Intervals

This lesson is part of the Fundamentals of Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament category.

Objectives

• Students will be able to determine the interval between two notes.
• Students will be able to write a note at the given interval above or below a given note.
• Students will be able to identify intervals using a piano keyboard

Resources

Readings

• Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st Century Classroom: Chapter 5 - Intervals
• Teoria.com:
  • Compound and Simple Intervals
  • Tutorial: Intervals
• Schaffer, Open Music Theory: Intervals and Dyads
• Tobey, A Feeling for Harmony: Understanding Musical Intervals
• MusicTheory.Net:
  • Generic Intervals
  • Specific Intervals
  • Writing Intervals
  • Interval Inversion

Class Activities

• Discussion of the concept of intervals (harmonic and melodic)
• Identification of intervals between two given notes
• Notation of a given interval above or below a given note
• Identification of intervals in short musical segments

Assignments

• Interval identification
• Writing intervals

Drills

• Teoria.com:
  • Interval Construction
  • Interval Identification
  • Interval Identification and Inversion
• MusicTheory.net:
  • Interval Identification
  • Interval Construction
  • Interval Identification on the Keyboard
  • Interval Identification on the Fretboard