This document discusses musical intervals. It defines an interval as the distance between two tones and explains how intervals are named based on the number of tones between them. It describes the three main types of intervals as perfect, major, and minor. Perfect intervals include the unison, fourth, fifth, and octave. Major intervals are found within major scales, while minor intervals are one semitone smaller. Examples of different intervals are provided to illustrate these concepts. Towards the end, it provides a simple way to remember which intervals are major/minor or perfect based on their listing.

1. INTERVALS
BY P R I N C E

2. CONTENTS
• What is music intervals
• Types of music intervals
• Examples of intervals
• Minor ,major and perfect intervals

3. WHAT ARE INTERVALS
•An interval is the distance in pitch between
two tones. It is labeled by its numerical
value and its quality. The numerical value
indicates the number of tones of the
diatonic scale it includes.

4. EXAMPLES OF INTERVAL NAMING
• The interval from C (1) to D (2) is a "Second"
because it includes two tones, the interval from C
(1) to E (3) and the interval from E (3) to G (5) are
both a "Third" because they include three diatonic
tones. is an example of a perfect fifth.
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5. TYPES OF INTERVALS
• Perfect Intervals
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Major Intervals
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Minor Intervals
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6. PERFECT INTERVALS
PERFECT INTERVALS
• If an interval is a unison (1st), 4th, 5th or Octave (8th) it is called a perfect interval.
Both notes in a Perfect interval are in the major scale. The example below shows the
interval of a Perfect 5th.

7. MAJOR INTERVALS
•Major intervals are those which are part of
the major scale. The major scale should
be your starting point when working out an
interval. There are 2 example below. The first
showing a major 6th interval in the key of C
major, the second showing a major 3rd
in the key of E major.

8. EXAMPLES OF MAJOR INTERVALS

9. MINOR INTERVALS
• Minor intervals are one semitone smaller than major intervals. Minor intervals There
are 2 examples below. The first shows a minor 7th in the key of G major, the second
shows a minor 2nd in the key of D major.
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10. HOW TO REMEMBER IF A MUSIC
INTERVAL IS MAJOR/MINOR OR PERFECT
• When you see a list the intervals and their descriptors you can see it is quite easy to
remember which intervals are major/minor or perfect.
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Perfect 8th (octave)
Major/Minor 7th
Major/Minor 6th
Perfect 5th
Perfect 4th
Major/Minor 3rd
Major/Minor 2nd
Perfect unison (1st)

12. REFERENCE
• Earmaster
• Musictheory
• wiki