How Music Notes Work Together

Unisons, Intervals, and Chords

A unison is a single note, whereas an interval consists of 2 notes of different pitches:

Intervals occur in 5 classes:

Major intervals
Minor intervals
Diminished intervals
Augmented intervals
Perfect intervals

When inverted (turned upside down):

A major interval becomes a minor interval
A minor intervals becomes a major interval
An augmented interval becomes a diminished interval
A diminished interval becomes an augmented interval
A perfect interval becomes a perfect interval

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