Interval Size - An interval measures the musical space between two pitches - Intervals are identified by their size and quality - When naming intervals, always count the first and last letter names - Unison: when two parts play the exact same pitch
Melodic and Harmonic Intervals - Intervals between successive pitches are melodic intervals - Intervals between two pitches sounding simutaneously are harmonic intervals
Compound Intervals - Simple intervals are an octave or smaller in size - Compound intervals are larger than an octave - The exact musical space spanned by an interval is important to the way it sounds
Interval Quality -When two intervals share the same interval sized but not the same number of half steps, they differ in quality.
MAJOR, MINOR, AND PERFECT INTERVALS
- Perfect intervals will never be major or minor Inverting Intervals - Perfects always stays perfect - Major <-------> minor - Augmented <-----> diminished 9 - interval = inversion - If a major or perfect is made one chromatic half step larger, it becomes augmented - If a minor or perfect is made one chromatic half step smaller, it becomes diminished