Decided to learn to recognize intervals since it was the first step recommended to me for learning to hear chord progressions. Problem is I really really struggle with major 2nd, 3rd and octave. A lot of songs I was recommended I never heard before so can't referenced them. Only a handful of songs I listen start with major 3rd. Singing to me is very hard to hear the notes.. Octaves sound like perfect 5ths with a small dissonance to it. Is there a reason for these being difficult? Or could it be I am just not listening to the right sound. When I hear notes I sort of hear a specific hum to it but certain notes especially the bass-ier ones sound like a lot more hums and hard to pin point what I'm suppose to listen for.
Submitted July 06, 2022 at 10:08PM by mushi_bananas https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/vt5xfe/struggling_with_intervals/?utm_source=ifttt