Understanding a cadence

AcousticBruce · Post by **AcousticBruce** » 28 Dec 2008, 19:09

I have now gotten to level 23 and am pretty good.. Almost 100% all the time.

I just do not understand the point of a tonal cadence. What is the purpose of this?

Post by **Quentin** » 06 Jan 2009, 01:27

Do you mean the purpose of a cadence in general (i.e. What can it be used for?) or in relation with a particular exercise in EarMaster?

AcousticBruce · Post by **AcousticBruce** » 06 Jan 2009, 19:04

For intervals it will play
Do and the octave Do.

then play like Sol Fa

and I have to pick that it is M2.

What is the octave at the beginning for.. in real time I wouldn't know that it is Sol fa... i would think of it as Do Re.... i wish I was that good to do that.

But is that what its for... to call it Sol Fa instead of Do Re
then... the lessons got way!! harder!!

Post by **Quentin** » 07 Jan 2009, 02:05

The octave at the start is played as a reference, to train relative pitch. If there weren't any reference, you would either be guessing or using perfect pitch (I'm not talking of "training" perfect pitch as it is a long discussion with very little scientific background to base arguments upon...)

AcousticBruce · Post by **AcousticBruce** » 10 Jan 2009, 11:03

so i should be using solfege?
because I am not that trained on this.

How do I learn this? Recommend any products?

Post by **Quentin** » 13 Jan 2009, 02:12

No not necessarily, as EarMaster can show you the first tone. You then only have to identify the interval (which can be interpreted as a "tonal distance") by finding out what the second tone was played. Solfege and theory are very important but a great deal of EarMaster's exercises only require that you use your aural skills, not your knowledge in theory.