Harmonic Interval ID
The drill below is a speed drill - use the keyboard to enter numbers more quickly! (Use minus "-" for 11 and equals "=" for 12.)
Intervals are given in half-steps (1 = half step, 2 = whole step, 3 = minor third, etc...). Click the "traditional names" button if you prefer.
Tips -- High Scores -- Comments
Greg's Tips
Each interval has its own distinct color and sound. While at first it may be useful to sing the interval and try and determine where it falls in the scale ("Is that 3-4 or 1-2?") in the end for this sort of drill it's best to try and let go of tonal references a bit and just recognize the particular qualities that each atonal interval has.
Next Steps
This transfers perfectly to music with two (or more) parts. Find music with two singers or two instruments and listen for the colors of these intervals between them. Some of my favorites are:
- Bach 2-Part Inventions (especially the E Major invention)
- Classic 60's Folk Singing: Simon and Garfunkel, Peter Paul and Mary, etc...
- Renaissance Masses & Motets
High Scores
Harmonic Intervals Speed Drill High Scores
| Username |
Date |
Percent |
Avg. Speed |
Level |
Score |
| flynyrdskynyrd | 2011-09-20 | 100% | 1.358 s. | 9 | 491 |
| guitar9876 | 2011-10-25 | 100% | 1.421 s. | 9 | 488 |
| sauter | 2011-05-19 | 100% | 1.455 s. | 9 | 487 |
| gabe8140 | 2011-02-22 | 100% | 1.549 s. | 9 | 484 |
| Flufman909 | 2012-02-05 | 100% | 1.601 s. | 9 | 482 |
| SimonLove01 | 2010-05-12 | 100% | 1.6 s. | 9 | 482 |
| Bagger288 | 2011-10-20 | 100% | 1.627 s. | 9 | 481 |
| jnoelliste | 2010-01-09 | 100% | 1.632 s. | 9 | 481 |
| loco | 2011-08-31 | 100% | 1.675 s. | 9 | 479 |
| mlul2388 | 2011-05-14 | 100% | 1.725 s. | 9 | 477 |
Comments
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| On 2011-08-20 at 00:51:09, loco wrote: |
| I´m in!!! |
| On 2011-08-08 at 21:43:22, gristow wrote: |
| Octal -- no, inversions are treated as different intervals. Eg: if G up to C is played, only a Perfect 4th (or 5 semi-tones, depending on what mode you're in) is accepted as the answer. (If you know Forte's interval class vector approach, this is _not_ the same.) |
| On 2011-08-08 at 21:31:46, Octal wrote: |
| Does this include inversions too? I.e. is a perfect 5th only G-C or can it also be C-G (which is a perfect 4th, thus causing confusion.) |
| On 2010-10-18 at 20:37:08, asurguy wrote: |
| I can't even tell on this harmonic one, all of them hurt my ears... |
| On 2010-10-11 at 19:15:58, gristow wrote: |
| Found and fixed a bug that was causing freezing at the highest level. Sorry about that guys! |
| On 2010-06-19 at 14:32:25, gristow wrote: |
| Nice job, SimonLove01 -- I'm impressed! |
| On 2010-05-12 at 15:11:03, SimonLove01 wrote: |
| It took me about 20 straight minutes but I got that high score! |
| On 2010-04-25 at 00:26:05, gristow wrote: |
| Good catch whatoh and tmt -- I've fixed it and deleted impossible scores (those with an average time less than 1 second, which is the wait time between questions). |
| On 2010-04-24 at 15:43:50, whatoh wrote: |
| My mistake, i used the bug for level 5 -- not level 4. |
| On 2010-04-24 at 14:41:04, whatoh wrote: |
| Yeah, bug confirmed. I just used it to get the new high score for level 4 -- sorry to the guy who legitimately set the high score before. |
| On 2010-04-23 at 17:54:45, tmt wrote: |
| Yeah there is some kind of bug, you just click the correct interval as fast as you can and the drill records you getting as many answers right as you managed to click. |