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For each interval, click on the notation images to listen on your computer's audio player, or click the arrows to play here (Flash required).

Listen to the interval with the pitches played together, ascending, and descending.

Association with a familiar tune can be helpful for memorizing the sound of an interval.
The tunes listed just below each interval group begin with that interval (the first 2 notes are the interval unless otherwise indicated).
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Minor 2nd
[half step]		 minor 2nd together minor 2nd ascending minor 2nd descending
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Fur Elise (Beethoven)
Pink Panther (movie theme)
Jaws (movie theme)
White Chrismas
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Major 2nd
[whole step]		 Major 2nd together Major 2nd ascending Major 2nd descending
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Pop Goes the Weasel
Happy Birthday
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Three Blind Mice
Minor 3rd minor 3rd together minor 3rd ascending minor 3rd descending
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This Old Man
Greensleeves (or What Child is This)
O Canada
Hey Jude
Brahms Lullaby
Jingle Bells – first interval after the repeated notes
To Dream the Impossible Dream
Major 3rd Major 3rd together Major 3rd ascending Major 3rd descending
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Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Kum Ba Ya
When the Saints go Marching In
Summertime (Gershwin)
Perfect 4th Perfect 4th together Perfect 4th ascending Perfect 4th descending
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Home on the Range – after the repeated note
Born Free (movie theme)
Here Comes the Bride
Amazing Grace
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Auld Lang Syne
O Come All Ye Faithful – after the repeated note
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Jeopardy (TV theme)
Love Me Tender (Elvis)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Lawrence of Arabia (movie theme)
Taps
Augmented
4th		 Augmented 4th together Augmented 4th ascending Augmented 4th descending
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Maria (West Side Story)
The Simpsons (TV theme) – 'the simp...'
Perfect 5th Perfect 5th together Perfect 5th ascending Perfect 5th descending
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Erie Canal
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Do You Hear What I Hear?
ET (movie theme)
"oh-ee-oh" march/chant sung by the minions of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz)
Superman Theme – after the initial repeated note
Minor 6th minor 6th together minor 6th ascending minor 6th descending
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Love Story (movie theme)
The Entertainer (Joplin) – 3rd-4th notes
Major 6th Major 6th together Major 6th ascending Major 6th descending
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My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Surfer Girl (Beach Boys)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Christmas)
NBC (TV network theme)
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Minor 7th minor 7th together minor 7th ascending minor 7th descending
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Somewhere (West Side Story)
Have You Driven a Ford Lately? (commercial tune) – first interval after the repeated notes
Star Trek (original TV theme)
Major 7th Major 7th together Major 7th ascending Major 7th descending
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Bali Hai (South Pacific) – an octave and then a major 7th from the initial note
Pure Imagination (Willy Wonka) – the 8th to 9th notes
Perfect
Octave		 Perfect octave together Perfect octave ascending Perfect octave descending
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
Gone With The Wind (movie theme)
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