Interval (music)

In music theory, an interval is the distance in pitch between two notes, the lower and higher members of the interval. It often refers to those two notes themselves (otherwise known as a dyad). Larger intervals are described as wide and smaller ones as narrow, but these are only relative terms.

Related Topics:
Music theory - Pitch - Note - Dyad

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Intervals may occur two ways:

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• vertical (or harmonic) if the two notes sound simultaneously
• linear (or melodic), if the notes sound successively.

An interval class is an interval measured by the shortest distance possible between its two pitch classes.

Related Topics:
Interval class - Pitch class

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