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Oooh I gotcha! I'm terrible at transcribing melodies by ear too >_< Honestly, I just practiced the singing thing enough so that I can sing the melody. Because then I can sing it as slowly as I need, isolate each pitch, and find it on my instrument.
For intervals there's the old fashioned play a note, then think "sing a minor 3rd up" WITHOUT playing the minor 3rd first. It's kind of hit or miss for a while..you can use songs you know to help memorize. The interval stuff is a pain IMO.
But it's helpful knowing too that most melodies are gonna be step wise, unless there's a giant jump. And with the jumps you can kinda figure:
-major 6th sounds like NBC news theme (the N to B), minor 6th is ehhh guess work lol
-no one hardly jumps minor or major 7ths, so you don't have to worry too much about that
-Perfect 4ths are "hear comes the bride"
-Perfect 5ths are power chords, n sometimes get em mixed up with 4ths but no big
-Then tritones are death, you'll know those XD
Haha well I'm glad I was able to help you even a little bit!
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