Episode 9 will give examples of all common intervals, and how they can be heard harmonically or melodically.
Episode 9 will give examples of all common intervals, and how they can be heard harmonically or melodically.(0:30) Intervals are considered consonant and dissonant (2:25). First you label their quality- unison, major, minor, perfect, augmented or diminished. Then you label their size number (2:50)
Question of the day: (5:05) What is another nickname for a tritone?
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Hi and welcome to the APsolute Recap: Music Theory Edition. Today’s episode will recap Interval Size and Quality
Lets Zoom out:
We’re in Unit 2 Music Fundamentals
Topic 2.5
Our Big idea is Pitch
In the most simplistic example, an interval is the distance between two pitches. These two specific frequencies of sounds, can be classified into two types of intervals. First, there are melodic intervals, which are heard or written one at a time. Second, there are harmonic intervals, which are heard or written at the same time. You should be able to identify interval size and quality aurally and visually.
Lets Zoom in:
Smaller interval sizes are going to move stepwise, for example C# to D would be a minor second. Larger interval sizes will have a skip, such as D to F#, which is a major third.
Intervals with dissonance means the intervals are unstable, and tend to resolve to another harmony or melodic pitch. When they are resolved, then we can call them intervals with consonance.
Intervals are listed as the quality followed by the size. We will now review from smallest to largest. In each musical example, the first two notes will be the interval described.
0 half steps Perfect Unison Old Abram Brown
1 half step Minor second Oh Danny Boy
2 half steps Major second Happy Birthday
3 half steps Minor third Greensleeves
4 half steps Major third Oh when the Saints
5 half steps Perfect fourth Here Comes the Bride
6 half steps Augmented fourth, which is enharmonically the same as a Diminished fifth. Both are also known as a tritone. Maria from West Side Story
7 half steps Perfect fifth Twinkle, Twinkle
8 half steps Minor sixth Johanna from Sweeny Todd
9 half steps Major sixth My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
10 half steps Minor seventh Somewhere from West Side Story
11 half steps Major seventh Take On Me by A-ha
12 half steps Octave Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
To recap……
Melodic and harmonic intervals can be unison, octave, augmented, diminished, minor and major. Dissonant intervals will typically resolve into consonant intervals. To practice aurally identifying interval size and quality, you should sing examples from iconic melodies while labeling them.
Coming up next on the Apsolute RecAP Music Theory Edition: Melodic Transposition
Today’s Question of the day is about tritones.
Question: What is another nickname for a tritone?