admin on January 20th, 2010

Musical intervals, the distance between any two pitches, have two attributes: a size, and a quality.  For example, the interval from A to C-sharp is a major third.  The interval’s size is simply determined by counting up from the first pitch to the second. A-B-C-sharp, one-two-three.  Its quality refines this measurement.  An interval’s quality can [...]

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admin on October 7th, 2009

We’re getting into the home stretch of the intervals lessons and exercises to help you learn how to read music notes.   Odd numbered intervals:  seconds, fourths, sixths and octaves, fall on a line and a space.  Study the spacing between the note pairs in the following examples:     Notice that seconds have no [...]

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