Recognising and Counting intervals An interval is simply the distance between any two pitches.

In our Musicianship lectures we will be learning what the different intervals are called and how to recognise them by how they sound, how to count between pitches and how they are written down in music notation. Irrelevant of what your chosen instrument is the Piano keyboard is, by far, the easiest instrument to count intervals on as it provides you with a visual counting aid. Simply count the number of semitones to find your interval, it couldn't be easier! Although we won't be learning every single interval at once, here is a reference chart for all the intervals you will need to learn for this module, keep it handy, it will act as your interval bible! NAME OF INTERVAL EXAMPLE No. of SEMITONES SOUNDS LIKE (first two notes of opening melody or highlighted syllables) Jaws scary! Happy Birthday do, re Greensleeves Oh When The Saint major arpeggio Here Comes The Bride Auld Lang Syne

Minor 2nd Major 2nd Minor 3rd Major 3rd Perfect 4th

C-Db C-D C-Eb C-E C-F

1 2 3 4 5

Augmented 4th/Diminished 5th Perfect 5th Minor 6th

C-F#/Gb C-G C-Ab

6 7 8 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Entertainer (3rd to 4th note) Where Do I Begin (high to low) My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean Angels Leading note to octave. Somewhere Over The Rainbow Some-where Over The Rainbow

Major 6th Minor 7th Major 7th

C-A C-Bb C-B

9 10 11

Octave

C-C

12