This type of ear training is also known as Functional Ear Training. Many people don't know that each degree of the major scale has its own distinct sound, as well as something I call "musical gravity." These exercises will train your ears to recognize the three most stable notes of the major scale and can be completed without watching the screen. The full playlist is available on my Patreon for 1$ with audio downloads, but will gradually be made available on this channel for free. See below for links and a listener's guide.

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For most of these exercises, I stayed within the octave of the scale that was played. You might find that it gets into the more extreme ranges of the piano.

Tonic/Scale Degree 1 - Everything wants to resolve to the tonic, and this is the only note that has a feeling of total completeness.

Mediant/Scale Degree 3 - Because this is the defining note of a major chord, the mediant tends to have a bright tone. Ending on this note feels less complete than ending on the tonic, and perhaps not quite as stable as the dominant, depending on the musical context.

Dominant/Scale Degree 5 - People tend to get the dominant and the tonic mixed up in ear training tests. Ending on the dominant will feel a little more open-ended than ending on the tonic, but not quite as bright as ending on the mediant.

It is no coincidence that the three most stable notes in the major scale are also the individual notes of the tonic major chord. Everything wants to resolve to these three notes, especially if a pitch is only a half step away. For example, scale degree 7 REALLY wants to resolve to the tonic, because it's only off by a half step. Scale degree 4 REALLY wants to resolve to the mediant for the same reason.

You will likely find these more difficult if I play a note in a higher or lower octave. If you're having trouble identifying these notes quickly, try singing (or thinking) up and down a major scale until you reach the note in question.

Thanks to @BrandonWalid, Martin Shaw, Tóth Ákos, Austin Kwan, and Rafael Belor for proof-watching this video.

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