Questions about the Intervals poster

What’s on the Intervals poster?

A 10-row table: Interval · Semitones · Starts like. Count semitones from the lower note. The reference tune starts with exactly that jump. Minor 2nd — 1 — Jaws; Major 2nd — 2 — Happy Birthday; Minor 3rd — 3 — Greensleeves; Major 3rd — 4 — When the Saints; Perfect 4th — 5 — Here Comes the Bride; Tritone — 6 — The Simpsons; Perfect 5th — 7 — Twinkle Twinkle; Major 6th — 9 — NBC chimes; Minor 7th — 10 — Somewhere (West Side Story); Octave — 12 — Over the Rainbow. Perfect intervals — 4th, 5th, octave — sound hollow. Thirds and sixths are what sound sweet.

Who is the Intervals poster for?

Intervals belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning theory can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Intervals poster?

Hum the reference song. Naming an interval by ear is a memory trick, not a talent. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Intervals belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Intervals?

Borrowed Chords, Cadences and Building Chords sit alongside Intervals in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Borrowed ChordsCadencesBuilding Chords

Is the Intervals poster free to download and print?

Yes. Intervals downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Intervals poster print at?

Intervals is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Intervals loses nothing.Printing guide