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What is a half step?
The smallest distance between two notes on a keyboard (e.g., C to C#).
What is a whole step?
An interval equal to two half steps (e.g., C to D).
Define 'interval'.
The distance between two pitches.
What is a Major interval?
Intervals found in a major scale (M2, M3, M6, M7).
What are Perfect intervals?
4th, 5th, and octave intervals in a major scale.
What is a minor interval?
An interval one half step smaller than a major interval.
What is an augmented interval?
An interval one half step larger than a major or perfect interval.
What is a diminished interval?
An interval one half step smaller than a minor or perfect interval.
What is a tritone?
An augmented 4th or diminished 5th, three whole steps apart.
Define consonant intervals.
Stable, resolved intervals like octaves, perfect 5ths, major/minor 3rds/6ths.
Define dissonant intervals.
Unstable intervals that create tension, like major/minor 2nds/7ths, tritones.
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a minor 2nd)
minor 2nd (m2)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a Major 2nd)
Major 2nd (M2)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a minor 3rd)
minor 3rd (m3)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a Major 3rd)
Major 3rd (M3)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a Perfect 4th)
Perfect 4th (P4)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a diminished 5th)
diminished 5th (d5)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a Perfect 5th)
Perfect 5th (P5)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a minor 6th)
minor 6th (m6)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a Major 6th)
Major 6th (M6)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a minor 7th)
minor 7th (m7)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of a Major 7th)
Major 7th (M7)
Identify this interval: (Audio example of an Octave)
Octave (P8)
Identify this interval: m2
minor 2nd
Identify this interval: M2
Major 2nd
Identify this interval: m3
minor 3rd
Identify this interval: M3
Major 3rd
Identify this interval: P4
Perfect 4th
Identify this interval: d5
diminished 5th
Identify this interval: P5
Perfect 5th
Identify this interval: m6
minor 6th
Identify this interval: M6
Major 6th
Identify this interval: m7
minor 7th
Identify this interval: M7
Major 7th
Identify this interval: P8
Perfect Octave