Intervals
An interval is the distance between two notes. Every name you'll meet for one is in the chart: the old Latin name of the scale degree, the short name players say ("a minor 3rd", m3), the solfège syllable, the chord numeral and the number against the major scale. Press a column to hear it; a song for each one makes it stick.
Latin terms
Abbreviations
Solfège
Numerals
Numbers
Letters
Notation
The Roman numerals are the chords of the major key on the degrees that belong to it (vii° is diminished). The solfège is movable do with the chromatic syllables: ra, me, se, le, te for the lowered notes.
Minor 3rd m3
Up Down Together3 half steps Β· from B♭ to D♭
Dark and wistful: the third of a minor chord, and the sound of most blues riffs.
Remember it by
Smoke on the Water Β· Deep Purple ↑ up
Listen for the first two notes of the riff.
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