Compound intervals

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.

1. How do you find the interval of a compound?
2. How do you simplify compound intervals?
3. What are the 4 intervals?
4. What are intervals in music?

How do you find the interval of a compound?

The easiest way to name compound intervals is to work out what the interval would be if it were simple, then add the word compound in front. For example, let's take the interval we looked at earlier, C – E which is a major 3rd. But if we were to make it C – E an octave higher it becomes a compound major 3rd.

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.)

What are the 4 intervals?

For example, the ascending interval from C to the next F is a perfect fourth, because the note F is the fifth semitone above C, and there are four staff positions between C and F.
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Perfect fourth.

What are intervals in music?

Interval, in music, the inclusive distance between one tone and another, whether sounded successively (melodic interval) or simultaneously (harmonic interval).