Diatonic Intervals Found Within The Major Scale

Diatonic Intervals
Intervals that relate to the same key are analyzed as Diatonic Intervals.

Intervals Found Within The Major Scale

There are 7 notes in a major scale and there are 7 Interval types found within it; 8 including
the Unison.

C Major Scale with diatonic intervals

As you can see all the diatonic intervals found within the Major Scale are Major or Perfect.
The 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 7th degrees are Major. The 4th and 5th degrees are Perfect. The Unison and
Octave are the same pitch and are also Perfect Intervals.

Minor Intervals
A Minor Interval is a Major Interval (a Major 2nd, 3rd, 6th or 7th) lowered by a Half Step.

Here are the Major Intervals found with in the C Major Scale converted to Minor Intervals.
  

Augmented Intervals
An Augmented Interval is a Perfect Interval (a Perfect 4th or 5th) raised by a Half Step. Less
commonly analyzed as but also correct is a Major interval raised by a half step, which creates
an Augmented Interval. Also a Minor Interval Raised a Whole Step becomes an Augmented
Interval.

Here are the other Perfect Intervals found within the C Major Scale, converted to an
Augmented Interval.

Diminished Intervals
A Diminished Interval is a Minor Interval or a Perfect Interval lowered by a Half Step. Also a
Major Interval lowered by a Whole Step becomes diminished. The 2 most commonly used
Diminished Intervals used are the Diminished 5th and Diminished 7th.

Recap

• A Major Interval lowered by a Half Step becomes Minor

• A Major Interval lowered by a Whole Step becomes Diminished
  

• A Major Interval raised by a Half Step becomes Augmented

• A Minor Interval raised by a Half Step becomes Major
• A Minor Interval raised by a Whole Step becomes Augmented
• A Minor Interval lowered by a Half Step becomes Diminished
• A Perfect Interval lowered by a Half Step becomes Diminished
• A Perfect Interval raised by a Half Step becomes Augmented