Part 3 · Intervals: How Notes Relate, and How to Hear Them

Example 3.4

An interval and its inversion

What you hear

C4, A4, then both together (a Major 6th); a beat of silence; A3, C4, then both together (a minor 3rd), the first pair of Figure 3.6, on piano

Every example in Part 3

• Example 3.1A melodic and a harmonic interval
• Example 3.2The thirteen simple intervals above C
• Example 3.3A Major 3rd and a Major 10th
• Example 3.4An interval and its inversion
• Example 3.5The interval listening challenge
• Example 3.6From smooth to rough
• Example 3.7Tension and release
• Example 3.8The harmonics of A4, one by one, then together
• Example 3.9Where you pluck changes the sound
• Example 3.10Waves in step and out of step
• Example 3.11The 7th harmonic
• Example 3.12A pure and a tempered Major 3rd