Ear Training References from Rock & Pop
Descending Tri-Tone – YYZ – Rush
Secondary Dominant – She Hates Me – Puddle of Mudd
Half Time
Take On Me (at 3:05) – covered byMxPx
Cadence
iv – I – Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
Progressions
I – IV – V – I Love Rock n Roll – Joan Jett
I – IV – V with Arpeggiated Bass – Stir it Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
I – IV – V – IV – Undone (The Sweater Song) – Weezer
V – IV – I – Sweet Home Alabama
I – IV – I – Beverly Hills – Weezer
I – IV – I ( With Descending Bass) – Car Carrier Blues – Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
Major to Minor – Stealin’ – Uriah Heep
Metric Modulation
Rage Against The Machine
Intervals
Tri-Tone – Purple Haze or YYZ
Descending 4th – Under Pressure / Ice Ice Baby
Ascending Octave – Simple – Phish
Descending M3 – Simple – Phish (toward end of riff with with 10th (Mi) to 8ve (Do)
Scalar Motion
We’re Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister
Blues Scale
Sunshine of Your Love – Cream
Time Signatures
5 to 7 Schism- Tool
Syncopation
YMCA – The Village People
Rhythms
Quarter Note Triplets – Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
Bass Line Movement
I – b7 – Fields of Joy – Lenny Kravitz