Intervals

Question 1

What interval has 0 half steps?

Answer 1

Perfect unison (PU)

Question 2

What interval has 1 half steps?

Answer 2

Augmented unison (AU) / Minor second (m2)

Question 3

What interval has 2 half steps?

Answer 3

Major second (M2)

Question 4

What interval has 3 half steps?

Answer 4

Augmented second (A2) / Minor third (m3)

Question 5

What interval has 4 half steps?

Answer 5

Major third (M3)

Question 6

What interval has 5 half steps?

Answer 6

Perfect fourth (P4)

Question 7

What interval has 6 half steps?

Answer 7

Tritone / Augmented fourth (A4) / Diminished fifth (d5)

Question 8

What interval has 7 half steps?

Answer 8

Perfect fifth (P5)

Question 9

What interval has 8 half steps?

Answer 9

Augmented fifth (A5) / Minor sixth (m6)

Question 10

What interval has 9 half steps?

Answer 10

Major sixth (M6)

Question 11

What interval has 10 half steps?

Answer 11

Augmented sixth (A6) / Minor seventh (m7)

Question 12

What interval has 11 half steps?

Answer 12

Major seventh (M7)

Question 13

What interval has 12 half steps?

Answer 13

Perfect octave (P8)

Question 14

Melodic interval

Answer 14

Interval between 2 notes next to each other

Question 15

Harmonic interval

Answer 15

Interval between 2 notes played at the same time

Question 16

Simple interval

Answer 16

Interval spanning less than an octave

Question 17

Compound interval

Answer 17

Intervals larger than an octave

Question 18

Interval quality

Answer 18

Measure of an interval by # of letter names + half steps spanned (major + minor + perfect + augmented + diminished)

Question 19

Perfect interval

Answer 19

Perfect Unison (PU); Perfect 4th (P4); Perfect 5th (P5); Perfect Octave (P8)

Question 20

Major interval

Answer 20

Interval qualities above ^1 in a major scale: 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th

Question 21

Minor interval

Answer 21

Interval qualities above ^1 in a minor scale: 3rd, 6th, 7th

Question 22

Inversionally related intervals

Answer 22

2 intervals that combines to form an octave → Add up to 9

Question 23

Interval inversions

Answer 23

Reversed order; Perfect → perfect; Major → minor; Minor → major; Diminished → augmented; Augmented → diminished

Question 24

Augmented intervals

Answer 24

Intervals 1 half step larger than a major / perfect interval

Question 25

Diminished intervals

Answer 25

Intervals 1 half step smaller than a minor / perfect interval

Question 26

Doubly augmented interval

Answer 26

Intervals 1 whole step larger than a major / perfect interval

Question 27

Doubly diminished interval

Answer 27

Intervals 1 whole step smaller than a minor / perfect interval

Question 28

Tritone

Answer 28

Intervals that are made up of 3 whole steps / 6 semitones (Augmented 4th + Diminished 5th)

Question 29

Resolve

Answer 29

To progress from a dissonant to a consonant interval

Question 30

Enharmonically equivalent interval

Answer 30

Intervals with same number of half steps but different names

Question 31

Consonant harmonic intervals

Answer 31

Unisons + ^3 + ^5 + ^6 + Octave

Question 32

Dissonant harmonic intervals

Answer 32

^2 + ^4 + Tritone + ^7

Question 33

Perfect 4th

Answer 33

Consonant in melodic intervals + dissonant in harmonic intervals

Question 34

Perfect consonance

Answer 34

Intervals of unison + 4th + 5th + octave

Question 35

Imperfect consonance

Answer 35

Intervals of 3rd + 6th

Question 36

Interval sizes on a staff

Answer 36

1 pitch on space + 1 on line = 2nds + 4ths + 6ths + Octaves; Both pitches on lines / spaces = 3rds + 5ths + 7ths

Question 37

Interval of 3rds on a staff

Answer 37

Line / space are adjacent

Question 38

Interval of 5ths on a staff

Answer 38

Skip 1 line / space

Question 39

Interval of 7ths on a staff

Answer 39

Skip 2 line / space

Question 40

Two intervals share same letter names spanned

Answer 40

Majors = 1 half step higher than minors

Question 41

Major vs minor intervals

Answer 41

Majors are 1 half step bigger than minor for 3 + 6 + 7