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Music intervals

Below is a table of basic musical intervals. In addition to the name of the interval and the number of halftones  you will find a short name and an example built on C note. After that, intervals are grouped into perfect consonances, imperfect consonances and dissonances.

Perfect consonances
Interval nameNumber of semitonesShort nameExample
perfect unison0P1c-c
perfect fourth5P4c-f
perfect fifth7P5c-g
perfect octave12P8c-c1
Imperfect consonances
Interval nameNumber of semitonesShort nameExample
minor third3m3c-d#
major third4M3c-e
minor sixth8m6c-g#
major sixth9M6c-a
minor tenth15m10c-d1#
major tenth16M10c-e1
minor thirteenth20m13c-g1#
major thirtheenth21M13c-a1
Disonances
Interval nameNumber of semitonesShort nameExample
minor second1m2c-c#
major second2M2c-d
minor third3m3c-d#
tritone6TTc-f#
minor seventh10m7c-a#
major seventh11M7c-b
minor ninth13m9c-c1#
major ninth14M9c-d1
perfect eleventh17P11c-f1
augmented eleventh18A11c-f1#
perfect twelfth (tritave)19P12c-g1
minor thirteenth22m14c-a1#
major thirteenth23M14c-b1
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