Hey Friend,

Well, I apologize. Turns out Christmas came a little early and I got ‘wrapped up’ in setting up a new iPhone.

Now, I want you to understand…

Even though I’ve worked in information technology for seventeen years, I’m not a gadget guy. I don’t have to have the latest i-anything. I’ve been putting this phone thing off for as long as I possibly could.

In fact, the phone I’m replacing is an iPhone 3GS. And, it’s in good condition. I got this one in early 2012, and it’s worked pretty well, but the rest of the world has moved on and some of the phone's functionality is… well, kinda like me. Out of date…

So we decided to get his and her phones for each other. She’s been using an old Windows phone that’s three times large than the new iPhone SEs we got. My daughter has an SE and has been happy with it, so we bit the bullet.

I am, however, very much a guitar/keyboard/recording gear guy. I want it all! 

So if you have a spare $100,000 burning a hole in your pocket and you’re looking for a charity case, let me know! I can put it to good use!

All this to say that I didn’t get any further with creating more melody exercises. Frankly, there’s a lot more we can do with the exercise from yesterday, so let’s go back.

Notice at the top of each system on the PDF, I’ve named the interval being played. 

Play the MP3 and listen to how each interval sounds over the C major chord. I think you’ll notice quickly which intervals sound like they’re part of the chord versus intervals that don’t sound like they fit.

For example, the major third, perfect fifth and perfect octave intervals sound like they fit well with the the C major chord, while the perfect fourth, major sixth and major seventh push back a bit with some tension.

They still sound okay in the context of the C major chord, but you can sense that these notes are not part of the chord.

Here’s the files again in case you missed them yesterday.

I’m going to redo the MP3 to include a chord strum every two beats so you can really hear the interval over the chord. I’ll have that for you tomorrow. Until then...

Peace~

Dave