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Interval Classification Chart

INTERVAL CLASSIFICATION CHART name name of interval N. Of semitones / semitones tones semitones shown on the music staff Examples Famous tunes that start with that tune Unison Twinkle Twinkle Minor 2nd I'm dreaming of a white christmas, Jaws Happy Birthday to you Major 2nd Minor 3rd Major 3rd Oh When the Saints Perfect 4th Here comes the Bride, amazing grace the Simpsons, mari (west side story) compound intervals from the 9

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Interval Classification Chart

INTERVAL CLASSIFICATION CHART name name of interval N. Of semitones / semitones tones semitones shown on the music staff Examples Famous tunes that start with that tune Unison Twinkle Twinkle Minor 2nd I'm dreaming of a white christmas, Jaws Happy Birthday to you Major 2nd Minor 3rd Major 3rd Oh When the Saints Perfect 4th Here comes the Bride, amazing grace the Simpsons, mari (west side story) compound intervals from the 9

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INTERVAL CLASSIFICATION CHART Name

Name of interval

N. of Interval tones/semiton es
tones semitones Shown on the music staff

Examples
Famous tunes that start with that tune

Unison

Twinkle Twinkle

Minor 2nd

1/2

Im dreaming of a white Christmas, Jaws Happy Birthday to You

Major 2nd

Minor 3rd

Greensleeves

Major 3rd

Oh When the Saints

Perfect 4th

Here comes the Bride, Amazing Grace The Simpsons, Maria (West Side Story) Star Wars, Twinkle Twinkle The Entertainer

Augmented 4th (Tritone) Perfect 5th

Minor 6th

Major 6th

My Bonny lies over the Ocean, I did it My Way

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Minor 7th

10

Somewhere (West Side Story), The winner takes it all (Abba) Somewhere over the rainbow (1st/3rd note) Somewhere over the rainbow (1st/2nd note)

Major 7th

11

(Perfect) octave

12

Flat 9th 9th Sharp 9th Major 10th 11th Augmented 11th Perfect 12th Flat 13th 13th

6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

HOW TO READ THE TABLE The first column contains the name of the interval, ie. number and quality. The second column contains the number of semitones (or tones) in the interval The third column shows an example of the interval in music The last column lists some examples of pieces that contain that interval in their first few notes. Compound intervals As you can see, there is a break in the table between the octave and ninth. This is because in reality, the intervals from the 9th onwards are known as compound intervals, i.e. corresponding to a smaller interval plus an octave. In other words, a compound interval can be read as a small interval, but simply an octave above. For example, a Major 9th is nothing more than a 2nd but played an octave above. This is important particularly when the relationship between the notes is more important than the exact distance. For example, in the case of chords, often dropping a note an octave below doesnt make much difference to the overall sound. This is also why the examples shown in the third column are chords rather than exact intervals. Intervals from the 9th onwards become of great importance in more complex chords, used particularly in jazz.

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References: http://www.museweb.com/ag/chord_form.html

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