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| Major Second up | Doe-a-deer Happy Birth-day |
| Major Second down | Ma-ry had a little lamb Whis-tle while you work |
| Minor second up | You must remember this ('As
Time Goes By') I left my heart in San Francisco Theme from Jaws (repeating two-note pattern) |
| Minor Second down | Shall we dance (from The
King and I) Ride a painted pony ('Spinning Wheel') I know a dark secluded place ('Hernando's Hideaway') |
| Major Third up | From the halls of Montezuma Have your-self a merry little Christmas Well I come from Alabama ('Oh Susanna') |
| Major Third down | Swing low, sweet chariot Good night, ladies Summertime and the livin' is easy. |
| Minor Third up | Lul-la-by and good night(Brahm's
Lullaby) A time for us ('Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet') To dream the impossible dream |
| Minor Third down | Look at me ('Misty') Toot-Toot Tootsie, good-bye Oh-o say you see ('Star Spangled Banner') |
| Perfect Fourth up | Here comes the bride Day is done ('Taps' bugle call) |
| Perfect Fourth down | Born free My girl, talkin' 'bout my girl (Motown hit) |
| Tritone up | Ma-ri-a (from West Side Story) Bo-oy, boy, crazy boy (from flatted fifth or sharp fourth) 'Cool' in West Side Story) |
| Tritone down | European police siren (go see a foreign film) |
| Perfect Fifth up | Hey there, Georgy Girl Rain-drops on roses ('My Favorite Things', Sound of Music) Yo-ee-oh (War chant of the Wicked Witch's guardsmen in The Wizard of Oz) |
| Perfect Fifth down | Feel-ings, nothing more than feelings |
| Major Sixth up | My Bonnie lies over the ocean Dash-ing through the snow ('Jingle Bells'); N-B-C (network chime) |
| Major Sixth down | No-body knows the trouble
I seen Gonna lay down my sword and shield ('Down By The Riverside') 0-ver there |
| Minor Sixth up | 'Cast Your Fate To The Wind,' first
two notes (Black Orpheus theme) For Papa, make him a scholar (from 'Matchmaker' in Fiddler On The Roof) |
| Minor Sixth down | Where do I begin ('Theme From Love Story') |
| Major Seventh up | Ba-li Hai will find you (from South Pacific; first and third notes) |
| Major Seventh down | The last phrase of "So have yourself a merry little Christmas now." |
| Minor Seventh up | There's a place for us (from
'Somewhere' in West Side Story) Theme from Star Trek (first two notes) |
| Minor Seventh down | Theme from American In Paris (first two notes) |
| Octave up | Some-where over the rainbow |
| Octave down | Wil-low weep for me |
| Minor Second | One Half Tone |
| Major Second | Two Half Tones |
| Minor Third | Three Half Tones |
| Major Third | Four Half Tones |
| Perfect Fourth | Five Half Tones |
| Tritone | Six Half Tones |
| Perfect Fifth | Seven Half Tones |
| Minor Sixth | Eight Half Tones |
| Major Sixth | Nine Half Tones |
| Minor Seventh | Ten Half Tones |
| Major Seventh | Eleven Half Tones |
| Octave | Twelve Half Tones |
| Chord Examples, Numbers are Half Tones Between Notes | ||||||||
| Major | Minor | Seventh | Ninth | Dimin | Sixth | Minor7th | ||
| C | Tonic | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| C# Db | Minor Second | |||||||
| D | Major Second | 4 | 3 | 4 | X | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| D# Eb | Minor Third | X | 2 | X | X | |||
| E | Major Third | X | X | X | X | |||
| F | Perfect Fourth | 3 | 4 | |||||
| F# Gb | Tritone | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | |
| G | Perfect Fifth | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| G#Ab | Minor Sixth | 3 | 2 | |||||
| A | Major Sixth | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | X | X | 3 |
| A#Bb | Minor Seventh | X | X | X | ||||
| B | Major Seventh | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| C | Octave | X | X | X | 4 | X | X | X |
Note: The Minor intervals correspond to the piano black keys, but only in the key of C.