C major (C, E, G) and C minor (C, E flat, G). What do you suppose happens if we play the minor third instead of the major third? The C major chord suddenly becomes a C minor chord! Maybe things are starting to click in your head now, that's good. Those notes correspond to the root, major third, and perfect fifth intervals. You probably remember forming that chord using the first, the third, and the fifth notes of the C Major scale. What you have learned so far is vital to learning how to build chords. I want to stop right here for a moment and talk about what this all means to our understanding of music. Because that key is more than a fourth, but less than a fifth, it is called an augmented fourth or a diminished fifth. The D sharp or E flat key falls in between the second and the third since it is not quite a third, we call it a minor third.Īs we move down the keyboard, the F sharp or G flat key falls after the perfect fourth. Since it is not quite a full second, we call it a minor second. The C sharp or D flat key falls in the middle of the second interval. Since the black keys are not a part of the C Major scale, when they are played as an interval of C, they are given special names. For other scales use the notes that are not a part of the scale. In the case of C, the black keys are the notes that are outside of the major scale. Remember, the C Major scale is unique because it is made up entirely of white keys. We talked about how to label the black keys in the C major scale earlier. Finishing out the intervals that make up the note of the major scale we have C to F as a perfect fourth, C to G as a perfect fifth, C to A as a major sixth, and C to B as seventh. Play it a few times to get a feel for it. Let's move on to the C and E, a major third. A major second interval will have similar “feeling” in any scale you play it. Right now I want you to alternate between the C and the D a few times and listen to how a major second sounds. If we start at C and move up the C Major scale, we can label the intervals in that scale. This time I'm going to go a little slower and explain a little more about what makes intervals important and how they are used in building chords.Īs I said before, intervals are the space between two notes. I told you in a previous lesson that I would go over intervals again. Download PDF Learn How To Play Intervals & Octaves On The Piano!
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