Intervals Walkthrough

An introduction to semitones & octaves

A guided introduction to semitones, octaves, and how intervals work on your instrument and in NoSheet. Takes ~2 minutes.

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The instrumentNotes, intervals and scales — the walkthrough →

Takeaways

  • Neighbouring notes are one semitone apart — the smallest step

  • An interval is the gap between two notes, and each has its own character — a semitone sounds rough, a 5th smooth, the octave most consonant

  • Notes an octave apart share the same name — and the same color in NoSheet; those same 12 notes repeat in every octave

Related

Leads toNotesets WalkthroughRelatedIntervalsRoot & 5thSingle OctavePerception–Action Loop