November 4, 200916 yr Hey, I was going over intervals today, and I realized that I always have a few songs or sounds to use when thinking of intervals. They are as follows: Unison- Obvious Minor 2nd- Jaws Major 2nd- First two notes of major scale Minor third- Slower portion of Love Theme from Star Wars Major third- Major chord Perfect Fourth- Aura Lee Tritone- The Simpsons Perfect Fifth- When Jesus Wept Minor Sixth- Love Theme from Star Wars Major Sixth- Han and Leiah's theme from the old Star Wars Minor Seventh- Can't Stop, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers Major Seventh- Major seventh chord, Superman theme Perfect Octave- Obvious, (also, My Sharona) So what songs do you guys use, when you DO use them?
November 4, 200916 yr Unison- if it isn't obvious, first two notes of Happy Birthday Minor 2nd- Jaws Major 2nd- First two notes of major scale Minor third- O Canada Major third- Doh a Dear Perfect Fourth- Beginning of Star Wars opening theme (Sol Sol Sol Do!) Tritone- YYZ (Rush) Perfect Fifth- Also Sprach Zarathustra Minor Sixth- Love Story? (it goes like, G4 B3 B3 G4 G4, B3 B3 G4 G4 B3 C4 B3 A3 A3 A3 F#4 F#4) Major Sixth- My Bonnie's Lies Over The Ocean Minor Seventh- Star Trek (original) Major Seventh- Superman's a good one but usually it's just "that dissonant interval a semitone lower than an octave" Perfect Octave- If not obvious, Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Lately, I've been using solfege to identify intervals. It helps a surprising amount.
November 4, 200916 yr In b4 Robin. :glare: :w00t: ---------------- Tritone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_hz2am90Hk
November 4, 200916 yr Perfect Octave- Obvious You'd be surprised how often I've heard people mistake an octave for a perfect fifth or some other intervals. (Especially in some intervallic constellations.)
November 4, 200916 yr Author The other day, a girl in my class confused an octave with a tritone. I actually laughed out loud, then felt like a HUGE jerk.
November 6, 200916 yr The other day, a girl in my class confused an octave with a tritone. I actually laughed out loud, then felt like a HUGE jerk. LOL. I would have laughed with you...and then felt like a jerk too. :whistling:
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