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.

Sound
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.

Major 6th M6

Up Down Together

9 half steps · the submediant Β· from D♭ to B♭

Warm and lilting: a big, friendly leap.

Remember it by

My Way Β· Frank Sinatra ↑ up

Listen for "And now".

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Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Β· Louis Armstrong ↓ down

Listen for "No-bo-".

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