Thank you very Much for your videos. I passed my written test with 95 % - Grade 4. Your videos gave me the Courage.

Thanks alot! I've learnt more in this video then I have in my music class for the whole year! haha

There's a big difference. For example, a minor 3rd above C is Eb whereas a diminished 4th is an Fb. Have a look at part 1 of these interval videos - the key thing to always look at is the 'number' of an interval.

They're used for a wide range of reasons e.g. helping singers pitch between 2notes, assisting beginners to understand relationships between notes, enabling composers to 'hear' notes before they play them... the list goes on. As a conductor the visual understanding of intervals helps me to see/hear what should be happening as opposed to what does happen. Intervals can be rather dry, timely and boring to study but they always help musicians improve their skills.

Simply great way of teaching. I wonder why these videos are not having millions of views!

wish me luck, im doing my exam soon! These videos has helped me immensely.

Thank you so much I didn't understand any other videos about major and minor intervals until you showed me the semitones.

Good, clear and concise, thank you so much for these videos!

omg thankyouu, i was so confused on Major/Minor intervals and now it's much easier. :)

Down here in Brazil, we name the intervals quite different than yours . That's how we name then: 3 minor/major , 4th is always perfect, 5th minor/perfect/major, 6th is always perfect and 7 minor/major, 8ve, 9th minor/major, 11th minor/major and 13 minor/major.

To figure out the interval of a Major 7th (C-B) which is 11 semi-tones. Knowing that there are 12 semi-tones in an octave, you can simply make the dustance smaller by inverting the interval. This is sometimes called "The Rule of Nine" which states when inverting intervals use the opposite quality (name) and make sure the number adds up to nine.

Therefore, a Major seventh inverted is a minor second (Major->minor; 7 + 2) As this relates to semitones, B is only one semitone down from C. This also helps when determining Major and relative minor keys. Most count up a Major 6th (C-A), but can find it counting down a minor third which is much faster. A diminished fourth inverted would be an Augmented fifth.

I'm still confused with how to identify whether it's minor or major

Because the top interval note in the example is an F which is 8 semitones away from the bottom interval note - the A.

Wow! Awsome video!

i love you... u r great... i have exam tomorrow and i was just feeling blacnk... now i am so clear about minor intervals..... muahhhhhhhhhhhh

If you count the note-heads from C to F (as Stephen says, always work out the number of an interval first) you will count four, meaning the interval is a fourth. For it to be a fifth it would have to be a derivative of C to a derivative of G. Therefore, although F# and Gb are enharmonically equivalent, they would result in a different answer in an interval question. C-F# is an augmented 4th, while C-Gb is a diminished fifth.

Thank you stephen...these videos really help alot

Nice explanation. This helped!

First of all thank you for providing these AWESOME videos, Secondly will you or have you don't any than on V7 dominant sevenths and root triads?

Treat F# and F as two very different notes. However, I'm not quite sure why you'd be counting from F or F# if, as you say, you're using F# minor. I'd always refer back to intervals in C Major, as per my video, so that you can be sure you're always calculating the correct number of semitones. I hope this helps. Best wishes.

Thank you, really useful!

+A Michaels. The F-sharp is the raised seventh of the G harmonic minor scale.

The only quality exempt (and it's not actually) is the Perfect interval. Quality doesn't change, but the interval does. Perfect fifth + Perfect fourth which adds up to the Perfect Octave. (Despite 4 + 5 =/= 8)

I'm in Grade 3 theory! (according to the ABRSM Grade 3 theory.)

Thank you great video thanks

Why do you compare everything to the scale of C major? im a bit confused.

Hatsune Yamahoroshi Augmented intervals are mentioned in his “Understanding Intervals: Part 3”, as are diminished intervals.

Thanks so much for the video!

Sorry if this is a silly question..But @7:18 why does A minor scale have a G sharp?

I didn't get that minor interval part hmm can we use minor if we want or is it permeant only in 1 semitone lower ?

wow this is really helpful!

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Hi... May I know how do we count a augmented intervals? I know how to calculate from major to minor... What about Augmented intervals? It's in Grade 3 ABRSM too.....

Thank You

do you always have to figure out the number of the interval using the scale? is it incorrect to simply count the lines and spaces from the tonic up to the second note?

i have a question: if you have C-F#, is it a great 4th or a small 5th?

is the bottom note always the tonic in grade 4 as well?

In the first example, F major, why do we count to E instead of F while comparing to C major which gives us 4 semitones. In the second example, G minor, we count to G which is 7 semitones?

Why do you have to jot down the 5th number for the G Minor scale?

Is unison (you-nea-sn) is pertect of major?

I find it funny people watching these videos are the ones creating music, and commenting. 90% of KZfaq Comments are people arguing over music.....95% of which don't play an instrument (or understand this crazy shit. I've been teaching myself the Circle of 5ths all day and it's driving me crazy.

This reminds me of a puzzle.

What is a Minor second I've heard people talking about it but it doesn't seem to be written down anywhere. A second that is a semi-tone above the tonic? Where in a melodic, natural, harmonic minor...NO! I've only seen this in the Hijaz scale and in modes!!!!!.... No but in all seriousness I'm an amateur musician with minimal music theory knowledge and have never been taught classically and I'm fucking dying to figure out what the difference between a minor second and a major second is.... PLEASE HELP

hi, I got lost where you said that A is the third because i can't acoustically understand what you say. Now can't follow. such a good video though.

Why is there an #F at 4:43?

Why fsharp in a minor scale .why 9 semitones of a to f is 8 semitones?

im actually understandin this wow

A minor has a g flat? I thought it doesn't have any sharps or flats??

thx

Just find how many half step you have and then compare with C Major scale

WHY are 2ndm 3rd, 6th, and 7th Majors for C Major? I need a logical explanation.

Why these notes flips up and down.?

Minor? I thought it was diminished

uhmm... this is a bit tricky.