Tuesdays, Thursdays and breaks on the second voice
Learn to listen and build intervals to create a second voice without depending on decorating each note.
The division becomes much easier when you stop thinking only of “right note” and start listening to the distance between the voices. That distance is the interval. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays are very useful starting points for training the harmonic ear.
Largest Tuesday and Minor Tuesday
A Tuesday can have four semitones (larger) or three semitones (smaller). Within a hue, these two forms appear naturally. Therefore, singing always “four semitones above” does not equal to singing diatonic Tuesdays.
In C major, for example: C–E is Tuesday Larger; D–F is Tuesday Minor; E–G is Tuesday Minor; F–A is Tuesday Larger.
Thursdays: a stable reference
The fifth fair has open sound and stable. C–G, D–A and E–B are examples. She's great at training independence because her hearing sensation is very different from Tuesday. In arrangements, however, using parallel farms all the time can leave harmony empty; use it as an exercise and as a conscious musical resource.
Fridays: another way to listen to the same relationship
A Tuesday above can turn a Friday down when you change the eighth. This is very useful for choosing a comfortable tessitura. If the second voice above was too loud, try putting the same grade one octave below.
Recognition exercise
- Play C4.
- Play E4 and memorize the feel of Tuesday.
- Go back to C4 and play G4 to feel the fifth.
- Go back to C4 and play A4 to feel the sixth.
- Then listen to the two notes together and try to sing only the top score.
When the chord sends more than the interval
If the melody passes through a note that does not belong to the chord triad, following a parallel Tuesday can create an unwanted tension. Ask me first: What's the chord sound? Then pick the note from the division. Intermission is a tool, not a rule.
Progressive training
- Level 1: long notes — hold the second voice for 4 times.
- Level 2: two notes — switch between two positions.
- Level 3: scale — make a short line on diatonic Tuesdays.
- Level 4: Real chord — choose the division from the harmony of music.
If you can only keep the division singing too loud, turn the volume down. Independence comes from auditory reference and conscious repetition, not from competing with the other voice.
Today's Practice
Open the Second-voice coach, choose C4 and compare bigger Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Then try to sing the division note while listening to the main note.
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