Music theory reference

Intervals

The measured relationships between pitches and how those relationships sound.

Topics

Developing reference

Learn how musical intervals name and measure the distance between notes in melody, harmony, scales, and chords.

Developing reference

Understand major, minor, perfect, augmented, and diminished interval qualities and how they refine interval numbers.

Developing reference

Explore consonance and dissonance as context-dependent perceptions of stability, tension, blend, and motion.