JiaYu You

Name_______________________ 5 Aug 2020

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8.1 Major and Perfect Intervals

Intervals which occur between the tonic note of a scale and each degree of that scale may be described as
perfect (P) or major (M).

P1 M2 M3 P4 P5 M6 M7 P8

w w w
Perfect Unison Major 2nd Major 3rd Perfect 4th Perfect 5th Major 6th Major 7th Perfect Octave

& w w w w w w w w w w w w w
unison 1 whole step 2 whole steps 2 1/2 whole steps 3 1/2 whole steps 4 1/2 whole steps 5 1/2 whole steps 6 whole steps

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Name each interval. Make sure to indicate if it is major (M) or perfect (P).
Examples

& ww ww b b ww ww # ww w
w
ww
M3 P5 P4 M2 M3 M6

? ww ww ww b ww b b ww
1

M 3
___ P___
5 P___5 Mz
___
M 3
___
P___4
w bw
# # ww
2

& # # ww w ww bw # ww
M
___2 P___
8 P___1 P___5 M
___6 174
___

? bw # ww #w #w ww
w b ww
3

bw w
b b ww
178
___ M___3 M
___
7 M 6
___
M
___
2 M___3
? ww #w ww
ww
ˇ
ww
4

#w
P___
ww 4
P
___ 175
___ M
___2 P
___
8 P___5 4
# ww w w
bw ww
5

& # ww w
R___ M 3
___ P___5 M 3
___ 128
___ R
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