Aural Perception Solfege Ear Training and Music Theory Fundamentals Cheat Sheet

Description

Want to improve your musical aural perception but don’t know where to start?

Solfege is your friend!

This is a multi-page cheat sheet I created to use with Auralia to improve my aural perception while studying Fundamentals of Music 2 & 3 at The University of Sydney. It will also improve your understanding of technical aspects of music theory such as chord construction, scales and modes.

It includes formulas and solfege for:

• Intervals:
  • All 12 Chromatic Intervals:
    • Unison
    • minor 2nd
    • Major 2nd
    • minor 3rd
    • Major 3rd
    • Perfect 4th
    • Tritone
    • Perfect 5th
    • minor 6th
    • Major 6th
    • minor 7th
    • Major 7th
    • Octave
  • Ascending and Descending
  • Major intervals in bold
  • Recognisable Songs
  • With Clickable Links
• Scales:
  • Common Scales:
    • Major
    • Natural Minor
    • Harmonic Minor
    • Melodic Minor
    • Chromatic
    • Major Pentatonic
    • Minor Pentatonic
    • Major Blues
    • Minor Blues
    • Whole tone
    • Diminished
  • Ascending and Descending
  • Intervals
  • Distinguishing features in bold
  • How to recognise
• Scale Table
  • All scales listed above in table format
  • Tone, Semitone & 3 Semitone interval patterns
  • Major formulas
  • Minor formulas
  • Distinguishing features in bold
• Triads:
  • Common Triads:
    • Major
    • Minor
    • Diminished
    • Augmented
    • Suspended
  • Intervals
  • Scale Degrees
  • Inversions
  • Figured Bass
• Triad Harmonisation
  • Scales harmonised in Triads by stacking thirds:
    • Major
    • Natural Minor
    • Harmonic Minor
  • C tonic example
  • Roman Numerals
• 7th Chords:
  • Common 7th Chords:
    • Dominant 7
    • Major 7
    • Minor 7
    • Minor-Major 7
    • Half-Diminished 7
    • Diminished 7
    •  Augmented 7
    • Augmented Major 7
  • Intervals
  • Scale Degrees
  • Inversions
  • Figured Bass
• 7th Chord Harmonisation
  • Scales harmonised in 7th chords by stacking thirds:
    • Major 7ths
    • Natural Minor 7ths
    • Harmonic Minor 7ths
  • C tonic example
  • Roman Numerals
• Common Triad and 7ths Summary
  • Most commonly used triads & 7th chords on a single sheet:
    • Major
    • Minor
    • Diminished
    • Augmented
    • Suspended
    • Dominant 7
    • Major 7
    • Minor 7
    • Diminished 7
  • Intervals
  • Scale Degrees
  • Inversions
  • Figured Bass
  • Jazz Terminology
• 9th Chords:
  • Common 9th Chords:
    • Dominant 9
    • Major 9
    • Minor 9
    • Minor-Major 9
    • Half-Diminished 9
    • Diminished 9
    •  Augmented 9
    • Augmented Major 9
  • Intervals
  • Scale Degrees
  • Inversions
  • Figured Bass
  • Jazz Terminology
• Chord Intervals Table
  • Common chordal extension notes
  • Intervals:
    • Unison
    • Major 3rd
    • Perfect 5th
    • Major 7th
    • Major 9th
    • Perfect 11th
    • Major 13th
  • All 12 Root Notes
•  Modes:
  • Greek/Church Modes:
    • Ionian
    • Dorian
    • Phrygian
    • Lydian
    • Mixolydian
    • Aeolian
    • Locrian
  • Ascending and Descending
  • Scale Degrees
  • Distinguishing features in bold
• Mode Table:
  • All Modes listed above in table format
  • Ordered by:
    • Scale Degree
    • Brightest to Darkest
    • Darkest to Brightest
  • Tone & Semitone Interval Patterns
  • Major Formulas
  • Minor Formulas
  • Formulas vs Major and Minor Scales
  • Distinguishing features in Bold
• Modal Triads with examples on C tonic:
  • Ionian/Major Triads
  • Dorian Triads
  • Phrygian Triads
  • Lydian triads
  • Mixolydian Triads
  • Aeolian/Natural Minor Triads
  • Locrian Triads
• Modal 7th Chords with examples on C tonic:
  • Ionian/Major 7ths
  • Dorian 7ths
  • Phrygian 7ths
  • Lydian 7ths
  • Mixolydian 7ths
  • Aeolian/Natural Minor 7ths
  • Locrian 7ths
• Cadences:
  • Perfect
  • Perfect Authentic
  • Plagal
  • Imperfect
  • Interrupted/Deceptive

All laid out in a multi-sheet Excel spreadsheet for quick, easy access making it perfect for use with ear training practise with systems like Auralia, musictheory.net or Beato Ear Training.

You can find all this information online if you look hard enough, but this cheat sheet brings it all together on one place for easy access to make your ear training practise and music theory fundamentals study faster and more fun!

Perfect for using while wearing your 7th Chord T-shirt.