Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

• Ask: does the upper note belong to the scale, or has it been altered?


• Oryou may count half steps to determine the interval quality. (Note:This requires memorization of the
  number of half steps in every interval and quality. The prior method tends to be faster and more accurate.)

Example:

Harmonic intervals

Melodic intervals

Exercise 19

Draw intervals harmonically above the given note.

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INTERVALS

Interval number: 5

Key: G major P5 Answer: Aug 5

(The D is raised a half step to D sharp)

A5 d8 P4 d5 A4 P5 d4