Music Theory - How Intervals Work

This video tutorial explains musical intervals, focusing on their types and distances. It covers how to calculate distances between notes, the different types of intervals such as major, minor, perfect, augmented, and diminished, and how these intervals apply to major and minor scales. The tutorial also discusses the special names for certain intervals like unison and octave. Viewers are encouraged to practice identifying intervals and understanding their types to enhance their music theory knowledge.

How do you determine the distance between two notes on a staff?

• By counting the lines and spaces between them

• By counting the number of notes between them

• By measuring the time between notes

• By identifying the key signature

Which of the following is NOT a type of interval?

• Harmonic

• Major

• Minor

• Perfect

In a major scale, which intervals are considered perfect?

• Unison, 4th, 5th, and octave

• 2nd, 3rd, and 6th

• 2nd, 4th, and 7th

• 3rd, 6th, and 7th

What changes in the intervals when moving from a major scale to a minor scale?

• The 1st and 8th become augmented

• The 2nd, 4th, and 5th become minor

• The 3rd, 6th, and 7th become minor

• All intervals become diminished

Which interval remains the same in both major and minor scales?

• Minor 7th

• Major 6th

• Perfect 5th

• Major 3rd

How is a diminished interval formed from a minor interval?

• By adding a note in between

• By doubling the interval

• By decreasing it by a half step

• By increasing it by a half step

What happens to a perfect interval when it is increased by a half step?

• It remains perfect

• It becomes diminished

• It becomes augmented

• It becomes minor