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Basics: WholeNote Intervals

WholeNote has several resources to improve your understanding of intervals:

The basic intervals are defined by the following relationships:
Name Low Degree High Degree Low Note (In 'C') High Note (In 'C')
Unison Root Root C C
Minor 2nd Root b2 C Db
Major 2nd Root 2 C D
Minor 3rd Root b3 C Eb
Major 3rd Root 3 C E
Perfect 4th Root 4 C F
Aug 4th/Dim 5th Root #4/b5 C F#/Gb
Perfect 5th Root 5 C G
Aug 5th/Minor 6th Root #5/b6 C G#/Ab
Major 6th Root 6 C A
Minor 7th Root b7 C Bb
Major 7th Root 7 C B

Interactive Ear-Training Exercises
WholeNote features 2 ear-training exercises to help you learn how certain tones sound against each other. This type of training will allow you to figure out melodies and chord progressions even when you don't have a guitar handy.

  Interval Exercise with C in the bass
  Interval Exercise with random notes

Interactive Visual Exercises
New to WholeNote is "Name That Interval" which presents a visual display of an interval on the fretboard, and it's up to you to figure out what it is.

  Name That Interval - Visual Recognition

Sound Reference
To familiarize yourself with how the sound examples are presented, click any of the buttons below to hear the given interval with a 'C' in the bass.

C# Eb F F# Ab Bb

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