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If the song reference works for you, that's good. I could never get that method to work for me. I found it too slow to recall the reference song and playback the interval in real time. After months of trying to drill isolated intervals and getting nowhere, I had a lightbulb moment. I know the sounds of these intervals like the back of my hand and I just needed to put a name to them. I stopped telling myself it was hard and difficult and that eliminated a major roadblock. I started listening to songs and sometimes a certain chord progression would sound so familiar. I would sing the notes or look up the progression, and voila it was much quicker and so much more fun to internalize the sounds while putting a name to intervallic relationship. I started picking up patterns that had a certain sound and feeling to it, I could easily pick out the intervallic movement. 145 in any order are the easiest for me right now. I've played those patterns in real songs and can spot them. Musicademy & Steve Stine both have an ear training course that blows everyone else's is out of the water. They focus on real application in a song plus there is emphasis on humming sounds to internalize what you hear. In a way what I did is not much different from the drills approach except my mind was more engaged & excited when I had to reverse engineer songs I liked then giving what I heard a name.

Thank you Steve and also to all of the members who gave of their time to make this site as great as it is. This is a wonderful site for the education of guitar players. Personally, I started this journey late in life. I have thoroughly enjoyed the lessons, information on various gear, but most of all I feel like part of an online family. We are linked by the common goal of becoming better guitar players and everyone is trying to help each other to reach that goal. For me that is tops. Henk

Steve I just want to say thank you for all you've done. Some people have vision and make things happen for the benefit of the rest of us. You are that kind of person. Someday at some function I hope to meet you in person, shake your hand and say thank you.

Thank you for your hard work and dedication Steve. I don't know what I'd do without this forum and our members here helping me learn guitar. I look forward to reading new posts everyday. This really is a great place.

An area where Members can post there general questions for Master Guitar Tech Greg Voros, on guitar maintenance, repair, building, lutherie, strings, etc. (Please scan any previous questions/answers to avoid duplicate entries)

It looks like there could be a scientific explanation for Guitar Aquisition Syndrome. Are you a Ben or a Bob? ?? https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/26958-acoustic-soundboard-why-we-buy-multiple-guitars?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PGN - 030318&utm_term=PG Weekly

A few months ago, the week between Christmas and New Years, I was feverishly researching discussion boards. Our old discussion board, was on life support - hopelessly out of date and non-functional due to factors beyond my control. So, it was way past time for a new board. After a bit of researching of other guitar discussion boards I couldn't find any that seemed bright, colorful, friendly and helpful. After a lot of research, a good investment of resources and some technical help this board was born. I wish I would have taken a picture of the board when it was first setup. All it said was one topic "Test Forum" with one post "This is a test forum." Everything else you currently see here - pictures, menus, tabs, videos, chat was painstakingly purchased and added to create a great place for us all. After a week or two of work it was ready to open the doors to our beta -testers - about 15 of our guitar family that came in and ruthlessly tested out every imaginable feature. And for a glorious week or so it was just the 15 of us in here. We'd come home after work and check in on the board, testing this or that, and chatting in the chat. I'm so thankful for that group. Then, after another week or so, we opened up the doors and today we added our 1000th member. I'm quite thrilled with our new little home. It's what I wanted - bright, colorful, friendly and helpful. I can go on here most any time, day or night, and start chatting with someone learning guitar. I've got lots of plans for more things but I'm so thrilled at how this is turning out and so honored to be among you all. Thanks, Steve

There is a really cool tip in the February issue of 'Guitarist' magazine which is to memorise the sound of a musical interval (eg Minor third, Perfect fifth, Octave etc) using a reference tune/song that you know really, really well. It suggests the following, do you have other suggestions or ones that you use? Minor 2nd: first two notes of intro to Jailhouse Rock Major 2nd: first two notes of Silent Night Minor 3rd: first two notes of Smoke on the Water Perfect 4th: first two notes of Auld Lang Syne Tritone: first two notes of The Simpsons theme Perfect 5th: second and third notes of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Minor 6th: third and fourth notes of The Entertainer Major 6th: first two notes of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean Minor 7th: first two notes of the Star Trek theme Major 7th: first two notes of the chorus of Take on Me by A-Ha Octave: first two notes of Somewhere over the Rainbow

I'm a "Ben" but I'm the reason "Bob" sounds so good. "Ben's" are the stage managers and techs. They'e The ones that can make a singer using a lavalear sound good. They'e The ones to make sure the "fol-spots" are well "following spots" And they'e the ones why Bob can use a 1969 Superlead night after night on 10. But of course it's "Bob" that everyone came to see.

