Intervals

On this blog I will be talking about intervals.

Intervals are distances between two notes.

Each interval will have the same distance no matter what key it is. For this example I will be using the Key of C Major that has no sharps or flats.

So as you see up there shows 2 notes/circles/whole notes where number 1 has two notes next to each other. As number 2 has the right side note up one space higher than the note on the left.

Soooooo here’s a list of the first 8 intervals are called.

Perfect Unison – 1 P1

Major Second - 2^nd M2

Major Third - 3^rd M3

Perfect Fourth - 4^th P4

Perfect Fifth - 5^th P5

Major Sixth - 6^th M6

Major Seventh - 7^th M7

Perfect Octave - 8ve P8

The easy way to know which interval it is just simply count the spaces it went up. Starting from the note where it first starts for this example in the picture above of the Key of C Major starts at the C note in the bottom of the staff papper that where C is originally at.

Now looking at it here we got M2, M3, M,6, and M7. Just simply count how many spaces up it takes from the left note to go where the other note is above.

The reason why there is space between them is because one will sound higher than the other. It’s the difference between pitch basically.

If there is anything troubling you please inform so that I could make this more simpler to understand.

Review

I have just found an old book that contains notes on music theory when I first started here at the Art Institutes of Chicago.

So this blog is a little review.

If any of you people have had the great Mr. Malcolm for music theory then you could be able to remember this just by looking at the blog or if you happen to stumble upon the same notes I will be showing here.

Here are terms that you I personally think you should know. These are all coming straight from my Music theory Notebook.

4 Musical properties of sound are:

1.     Pitch- High or low (frequency)

2.     Duration- Time/length

3.     Dynamics- Volume or Amplitude (force)

4.     Timber- Different sound ( ex: Male voice and female voice) Or tone color

There are only eight notes in a key.

Have you ever heard or remember singing “do re mi fa so la ti do”? well that singing it just normally you are in the Key of C which have no sharps or flats. I never knew that was theory before but now it is because once you know what key you are in or want to be in then you can practice yourself to see how high or low your voice should go.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Do	Re	Mi	Fa	So	La	Ti	Do

The most important note is the fifth (5^th)

Rhythm- the organization of musical sounds and silences.

Beat- the basic unit of rhythmic measurement.

Tempo- Speed at which the beat moves.

Why is Syncopation needed?

Why do we need?

Who gives a damn?

Well if you want to know how to communicate with your artist and build up a friendship that will make him or her come back and create more tracks/albums/EP. The artist will care especially and he could tell all his other friends that are musicians that he or she has recommended you.

What I am doing in this blog is to help your readers understand the basics and tell you why its important to know at least what the musician is talking about or better yet to help him improve.

What if the musician is singing to fast or to slow? You could suggest him to sing faster by telling him “oh can we try singing the verse in quarter notes or sixteenth notes?” or slow as in “Hey how about we try the intro in half notes?” or one words could take up four seconds which is a whole note/bar.

You can’t get everything in one take. Let’s face it. Whenever you’re making music or recording something your ask yourself. “This sounds great” but then you ask someone to listen to it especially other Audio majors they will tell you’re the truth and say that something is off or this part is to fast or to slow. Then you start losing their attention because of it. Don’t be sad about it because if something is wrong then that means something needs to be improved in order to make sound better.

We audio majors are one big mission to make our listeners enjoy what we have created. I have always wondered why some bands take like about a year or 2 years for one album or an EP. They want their music to sound perfect or well-adjusted for listener to buy/download and end up going to concerts or buying merch.

What would you do? Would you release your music when you finished recording everything or would you rather wait until your music is ready?