Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

First, print out this page so you can write the scale degrees in the blanks above the notes as you go:
Get Ear Training Sheet for Ob-La-Di

Start by listening to the full melody below. Use it to find the tonal center (do, or 1) of the melody. Sing that note, then check yourself by clicking on the Tonal Center text to the right below.

Basic Melody

Answer

Once you are sure you're singing the right pitch, find that note on your guitar. When you think you've got it, roll your mouse over the X to the right for the answer. That's the tonal center of this melody, the first scale degree. You'll use that note as a reference pitch to identify the rest of the notes in the melody as scale degrees. Refresh your memory of it as often as you need to.

For each table below, start by listening to the whole phrase (left hand column). If you can work out the whole phrase in scale degrees easily, do so. But if breaking it down would be helpful, take it just a few notes at a time by listening to the "notes to identify" in the middle column, identifying them as scale degrees relative to the tonal center. (Notice that for Phrase 4, the "notes to identify" are linked to audio clips in case you're confused as to which notes to map.) Whether you do the phrase all at once or in shorter segments, you can mouse over the x's in the right hand column to check your answers.

Audio	Notes to Identify	Rollover X for Answer
Phrase 1	First note (repeated 6 times)
	Final 5 notes of the phrase

Audio	Notes to Identify	Rollover X for Answer
Phrase 2	First note (repeated 6 times)
	Last 3 notes of the phrase

Audio	Notes to Identify	Rollover X for Answer
Phrase 3	First note (repeated 6 times)
	Final 5 notes of the phrase

Audio	Notes to Identify	Rollover X for Answer
Phrase 4	First note
	First 5 notes of phrase ("And in the evening")
	Next 4 notes ("He's a singer")
	Last 3 notes ("With the band')

Audio	Notes to Identify	Rollover X for Answer
Phrase 5	First note
	First 3 notes (repeated 3 times)
	Last note

Audio	Notes to Identify	Rollover X for Answer
Phrase 6	First note
	Entire phrase (La la la how life goes on)