The Easy Method to Work Out Intervals - Music Theory
TLDRThis instructional video offers a simplified approach to understanding musical intervals, focusing on the categorization of intervals as either perfect or major and their transformations into augmented or diminished forms. It highlights perfect intervals (fourths, fifths, and octaves) and their behavior when altered by a semitone, either increasing to augmented or decreasing to diminished. For other intervals, it explains the transition from major to minor or diminished with semitone adjustments. The presenter provides practical examples, like C to G as a perfect fifth, and suggests creating a quick-reference chart for interval calculation, proving invaluable for theory exams or musical analysis. This resource is designed to make interval calculation and transposition clearer and more accessible.
Takeaways
- 😀 Intervals can be classified as perfect, major, augmented or diminished
- 😊 Perfect intervals are fourths, fifths and octaves
- 🤓 Augmented intervals are a semitone larger than perfect intervals
- 🧐 Diminished intervals are a semitone smaller than perfect intervals
- 🤔 Major intervals become augmented when enlarged by a semitone
- 😮 Major intervals become minor when reduced by a semitone
- 🤨 Minor intervals become diminished when reduced by another semitone
- 🙂 Writing down the interval classification chart helps with exam calculations
- 👍 Identifying the interval number in the lower note's major scale indicates if perfect or major
- 💡 Using this method avoids mixing up perfect and major intervals
Q & A
What are the three perfect intervals?
-The perfect intervals are the fourths, fifths, and octaves.
How does an interval become augmented?
-If a perfect interval becomes a semitone bigger than perfect, then it becomes augmented.
How does a perfect interval become diminished?
-If a perfect interval is a semitone smaller than it should be, then it becomes diminished.
What happens when you make a major interval a semitone bigger?
-When you make a major interval a semitone bigger, it becomes augmented.
What happens when you make a major interval a semitone smaller?
-When you make a major interval a semitone smaller, it becomes minor.
How does a minor interval become diminished?
-If you make a minor interval a semitone smaller, then it becomes diminished.
Why is a C to E interval considered a major third?
-C to E is a major third because E is the third note of the C major scale. Since it's not a fourth, fifth or octave, it can't be perfect, so it must be major.
What are some benefits of writing out the interval chart before a theory exam?
-Writing out the interval chart takes just a few seconds but can save you time calculating intervals during the exam. It also clarifies the differences between perfect, major, augmented and diminished intervals.
What mistake can the interval chart help you avoid?
-The interval chart helps avoid muddling up perfect and major intervals, and prevents you from incorrectly using 'minor' for perfect intervals.
Why are seconds, thirds, sixths and sevenths referred to as major intervals?
-Seconds, thirds, sixths and sevenths are not perfect intervals, so they must be major intervals.
Outlines
😊 Introducing a Resource for Calculating Musical Intervals
The first paragraph introduces a useful resource that makes calculating musical intervals easier. It explains that the resource helps with intervals questions and transposition tasks. The speaker then provides an overview of how the resource works - it assumes intervals are either perfect or major, and deviations from those categories are marked as augmented or diminished.
👍 Explaining the Interval Chart and its Benefits
The second paragraph continues explaining how to use the interval chart resource. It covers how to identify major, minor, augmented and diminished intervals based on semitone differences from perfect and major intervals. The speaker highlights the usefulness of this chart for theory exams and interval calculation, saving time and preventing mistakes.
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Keywords
💡intervals
💡transposition
💡perfect intervals
💡major intervals
💡augmented interval
💡diminished interval
💡minor interval
💡semitone
💡scale degree
💡interval chart
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