INTERVALS Part I
INTERVALS | ||||||
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| Quality | ||||
Interval | Interval | d | m | P | M | A |
| number of 1/2 steps | ||||||
1 | Unison | -1 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
2 | Second | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 |
3 | Third | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 |
4 | Fourth | 4 |
| 5 |
| 6 |
5 | Fifth | 6 |
| 7 |
| 8 |
6 | Sixth | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 |
7 | Seventh | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 |
8 | Octave | 11 |
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| 13 | |
| =Not applicable |
Some intervals have commonly called in other ways:
| Standard | Alternate |
| Augmented Unison | chromatic half step or chromatic semitone |
| Minor second | melodic half step/semitone |
| Major second | Whole step |
| Augmented fourth | Tritone |
| Diminished fifth | Tritone |
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