Uploaded October 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
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A tuneful guide to hearing and naming viiº7 chords.
Trivia: There are parts of two famous (and related) melodies quoted in the opening measures. Can you name them?
Also, for those who care, and haven't already figured it out from my other videos, I use solfege as a language to describe notes as they relate to each other. Specifically, I use moveable do with do based minor. This is particularly valuable when discussing harmony, since specific chords will be "spelled" the same way in any key.
New professional recording available! Buy on Bandcamp! bit.ly/Well_Trained_Ear
A tuneful guide to hearing and naming viiº7 chords.
Trivia: There are parts of two famous (and related) melodies quoted in the opening measures. Can you name them?
Also, for those who care, and haven't already figured it out from my other videos, I use solfege as a language to describe notes as they relate to each other. Specifically, I use moveable do with do based minor. This is particularly valuable when discussing harmony, since specific chords will be "spelled" the same way in any key.





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Kinesthetic hand gestures to learn and remember the four French nasal vowels, based on sounds that American English speakers already know.
Note that not everyone agrees on the IPA for these vowels. I choose to write the nasal o as [õ], though some may use [ɔ̃]. I also err toward the more closed sound of it, mostly for the value in differentiating it from [ɑ̃].
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