23

Well done! Congratulations!

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Colin Aiken
Jul 25, 04:13

Outstanding accomplishment!

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ToneGym
Jul 23 in ToneGym Olympics

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Beto Ojeda
Jul 23

@Cuantas Vacas Nos descrubiste! le comparti a David Roa el secreto para desdoblarse y poder estar en dos computadoras al mismo tiempo... y funciono! ahora compartiremos a mitades las ganancias!! 😬

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Cuantas Vacas
Jul 23

MALDITOOOOOOOoooooos...!!! 😂

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Colin Aiken
Jul 25, 04:13

Awesome work.

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Wiley Bouchard
Jul 24 in Interval Songs

I use 3 intervals from Somwhere Over the Rainbow

Some-where (over the rainbow) = octave
blue-birds (fly) = maj6
and-the (dreams) = min6

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Jul 24 in ToneGym Cafe

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Jul 21 in ToneGym Official

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 21

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Colin Aiken
Jul 22

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Jul 20 in ToneGym Official

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Jul 21

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Jul 21

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Jul 22

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Jul 21 in ToneGym Official

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Jul 21

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Jul 21

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Jul 22

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ToneGym
Jul 20 in Basic Music Theory

Congrats @Freddie Harb for completing the 'Music Theory Basics' program!

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Kathy Anderson
Jul 21

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Colin Aiken
Jul 22

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Jul 20 in ToneGym Olympics

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Jul 21

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Jul 22

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Jul 20 in ToneGym Official

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Jul 22

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