Intervals 2.0

From the Beginner level, you know of Intervals as simply distances between two notes. But, in reality there's more to it. For example : 

You'll prolly say that both these intervals are the same and 3 notes away right ? Well, you might not be incorrect.. But there's more to it. 

Actually the First one is Major 3rd  and the second one is  Minor 3rd. 

And dw, there's a very simple logic to it, 

Let's go back to the C-major scale , the notes are :
C  D  E  F  G  A  B  C

  T   T

The Distance between the first two notes has 2 Tones, and that is what a major 3rd is. 

Now, Let's go to the A minor scale, the notes are : 

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  A 

   T   S  

The Distance between the first two notes has a 1 Tone + 1 Semitone, and that is what a minor 3rd is. 

MAJOR AND MINOR 2ND 

Now, you've learned about Major and Minor 3rd, let's go to Major and Minor 2nd.. which honestly is even simpler.

If the notes are a semitone apart , it's a Minor 2nd and if they are a Tone apart, it's a major 2nd That's it. Below are examples for you, but I am pretty sure you got it.

PERFECT INTERVALS

Again, very simple stuff. Now, what we'll have to look for is the total distance between two notes and not the displacement (apologies for the physics terms). 

Let's pull out those scales again : 

C - major :          C    D    E    F    G    A    B    C

T     T       S       T     T      T      S 

A - minor :  A    B    C    D    E    F    G    A 

T     S      T      T       S    T       T        

• If you notice the distance between the first 4 notes of either of the scales you'll see that they are in total made up of 2 tones + 1 semitone,, so if you see this distance between any two notes, it's called a perfect 4th. 

• Similarly the first 5 notes have distance of 3 tones + 1 semitone, so if you see this between two notes, it's a perfect 5th.

• And Finally the most simple one, The distance between the first and last notes make an octave. 

And now, you're bored so let's end this lesson here. 

cya next time 

PEACE ! 🎼 👈 that’s a treble clef btw :)