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MUSIC THEORY

Notes & Intervals

Learn piano note names, semitones, interval qualities and the distances between keys.

Piano keyboard and note names

Connect white keys, black keys and octaves to their note names.

What is an interval? Distance and number

Count semitones and letters between notes.

Interval qualities: major, minor, perfect and altered

See why an interval number can have different widths.

Twelve intervals across twelve starting notes

Understand 144 root-to-target relationships.

Interval Focus: Seconds

Compare one-semitone and two-semitone seconds.

Interval Focus: Thirds

Compare minor and major thirds.

Interval Focus: Fourths

Compare perfect and augmented fourths.

Interval Focus: Fifths

Find diminished and augmented fifths around a perfect fifth.

Interval Focus: Sixths

Locate minor and major sixths.

Interval Focus: Sevenths

Find sevenths by stepping back from the octave.

Interval Focus: Tritone

Understand the six-semitone distance and its spellings.

See the notes behind every chord.

Explore piano keys and guitar frets, hear how chord progressions move, and bring music theory into your playing with Genchord.

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