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- How do you simplify compound intervals?
- How do you match simple and compound intervals?
- What is the difference between a compound interval and a simple interval?
- What is compound interval in music?
How do you simplify compound intervals?
Any compound interval can be reduced to a simple interval; in most musical contexts the compound interval and its simple counterpart are functionally equivalent. To reduce a compound interval to its simple equivalent, subtract one or more octaves. (Or to express the same thing numerically, subtract 7.)
How do you match simple and compound intervals?
The first note in the simple intervals is exactly the same as the first note in the compound intervals. The second note in the compound interval is the same note as the second note in the simple interval, just one octave higher.
What is the difference between a compound interval and a simple interval?
Simple intervals are not bigger than an octave while compound intervals are larger than an octave. Ninths, tenths, elevenths and thirteenth are examples of compound intervals. Octaves, thirds, fifths are simple intervals.
What is compound interval in music?
COMPOUND INTERVALS: Compound intervals are intervals larger than an octave. Compound intervals are functionally the same as the corresponding simple intervals (those an octave or less in size). Thus, a 9th is a compound 2nd, a 10th is a compound 3rd, an 11th is a compound 4th, a 12th is a compound 5th, etc.
