INTERVALS
All intervals are melodic unless marked "harm."
Names of excerpts are preceded by scale degree numbers or "Asc." for ascending and "Des." for descending.
UNISON
SECONDS
Minor second
End of excerpt
1 to 7
Mendelssohn: Wedding March from Midsummer Night's Dream 1 to 7
Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Sleeping Beaty 3 to 4
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2: II 3 to 4
Offenbach: Barcarolle 4 to 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, III 4 to 3
Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from Nutcracker Suite 4 to 3
Chopin: Barcarolle 4 to 3
Handel: Adagio from Water Music 4 to 3
Vivaldi: Winter, II from The Four Seasons 7 to 1
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, II, excerpt 17 to 1
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.17 to 1
Handel: Hallelujah, from Messiah7 to 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, III raised 1 to 2
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, II, excerpt 23 to 2 in min
Beethoven: Sonata Op. 13 "Pathetique" 3 to 2 in min
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, II 3 to 2 in min
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, "G Minor": IV, excerpt 1 5 to 6 in min
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, "G Minor": IV, excerpt 2 6 to 5 in min
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, "G Minor": IV, excerpt 3 6 to 5 in min
Albinoni: Adagio 6 to 5 in min
Leoncavallo: Vesti la Giubba from Pagliacci Placido Domingo, Tenor7 to 1 in min
Mozart: Symphony No. 40, "G Minor": III 7 to 1 in min
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Throughout excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
Major second
End of excerpt
1 to 2
Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No.3; excerpt 1 1 to 2
Wagner: Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin 2 to 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, II 2 to 1
Chopin: Etude Op. 10, No.3; excerpt 2 2 to 1
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, II, excerpt 1 2 to 1
Verdi: Grand March from Aida 2 to 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, IV 2 to 3
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2: II 2 to 3
Handel: Allegro from Water Music 3 to 2
Tchaikovsky: Overture from Nutcracker Suite 3 to 2
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, II, excerpt 2 3 to 2
Debussy: Clair de Lune 5 to 6
Vivaldi: Winter, II from The Four Seasons 6 to 5
Chopin: Polonaise, Op. 53 6 to 5
Bach: Orchestral Suite in D: Air 6 to 7
Pachelbel: Canon 1 to 2 in min
Handel: Adagio from Water Music, excerpt 1 2 to 1 in min
Vivaldi: Spring, II from The Four Seasons, excerpt 1 4 to 3 in min
Handel: Adagio from Water Music, excerpt 2 4 to 3 in min
Bach: Fugue II in C Minor from The Well Tempered Claier 4 to 5 in min
Vivaldi: Spring, II from The Four Seasons, excerpt 2
Beginning and end
Beginning of excerpt
Augmented second
Jewish excerpts from Chassidic Dances arr: Gilad, Burstyn & Shlomer, Tikva Records
End of excerpt
Beginning and end
Throughout excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
THIRDS
The thirds in the following excerpts are also identified by their scale degrees:
Minor third
End of excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
Major third
End of excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
FOURTHS
Diminished fourth
Perfect fourth
End of excerpt
Beginning and end
Beginning of excerpt
Augmented fourth
FIFTHS
Diminished fifth
End of excerpt
Beginning and end
Beginning of excerpt
Perfect fifth
End of excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
SIXTHS
Minor sixth
End of excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
Major sixth
SEVENTHS
Diminished seventh
Minor seventh
End of excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
Major seventh
End of excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
OCTAVE
End of excerpt
Beginning of excerpt
SERIES OF INTERVALS
All intervals ascending unless marked "desc"
- R. Strauss: Fanfare to Also Sprach Zarathustra
P5th, P4th, M3rd, desc m2nd;
P5th, P4th, m3rd (or Aug2nd), m2nd
- Chopin: Grande Valse Brillante Geza Anda, piano
First two notes of the motive: M3rd, P4th, P5th
First and last notes of the motive: P5th, M6th, m7th, then P8ve
- Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467
In the violins: m2nd, P4th, P4th, d4th, P4th, P4th
- Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Intervals between phrases not shown:
P4th, P5th;
P5th, desc M2nd;
Desc M3rd, Desc P4th, desc P4th;
Three root position major triads;
desc M6th, desc P5th.
- Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune
Three 2-note phrases at end of excerpt:
1. desc M3rd (desc m6th between),
2. m3rd (M2nd between),
3. desc m3rd.
- Mendelssohn: Italian Symphony
Perfect 4th; desc. Major 3rd