Intervals are the names given to the distance in pitch between notes. If you can recognise the sounds of different intervals you can work out how to write the next note in a piece of music - after all, any piece of music is simply a long line of intervals.
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Interval |
Notation |
Memorable examples - the words in bold are the ones that give the interval. |
Minor second UP DOWN |
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The theme from Jaws (up and down) |
| Major second
UP DOWN |
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Happy Birthday (up and down) |
| Minor 3rd
P DOWN |
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Brahms Lullaby |
| Major 3rd
UP DOWN |
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Whilst Shepherds watched their flocks (up) Three blind Mice (down) |
| Perfect 4th
UP DOWN |
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Away in a Manger (up) O Come all ye faithful (down) |
| Augmented 4th
UP DOWN |
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Maria from West side Story The opening of the theme to The Simpsons |
| Perfect 5th
UP DOWN |
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star |
| Minor 6th
UP DOWN |
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| Major 6th
UP DOWN |
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My Bonnie lies over the Ocean |
| Minor 7th
UP DOWN |
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Somewhere (from West Side Story) "There's a place for us" |
| Major 7th
UP DOWN |
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| Octave
UP DOWN |
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Somewhere over the Rainbow |
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