Ben

I'm a Bob for sure and tend to be very impulsive with guitars, not always with good results. I'm a Ben when it comes to amps though.

Thanks Steve. This forum is a real inspiring place for so many of us guitar students and players. So many of the members are helpful. Thanks everyone.

Big thanks Steve and to all the friends on the Board I have yet to meet.

Thank you Steve,i am a new member but love everything this site has to offer and love the live streams and anyone watching your videos can see how much you love teaching and you make it easy and very enjoyable for a beginner to learn how to play this wonderful instrument!

Also from my side a big THANK YOU to @Steve Krenz. Being part of this guitar family makes learning guitar even more fun. I get much inspiration and motivation from you, this forum and its members. Wim.

Amen to all the above. Congratulations, Steve! Thanks to everyone in our guitar family who made this possible. We’ve got a good thing go--, no, wait — we’re working on a groovy thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYZL4PtmXlI

CONGRATULATIONS STEVE and fellow members on reaching the 1000 member milestone! An amazing achievement in only 2 months! As one of the "beta testers" I was very happy to contribute whatever I could. Why? Because I have received so much from this happy association, that I could hardly do otherwise! Many Thanks to you Steve, and my fellow Guitar Gathering members for providing an enriching environment and a place of positive encouragement in the learning process. Although we may have not met in person yet ( with the notable exception of DougH who has become a good friend & lives near me; we met through the original LMG Forum, ) I feel as if I know you, and count many of you as friends and fellow students of this great instrument, guitar.

It's us member's that are privileged to have you Steve Krenz. Thank's for every thing you do.

I'm very impressed. I doubt I'll download any presets, at least not for a while. For my purposes, this thing has plenty of options built in. I dialed in a nice, slightly boosted clean tone with a little reverb and saved it to channel 1, and saved settings I like for an acoustic tone to channel 2. That's probably all I'll ever need playing in church. I can't believe how good this thing sounds, especially for the price. Very pleased.

Thanks Steve - and congratulations! What a success this has been!

Thank you for all of your hard work Steve. The new forum is a great place and only getting better. I did notice that you tried extra hard to make Canadians welcome. Your Members Map is in French.....

In 2006 I was at a blockage in life . Bought a guitar package known as Learn and Master Guitar with a bright smiling face telling me I can actually learn to play my old guitar. Many years later I'm still around how many versions of forums(?). I still may be on that LMG course (nowhere near finished) but I've been able to play weekly in the choir I did audio mix for years. I wouldn't have gotten that far if it wasn't for a certain instructor of guitar. This new home is quite the place, hope for the future, and am glad to be apart of it. "Making the World a better place one guitar player at a time" -SK

Thanks for for all your work on this forum @Steve Krenz it is so much better than the old forum. The transition was very fast and easy. Great job as always.

I learned and recorded Baby Elephant Walk about one year ago when I was in Session 13. It's a song from the L&M Song Hits course. Wim. http://soundcloud.com/wim-van-damme-401299565/baby-elephant-walk

Thanks, Mandy. I had a song list with ascending intervals, but not with descending ones, so now I have both. To test myself, I am using the app "Ear Trainer" from Justinguitar on a regular basis. It takes a while indeed. Wim.

I find this site very good. I am using their program, it is a slow process for me?. https://www.earmaster.com/products/free-tools/interval-song-chart-generator.html

Ian, you are missing a major 3rd. I have a few (rising) intervals I have come to rely on, based on songs used when I started playing recorder or films I like. I have three gaps so I have work to do! Here are mine: Minor 2nd: 1st and 2nd notes of Pink Panther Major 2nd: 2nd and 3rd notes of Happy Birthday Minor 3rd: 1st and 2nd notes of Greensleeves Major 3rd: 1st and 2nd notes of the hymn Once In Royal David's City Perfect 4th: 1st and 2nd notes of Amazing Grace Tritone: - Perfect 5th: 2nd and 3rd notes of Scarborough Fair Minor 6th: - Major 6th: 1st and 2nd notes of My Way Minor 7th: - Major 7th: 1st and 3rd notes of Somewhere Over The Rainbow Octave: 1st and 2nd notes of Singin' In The Rain

Mantonanjin has become a good friend over the years and it has been good to converse with him over the old site, email, and phone. I had known about his support of the Pine Ridge Christmas project and it was a natural fit to donate guitars through him. Mantonanjin is an open hearted supporter of those kids. And when he said "Grand Daughter", (I have 5) I was hooked. Nothing better in this world to be able to help and share. Nothing. By the way, Ron sent me the photo he attached to this post. It is now in my framed kids gallery of happy kids playing their guitars. They feel just like us big people when we get a new guitar. Thanks Ron for what YOU do. Pat