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 7th M7

Up Down Together

11 half steps · the leading tone Β· from E♭ to D

Sweet but sharp, one step short of the octave: the note that leads home.

Remember it by

Take On Me Β· a-ha ↑ up

Listen for "Take on" in the chorus.

Pure Imagination Β· Gene Wilder ↑ up

Listen for "Come with".

Find it on YouTube β†—
An unhandled error has occurred. Reload πŸ—™
Reconnecting…