Intervals – Can I Count Semitones?
Can I Count Semitones (half steps) to Work out Musical Intervals? Short answer: No. About once every few months or so I get an email from someone who has counted …
Music theory lessons for ABRSM and Trinity candidates
Can I Count Semitones (half steps) to Work out Musical Intervals? Short answer: No. About once every few months or so I get an email from someone who has counted …
Intervals in a score When working out intervals in a musical score, you need to check if the notes are in different clefs, or need to be transposed, before you …
In your music theory exam, you might be given a musical score, with questions about finding or naming intervals in that score. There are a few extra things to keep …
Compound Intervals You should already know how to work out the interval (quality and number) between any two notes that are an octave apart or less. If you need to …
Working out intervals in the alto clef can be awkward if you don’t read the clef fluently. If you are not fast at working in alto clef, it’s usually better …
So far, we have only learned about intervals between the tonic (lower noter in the interval) and another note in the major or minor scale built on that note. In …
Interval Number We can describe an interval by using a number. For example, this interval is a 5th, because there are five letter names between the lowest and the highest: …
Working out Intervals The method of working out intervals is the same for both melodic (i.e. separate notes) and harmonic (i.e. notes played together) intervals: Count up the letter names, …
All intervals have a quality, which is another word to describe more precisely what they sound like. For Trinity grade 2, you need to know about these intervals and their …
Intervals An interval is the distance between two notes, measured as a number. In Grade One Music Theory (ABRSM and Trinity), sometimes you have to measure given intervals, and sometimes …