{"id":884,"date":"2024-09-18T20:17:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/?p=884"},"modified":"2024-09-21T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T16:32:15","slug":"intervalle-der-schluessel-zu-harmonie-und-melodie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/lehre\/intervalle-der-schluessel-zu-harmonie-und-melodie\/","title":{"rendered":"Intervals (Music Theory Basics)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In music, an interval is the distance between two notes and is the basic building block for melodies, scales and harmony (chords). The smallest interval in Western music is a semitone (ST).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scale degrees derive from the major scale that's the reason I refer to b or flat degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a list of all the intervals, the corresponding scale degrees and their sound character:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interval<\/strong><\/th>Scale Dagree<\/strong><\/th>Sonic Character<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Perfect Unison (0 ST)<\/strong><\/td>1st Degree <\/td>Perfectly identical, stable, quiet.<\/td><\/tr>
Minor Second (1 ST)<\/strong><\/td>b2nd Degree<\/td>Dissonant, full of tension, oppressive.<\/td><\/tr>
Major Second (2 ST)<\/strong><\/td>2nd Degree<\/td>Dissonant, beginning of the major scale.<\/td><\/tr>
Minor Third (3 ST)<\/strong><\/td>b3rd Degree<\/td>Consonant, melancholic, typically sad for a minor key.<\/td><\/tr>
Major Third (4 ST)<\/strong><\/td>3rd Degree<\/td>Consonant, cheerful, optimistic, typical for major.<\/td><\/tr>
Perfect Fourth (5 ST)<\/strong><\/td>4th Degree<\/td>Stable, open, neutral.<\/td><\/tr>
Tritone (6 ST)<\/strong><\/td>#4th\/b5th Degree<\/td>Dissonant, restless, great tension (devil's interval).<\/td><\/tr>
Perfect Fifth (7 ST)<\/strong><\/td>5th Degree<\/td>Stable, supports basic tone.<\/td><\/tr>
Minor Sixth (8 ST)<\/strong><\/td>b6th Degree<\/td>Consonant, melancholic, warm.<\/td><\/tr>
Major Sixth (9 ST)<\/strong><\/td>6th Degree<\/td>Consonant, cheerful, warm.<\/td><\/tr>
Minor Seventh (10 ST)<\/strong><\/td>b7th Degree<\/td>Dissonant, strives for resolution one HT down.<\/td><\/tr>
Major Seventh (11 ST)<\/strong><\/td>7th Degree<\/td>Dissonant, strives for resolution one HT upwards.<\/td><\/tr>
Perfect Octave (12 ST)<\/strong><\/td>8th Degree<\/td>Perfectly harmonious, stable.<\/td><\/tr>
Minor Ninth (13 ST)<\/strong><\/td>b9. Stufe (b2. oktaviert)<\/td>Dissonant, intense, emotional tension.<\/td><\/tr>
Major Ninth (14 ST)<\/strong><\/td>9. Stufe (2. oktaviert)<\/td>Neo soul flavor.<\/td><\/tr>
Minor Tenth (15 ST)<\/strong><\/td>10th Degree<\/td>Melancholic, like a minor third, but more intense.<\/td><\/tr>
Major Tenth (16 ST)<\/strong><\/td>10th degree (3rd in octave)<\/td>Cheerful, bright, like a major third, but more expansive.<\/td><\/tr>
Perfect Eleventh (17 ST)<\/strong><\/td>11th Degree (4th degree in octave)<\/td>Stable, like fourth, creates space in the harmony.<\/td><\/tr>
Augmented Eleventh (18 ST)<\/strong><\/td>#11. Stufe (Tritonus oktaviert)<\/td>The juice of the Maj7\/#11 chords.<\/td><\/tr>
Perfect Twelfth (19 ST)<\/strong><\/td>12th Degree (5th degree in octave)<\/td>Powerful, stable, like a fifth, but in a higher register.<\/td><\/tr>
Minor Thirteenth (20 ST)<\/strong><\/td>b13. Stufe (b6. oktaviert)<\/td>The juice of the Min11\/b13 chord.<\/td><\/tr>
Major Thirteenth (21 ST)<\/strong><\/td>13. Stufe (6. oktaviert)<\/td>The Juice of the Maj#11\/13 chord.<\/td><\/tr>
Minor Fourteenth (22 ST)<\/strong><\/td>b14th Degree (b7th degree in octave)<\/td>Exciting, dissonant, like a minor seventh, but with more space.<\/td><\/tr>
Major Fourteenth (23 ST)<\/strong><\/td>14th Degree (7th degree in octave)<\/td>Very dissonant, strives for resolution, like a major seventh.<\/td><\/tr>
Perfect Fifteenth (24 ST)<\/strong><\/td>15. Stufe (doppelte Oktave)<\/td>Identical to the octave, only one octave higher.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
All intervals of western music<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ein Intervall bezeichnet in der Musik den Abstand zwischen zwei T\u00f6nen und sind die Grundbausteine f\u00fcr Melodien Skalen und Harmonie (Akkorde). Der kleinste Abstand in der westlichen Musik ist ein Halbton (HT). F\u00fcr die Praxis sind die Bezeichnungen ab der Oktave (8. Stufe) jedoch ungebr\u00e4uchlich. Fokussiere dich lieber auf die Skalengrade. Hier einmal alle Intervalle, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-musik-theorie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elliasmeinel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}