Intervals & Transposition

A major 2nd and a minor 2nd are both 2nds. What distinguishes them?

How many tones does a MAJOR 3rd contain, and how many does a MINOR 3rd contain?

When you measure the size of an interval (2nd, 3rd, 4th...), how do you count the degrees?

What size is the interval from C up to A?

Are interval names affected by sharps or flats when you measure the SIZE (number) of the interval?

Which interval qualities are called PERFECT, and which are MAJOR or MINOR?

When you transpose a melody up or down one OCTAVE, what must stay exactly the same?

How does transposing WITH a key change differ from transposing by an octave?

Identify the quality of this 3rd on the staff (C up to E).

Identify the size and quality of this interval on the staff (E up to G).

How is an AUGMENTED interval formed?

How is a DIMINISHED interval formed?

A learner says: 'The bottom note has a flat, so the interval must be diminished.' Why is that wrong?

How many tones are in a perfect 4th, and how many in a perfect 5th?

Why is the interval from F up to B NOT a perfect 4th, and what is it instead?

Why is the interval from B up to F NOT a perfect 5th, and what is it instead?

When you invert an interval, the two sizes always add up to which number?

When an interval is inverted, how does each QUALITY change (major, minor, perfect, augmented, diminished)?

An augmented 3rd is inverted. What interval do you get?

What is transposition, and why is it done?