AP Music Theory 1.1 Aural Skills

to your new favorite jam.. crank the volume here we go [numbers 1, 2 and 3 appear]

Huh, awesome I think Aerosmith wrote that alright done hitting replay great, so

which of the following was played and here are potential answers.... alright so

what was that haunting ethereal tune and why do we suddenly have the urge to [Mice wearing glasses]

donate spectacles to mice well first let's figure out the interval or err

distance we're hearing between the first two notes well it sounds like they're

very close though we're pretty sure they haven't exchanged BFF necklaces yet so if [musical notes in a park]

they're not BFFs maybe there's a note they're both closer to maybe we should

take a look at a piano to make sure and thanks to the power of movie magic we [man pulls piano out of back pocket]

just happen to have one in our back pocket here oh we can see that there is

indeed a note in between D and C it's D flat or C sharp depending on which note [Finger pointing to D flat on piano]

he's hanging out with that means we're not hearing answer B, because the

interval between D and C sharp is only a half step or a minor second which is too

small just like every airplane seat we've ever sat in we can use the same [Man squished sitting next to someone on an airplane]

reasoning to eliminate answer D the interval from D flat to C is only a half

step or a minor second clearly some notes don't respect personal space

alright so we're halfway there hello livin on a prayer, sorry.. So in the clip [Bon Jovi singing]

we listen to the second interval we heard was also a whole step or a major

second so let's check out answer A the interval between C and B is only a half

step or minor second so that can't be it we've got to go down another half step [Musical notes]

to get a major second which we can do by flatting the B that means that the [B flat added to musical notes]

correct notation is answer C. The intervals from D to C and C to B flat

are both whole steps or major seconds... looks like some notes respect boundaries

now if you'll excuse us we're off to start a non-profit to aid blind mice [boy and girl stood by a stand for guide dogs for blind mice]