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What is your favorite interval?

Nosferatu
in Composers' Headquarters

Favorite interval 2 members have voted

  1. 1. Favorite interval

    • Minor Second
      4%
      4
    • Major second
      3%
      3
    • minor third
      7%
      6
    • major third
      6%
      5
    • Perfect fourth
      2%
      2
    • Augmented fourth/diminished fifth
      18%
      15
    • Perfect fifth
      13%
      11
    • Minor sixth
      10%
      9
    • Major Sixth
      12%
      10
    • Minor Seventh
      2%
      2
    • Major Seventh
      4%
      4
    • Octave
      7%
      6
    • Other (9ths, 11ths, 13ths, etc)
      6%
      5

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The beautiful tritone...with the minor second a close second and the major seventh following...

I can't believe that you would say that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Infidellllll!

For me it all comes down to the environement. What good is a single interval? How can one judge without the before and the after, and the current? Music is not static... :)

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    I can't believe that you would say that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Infidellllll!

    Hehehe, especially when these minor seconds are CLUSTERED together...

    Delicious...

    And, Nikolas, I expected you to post your old-fashioned opinions again! :)

    :w00t:

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    ROFLMAO!

    (The most useful post in history of YC?)

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    Where's the unison? Psh.

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    Where's the unison? Psh.

    Good point! Nothing beats unison...

    I went with the octave - the next best thing, I guess.

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    I have to say octave. Such a beautiful perfect feeling...ahh....Close second is the major third.

    I cant believe how opinionated everybody is on this stuff. Its kinda funny :happy:

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    I agree. The major 10th is a very pleasant interval, especially when played on the piano (for reasons related with harmonics, I think).

    That's where it's at

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    Minor Sixth. Dunno why ... it just sounds really warm and pleasant to me. I love when a simple melody is played in minor sixths. :huh::P

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    Finally, after looking at this for a while, said minor third. But that is just at the moment and subject to change without notice. I love all of them. Close to the top is also minor sixth, major sixth, and minor seventh, though I have been playing around with the major seventh some, too, and it is interesting.

    Colin Thomson

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    I enjoy using minor seconds. a lot.

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    I knew a lot of people were going to say tritone. I can't stand you people. :P

    Perfect fifth. It's very regal, noble. It's good with anything, including guitar (fourths also) and parallel fifths take me back half a millenium and I love them. As a bonus, they're naturally almost in tune in equal temperament (just a couple cents difference)!

    Major sixths are okay too, for dramatic effect.

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    I love my octaves. :wacko:

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    Nothing beats an Augmented fourth.

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    I feel sorry for the minor seventh. Nobody likes it.

    My favourite is the minor sixth though. It's a very romantic interval.

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    I'd be willing to bet that the minor seventh was the second or third choice of at least a few people, especially the tritone folks.

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    I like but true enough it's not my favourite. I always think of West Side Story when I hear it.

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    Major and minor sixth. Beautiful....:huh:

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    I like the minor seventh a lot, I use it quite often.

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    Major sixth, of course! :P

    it has the most "airy"/ponderous/you get the idea; sound

    I just really like it.

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    augmented 7th and diminished 2nd.

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    ;)

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