What’s on the Interval Ear Training poster?

5 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Roughly fifteen minutes a day, over weeks rather than days. Start with three — Octave, perfect fifth, major third. Nothing else until those are a…; Attach a song to each — Your own reference tune, not a borrowed list. It must be one…; Add one interval a week — Fourth, then major sixth, then minor third, then the sevenths.; Practise descending separately — A falling minor sixth is a different skill from a ri…; Move to context — Name intervals inside real melodies, not isolated pairs.. Sing the interval before naming it. Producing it is what fixes it in memory.

Who is the Interval Ear Training poster for?

Interval Ear Training belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning ear & practice can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Interval Ear Training poster?

Test yourself in both directions. Recognising a rising fifth does not mean you can hear a falling one. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Interval Ear Training belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Interval Ear Training?

Hearing Chords, Memorising Music and Performance Nerves sit alongside Interval Ear Training in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.

Is the Interval Ear Training poster free to download and print?

Yes. Interval Ear Training downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.

What size does the Interval Ear Training poster print at?

Interval Ear Training is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Interval Ear Training loses nothing.

Interval Ear Training — free printable poster

Interval Ear Training — printable music wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

Interval Ear Training, step by step

Roughly fifteen minutes a day, over weeks rather than days.

Start with threeOctave, perfect fifth, major third. Nothing else until those are automatic.
Attach a song to eachYour own reference tune, not a borrowed list. It must be one you actually know.
Add one interval a weekFourth, then major sixth, then minor third, then the sevenths.
Practise descending separatelyA falling minor sixth is a different skill from a rising one.
Move to contextName intervals inside real melodies, not isolated pairs.

The hardest pairs

Perfect 4th vs perfect 5th
Major 6th vs minor 7th
Tritone vs perfect 4th

Sing the interval before naming it. Producing it is what fixes it in memory.

Questions about the Interval Ear Training poster

What’s on the Interval Ear Training poster?: 5 numbered steps, with a full worked run-through. Roughly fifteen minutes a day, over weeks rather than days. Start with three — Octave, perfect fifth, major third. Nothing else until those are a…; Attach a song to each — Your own reference tune, not a borrowed list. It must be one…; Add one interval a week — Fourth, then major sixth, then minor third, then the sevenths.; Practise descending separately — A falling minor sixth is a different skill from a ri…; Move to context — Name intervals inside real melodies, not isolated pairs.. Sing the interval before naming it. Producing it is what fixes it in memory.
Who is the Interval Ear Training poster for?: Interval Ear Training belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning ear & practice can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Interval Ear Training poster?: Test yourself in both directions. Recognising a rising fifth does not mean you can hear a falling one. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Interval Ear Training belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Interval Ear Training?: Hearing Chords, Memorising Music and Performance Nerves sit alongside Interval Ear Training in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Hearing Chords Memorising Music Performance Nerves
Is the Interval Ear Training poster free to download and print?: Yes. Interval Ear Training downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Interval Ear Training poster print at?: Interval Ear Training is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Interval Ear Training loses nothing.Printing guide

Interval Ear Training, step by step

Questions about the Interval Ear Training poster

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