User:Hyacinth/Interval tables
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Interval (music). User:Hyacinth/How to use tables
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[edit] Quality
| Simple intervals may have the following tonal/diatonic quality | |
|---|---|
| Perfect | Unison, fourth, fifth, and octave |
| Major and minor | Second, third, sixth, and seventh |
| Augmented and diminished | All |
[edit] Consonance and dissonance
| Simple diatonic intervals harmonic or vertical stability (1600-1900) | |
|---|---|
| Consonant | Unison, minor and major third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, minor and major sixth |
| Dissonant | Minor and major second, diminished fourth, tritone, minor and major seventh |
| Simple diatonic intervals stability scale (1600-1900) | ||||||||||||
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| <--Most consonant | Most dissonant--> | |||||||||||
| Unison | octave | perfect fifth | perfect fourth | major third | minor third | major sixth | minor sixth | minor seventh | major seventh | major second | minor second | tritone |
[edit] Charts
from Interval (music) (User:Wahoofive):
| # semitones |
Interval class |
# cents in equal temperament |
Generic interval |
Common diatonic name |
Comparable just interval |
# cents in just interval |
Just compared to equal tempered interval |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | perfect unison | 1:1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 100 | 1 | minor second | 16:15 | 112 | 12 cents larger |
| 2 | 2 | 200 | 1 | major second | 9:8 | 204 | 4 cents larger |
| 3 | 3 | 300 | 2 | minor third | 6:5 | 316 | 16 cents larger |
| 4 | 4 | 400 | 2 | major third | 5:4 | 386 | 14 cents smaller |
| 5 | 5 | 500 | 3 | perfect fourth | 4:3 | 498 | 2 cents smaller |
| 6 | 6 | 600 | 3 or 4 | tritone | 17:12 | 603 | 3 cents larger |
| 7 | 5 | 700 | 4 | perfect fifth | 3:2 | 702 | 2 cents larger |
| 8 | 4 | 800 | 5 | minor sixth | 8:5 | 814 | 14 cents larger |
| 9 | 3 | 900 | 5 | major sixth | 5:3 | 884 | 16 cents smaller |
| 10 | 2 | 1000 | 6 | minor seventh | 16:9 | 996 | 4 cents smaller |
| 11 | 1 | 1100 | 6 | major seventh | 15:8 | 1088 | 12 cents smaller |
| 12 | 0 | 1200 | 0 | perfect octave | 2:1 | 1200 | 0 |
[edit] Diatonic intervals TOC
| Other diatonic intervals |
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| unison | minor second | major second | minor third | major third | perfect fourth | tritone | perfect fifth | minor sixth | major sixth | minor seventh | major seventh | octave |
As it appears on perfect fifth:
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| # semitones | Interval class | # cents in equal temperament | Most common diatonic name | Comparable just interval | # cents in just interval | Just interval vs. equal-tempered interval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 700 | perfect fifth | 3:2 | 702 | 2 cents larger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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