NOTE # SEMITONES COMMON DIATONIC NAME SONGS FOR INTERVAL RECOGNITION

A 0 Perfect Unison
A# - Bb 1 Minor 2nd
Its Been a Hard Days Night (Beatles)
Stormy Weather, Jaws
B 2 Major 2nd
Happy Birthday to You
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
C 3 Minor 3rd
Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone
So Long, Farewell (Sound of Music)
C# - Db 4 Major 3rd
From the Halls of Montezuma
Oh When the Saints, Kum Ba Yah
D 5 Perfect 4th
Here Comes the Bride
Amazing Grace, Love Me Tender
D# - Eb 6
Augmented 4
th
Diminished 5
th
(Tritone)
Maria (West Side Story), The Simpsons
E 7 Perfect 5th
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Hey There Georgy Girl, Star Wars Theme
F 8 Minor 6th
The Entertainer (3
rd
& 4
th
notes)
Love Story (3
rd
and 4
th
notes)
F# - Gb 9 Major 6th
NBC (tones), Dashing Through the Snow,
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
G 10 Minor 7th
Star Trek Theme (Original)
Theres A Place for Us (West Side Story), Have
You Driven a Ford Lately?
G# - Ab 11 Major 7th
Bali Hai (South Pacific, 1
st
& 3
rd
notes)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1
st
& 3
rd
notes),
Superman Theme, Ceora
A 12 Perfect Octave
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
A Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)
DECENDING
NOTE # SEMITONES COMMON DIATONIC NAME SONGS FOR INTERVAL RECOGNITION
A 0 Perfect Unison
Ab - G# 1 Minor 2nd
Fur Elise, O Little Town of Bethlehem,
Joy to the World
G 2 Major 2nd Mary Had a Little Lamb, Deck the Halls, My Girl
Gb - F# 3 Minor 3rd
Frosty the Snowman, Hey Jude, Youre a Grand
Old Flag, Star Spangled Banner
F 4 Major 3rd
Beethovens 5th, Good Night Ladies, Swing Low
Sweet Chariot
E 5 Perfect 4th
Shave and a Haircut, Ive Been Working on the
Raildroad, A Mighty Fortress is Our God
Eb - D# 6
Augmented 4
th
Diminished 5
th
(Tritone)
YYZ (Rush)
D 7 Perfect 5th Flintstones, Feelings, Minuet in G (Mozart)
Db - C# 8 Minor 6th Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen, Love Story
C 9 Major 6th Over There
B 10 Minor 7th
American in Paris, Watermelon Man (H.
Hancock)
Bb - A# 11 Major 7th Hee-Haw from Grand Canyon (Grofe)
A 12 Perfect Octave
Theres No Business Like Show Business (2nd &
3rd Notes) Beethovens 9th, Scherzo