ms garcia’s interval cheat sheet!

Minor Second (m2) - Half Step!

Jaws - Scary Shark!
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas ❄

Major Second (M2) - Whole Step!

Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer
Happy Birthday 🎂

Minor Third (m3)

🎶 Have you heard of the minor 3rd? The minor 3rd is the word!🎶
Greensleeves
The Cuckoo - cuckoo! cuckoo!

Major Third (M3)

Doorbell - ding dong!
Oh When The Saints Go Marching
Do-Mi-So…sounds like the first two notes of a major arpeggio
Do, a deer, a female deer…

Perfect Fourth (P4)

Here Comes the Bride $
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Amazing Grace
Open Strings on the bass

Tritone (Augmented 4th [A4] or Diminished 5th [d5])

The Simpsons

Perfect Fifth (P5)

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Open strings on violin, viola, and cello
Star Wars Theme
Minor Sixth (m6)
We Are Young by Fun….so let’s set the world on FI-RE, we can burn BRIGH-
TER than the sun….
The Entertainer (3rd and 4th notes)

Major Sixth (M6 or Diminished 7th [d7])

NBC
My Bonnie lies over the ocean…

Minor Seventh (m7)

Yeah by Usher
There’s a place for us…

Major Seventh (M7)

Take on Me

Perfect Octave (P8)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow🌈