Intervals
A chord consists of two or more notes played simultaneously that are certain intervals apart with respect to the chord root. The following table shows the labels given to these intervals and the respective notes for each of the twelve keys. As explained above, chord notation provides a shorthand for intervals, not actual notes. This table provides a mapping of intervals to actual notes to play.
| Chord root | Unison | Minor second | Major second | Minor third | Major third | Perfect fourth | Tritone | Perfect fifth | Minor sixth | Major sixth | Minor seventh | Major seventh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | F | G♭ | G | A♭ | A | B♭ | B / C♭ | C | D♭ | D | E♭ | E |
| C | C | D♭ | D | E♭ | E | F | F♯ / G♭ | G | A♭ | A | B♭ | B |
| G | G | A♭ | A | B♭ | B | C | C♯ / D♭ | D | E♭ | E | F | F♯ |
| D | D | E♭ | E | F | F♯ | G | G♯ / A♭ | A | B♭ | B | C | C♯ |
| A | A | B♭ | B | C | C♯ | D | D♯ / E♭ | E | F | F♯ | G | G♯ |
| E | E | F | F♯ | G | G♯ | A | A♯ / B♭ | B | C | C♯ | D | D♯ |
| B | B | C | C♯ | D | D♯ | E | E♯ / F | F♯ | G | G♯ | A | A♯ |
| F♯ | F♯ | G | G♯ | A | A♯ | B | B♯ / C | C♯ | D | D♯ | E | E♯ |
| G♭ | G♭ | A | A♭ | B | B♭ | C♭ | C / D | D♭ | E | E♭ | F♭ | F |
| C♯ | C♯ | D | D♯ | E | E♯ | F♯ | F / G | G♯ | A | A♯ | B | B♯ |
| D♭ | D♭ | E | E♭ | F♭ | F | G♭ | G / A | A♭ | B | B♭ | C♭ | C |
| G♯ | G♯ | A | A♯ | B | B♯ | C♯ | C / D | D♯ | E | E♯ | F♯ | F |
| A♭ | A♭ | B | B♭ | C♭ | C | D♭ | D / E | E♭ | F♭ | F | G♭ | G |
| D♯ | D♯ | E | E♯ | F♯ | F | G♯ | G / A | A♯ | B | B♯ | C♯ | C |
| E♭ | E♭ | F♭ | F | G♭ | G | A♭ | A / B | B♭ | C♭ | C | D♭ | D |
| A♯ | A♯ | B | B♯ | C♯ | C | D♯ | D / E | E♯ | F♯ | F | G♯ | G |
| B♭ | B♭ | C♭ | C | D♭ | D | E♭ | E / F♭ | F | G♭ | G | A♭ | A |
Read more about this topic: Chord Names And Symbols (popular Music)
Famous quotes containing the word intervals:
“Fishermen, hunters, woodchoppers, and others, spending their lives in the fields and woods, in a peculiar sense a part of Nature themselves, are often in a more favorable mood for observing her, in the intervals of their pursuits, than philosophers or poets even, who approach her with expectation. She is not afraid to exhibit herself to them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Unless the people can choose their leaders and rulers, and can revoke their choice at intervals long enough to test their measures by results, the government will be a tyranny exercised in the interests of whatever classes or castes or mobs or cliques have this choice.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“What is most striking in the Maine wilderness is the continuousness of the forest, with fewer open intervals or glades than you had imagined. Except the few burnt lands, the narrow intervals on the rivers, the bare tops of the high mountains, and the lakes and streams, the forest is uninterrupted.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)