Intervals are measured downward too. A perfect 5th down from C is still seven semitones, but it lands on F, not G.
Every distance, going down
Choose a home note and the list measures all twelve semitone distances below it. Every interval opens a different song going down than going up.
Home note · sets the key
Bottom noteSemitonesSymbolInterval
Same two letters, different interval
The same two letters measure differently up and down: C up to G is a perfect 5th, seven semitones, but C down to G is a perfect 4th, five. The two directions always add up to an octave.
C GSeven semitones up: a perfect 5th. C GFive semitones down: a perfect 4th.
C EFour semitones up: a major 3rd. C EEight semitones down: a minor 6th.
Game · Reach down
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Tap the key a perfect 5thdown from
Tap the colored tag to hear the start key. Count down from it, black keys included.
Game · Name the interval, going down
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Listen: the second note is lower. Which interval is it?
Listen first. Then answer.
Quiz
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A perfect 5th down spans how many semitones?
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