Level 5 Checkpoint
Confirm that you can identify and play common intervals from the staff.
Read the first note
Anchor the first note carefully. Interval reading only works when the starting note is secure.
Then read the distance
Use the visual gap to decide the next key. Check whether the notes are neighboring, skipping, or leaping farther.
Guided walkthrough
Use the checkpoint to prove that interval reading is stable from different starting notes.
- 1Anchor the first note.
- 2Name the distance and direction.
- 3Play the destination without counting every staff position from scratch.
Try it on the keyboard
Play the checkpoint at a tempo where every interval can be named before it is played.
- 1Say anchor.
- 2Say interval.
- 3Play destination.
Common mistake
Skipping the anchor makes every interval unreliable.
Check yourself
Can you recover if the starting note changes?
Lembre-se
Anchor, distance, direction. Use the same order every time.