Lesson 3 - Intervals

Question 0

Major intervals are…

Answer 0

Seconds, thirds, sixths, and sevenths worked out from the tonic of a major scale

Question 1

Perfect intervals are…

Answer 1

Unisons, fourths, fifths, and octaves from the tonic of a major scale

Question 2

Minor intervals are…

Answer 2

Intervals one chromatic semitone smaller than major

Question 3

Augmented intervals are…

Answer 3

One chromatic semitone larger than a major or perfect interval

Question 4

Diminished intervals are…

Answer 4

One chromatic semitone smaller than a minor or perfect interval

Question 5

What is a simple interval?

Answer 5

Any interval up to one octave

Question 6

What is a compound interval?

Answer 6

An interval larger than an octave

Question 7

How does one name a compound interval?

Answer 7

Either: call it directly whatever it is, or take 7 away from the number above 8
For example, major ninth = a compound major second as 9 - 7 = 2

Question 8

What are diatonic intervals?

Answer 8

Intervals found in a major or minor scale

Question 9

What are chromatic intervals?

Answer 9

Intervals that are only found in chromatic scales i.e. augmented unisons, diminished octaves, augmented and diminished thirds and sixths

Question 10

What is a concord?

Answer 10

An interval that doesn’t ‘clash’. They may be perfect: unisons, fourths, fifths, octaves, or imperfect: major and minor thirds and sixths

Question 11

What are discords?

Answer 11

Intervals that sound as though they ‘clash’. These are: seconds, sevenths, and all augmented and diminished intervals