Combining Pitches
This measures the musical space between two pitches; identified by their size (typically between 1-8)
What is an Interval?
This interval is made up of four half steps.
A major interval made one chromatic half step smaller becomes ____.
What is minor?
Intervals that sound pleasing to the ear or are tonally stable are called this.
What is consonant?
This comes from the Latin word unus, or "one".
What is unison?
These are formed between two successive pitches in a melodic line.
Melodic Intervals
Perfect intervals are never _________ or ________.
What is major or minor?
These do not change the letter name of either note of the interval.
What are chromatic half-steps?
These intervals sound jarring, clashing, or as if they need to move somewhere else to find a resting point.
What is dissonant?
These types of intervals are an octave or smaller in size.
What is a simple interval?
This is something you should always count when naming intervals.
What is count the first and last letter names?
This interval has twelve half steps.
What is a perfect octave?
A ______ interval made one chromatic half step larger becomes major.
What is minor?
Theorists in the Middle Ages considered the tritone the "______ __ _____".
What is the "devil in music"?
This interval is one half-step from itself.
What is a minor second?
These are intervals larger than an octave.
What is a compound interval?
What is quality?
This is an Interval written by Bach that is a half step smaller than a m7 (but still spans seven letter names).
What is a diminished seventh?
These intervals were given their name because of the purity of their sound.
What is a perfect interval?
This is when intervals are made from the same pitch classes but with the order reversed.
What is inversely related?
These are the visual landmarks to identify interval sizes efficiently.
Hint: there are three of them..
What are thirds = lines or spaces are adjacent?
What are fifths = skip one line or space?
What are seventh = skip two spaces or lines?
In inversions, perfect intervals remain ____. Major intervals invert to _____. Minor intervals invert to ______.
What is perfect, minor, and major?
This is how you write an interval.
What is....
-Write the note heads for the correct interval size on the staff without accidental or with matching accidentals.
- If the quality of the interval is not correct, adjust by adding a flat, sharp, or natural to raise or lower the upper note.
- Either note of the interval can be adjusted. ?
What are courtesy accidentals?
Accidentals always last this long.
What is the end of the measure?