Interval
The distance in pitch between two notes.
Category
pitch
Pronunciation
IN-ter-vul
Origin
Latin (intervallum)
Length
128 words · 1 min read
About Interval
An interval measures the gap between two pitches, named by counting the letter names involved (unison, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, octave). Each interval has a quality — major, minor, perfect, augmented, or diminished — determined by the exact number of semitones.
More pitch terms
Overtone
View all pitchterms →A higher frequency that sounds simultaneously above a fundamental pitch, shaping the tone colour of a note.
Pitch ClassA group containing all notes that share the same letter name regardless of octave, such as every C on the keyboard.
TemperamentA tuning system that determines how the twelve pitches within an octave are spaced.
RisonamentoA rarely used Italian term for the sustained resonance produced by sympathetic vibration between strings
Concert PitchThe internationally agreed standard tuning reference where A above middle C vibrates at 440 Hz.
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