Intervals
Intervals
| Interval Trainer | Name the Interval | Major/Perfect Singing Exerise |
An interval is the distance between pitches.
Intervals have a number and a prefix. The number represents the number of pitch names (A,B,C,D,E,F,G) from the first to the second pitch. For example, the whole step F to G contains two pitch names, F and G. This interval is called a second. The interval from F to A contains F, G and A; three pitches. This interval is therefore called a third. The trend continues through to the interval containing eight pitch names. An interval containing eight pitch positions (from A to A or from G to G) is called an octave. An interval from one pitch to the exact same pitch is called a unison. The diagram below shows a C major scale. The intervals are marked.
The second part of an interval name is based on the quality of the interval. It is referred to as the prefix. Intervals can be described as Major (M), Minor (m), Perfect (P), Augmented (A), and Diminished (d).
The second part of an interval name is based on the quality of the interval. It is referred to as the prefix. Intervals can be described as Major (M), Minor (m), Perfect (P), Augmented (A), and Diminished (d).
| Perfect 1 / Unison Happy Birthday To You (the two notes of "happy") |
| Major 2 Happy Birthday To You (from "happy" to "birth) |
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Major 3
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (from "have" to "your"),
Kumbaya (from "Kum-" to "ba") |
| Perfect 4 Auld Lang Syne ("Should Auld..."),"Amazing Grace", The Wedding Song ("Here comes the bride"), or O Christmas Tree |
| Perfect 5 Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) or Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (between the first and second twinkles) |
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Major 6
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean or the NBC theme
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Major 7
Don't Know Why (Norah Jones) (from "Don't" to "Know"),
or a-Ha's Take On Me |
| Perfect 8 / Octave Somewhere Over the Rainbow (From "Some" to "Where") |
