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Interval	The distance between two pitches		music-intervals-chords-scales
Half step	The smallest distance on a piano, one key to the very next key		music-intervals-chords-scales
Whole step	Two half steps		music-intervals-chords-scales
Unison (perfect 1st)	Two notes on the same pitch		music-intervals-chords-scales
Major 2nd	Two half steps (C up to D)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Major 3rd	Four half steps (C up to E)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Minor 3rd	Three half steps (C up to Eb)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Perfect 4th	Five half steps (C up to F)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Tritone (augmented 4th)	Six half steps (C up to F#)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Perfect 5th	Seven half steps (C up to G)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Minor 6th	Eight half steps (C up to Ab)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Major 6th	Nine half steps (C up to A)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Minor 7th	Ten half steps (C up to Bb)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Major 7th	Eleven half steps (C up to B)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Perfect octave	Twelve half steps, same note name at a higher pitch		music-intervals-chords-scales
Minor 2nd	One half step (C up to Db)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Consonance	Intervals that sound stable and pleasant		music-intervals-chords-scales
Dissonance	Intervals that sound tense and want to resolve		music-intervals-chords-scales
Major scale pattern	W W H W W W H (Whole and half steps)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Natural minor scale pattern	W H W W H W W		music-intervals-chords-scales
Harmonic minor scale	Natural minor with a raised 7th		music-intervals-chords-scales
Melodic minor scale (ascending)	Natural minor with raised 6th and 7th		music-intervals-chords-scales
Chromatic scale	All twelve half steps in an octave		music-intervals-chords-scales
Pentatonic scale	A five-note scale		music-intervals-chords-scales
Whole tone scale	A six-note scale made only of whole steps		music-intervals-chords-scales
Blues scale	A minor pentatonic scale with an added flat fifth		music-intervals-chords-scales
Scale degree 1	Tonic		music-intervals-chords-scales
Scale degree 2	Supertonic		music-intervals-chords-scales
Scale degree 3	Mediant		music-intervals-chords-scales
Scale degree 4	Subdominant		music-intervals-chords-scales
Scale degree 5	Dominant		music-intervals-chords-scales
Scale degree 6	Submediant		music-intervals-chords-scales
Scale degree 7	Leading tone		music-intervals-chords-scales
Octave	Interval where the higher note vibrates at twice the frequency		music-intervals-chords-scales
Chord	Three or more notes sounded together		music-intervals-chords-scales
Triad	A three-note chord built from stacked thirds		music-intervals-chords-scales
Root	The note a chord is named for and built on		music-intervals-chords-scales
Major triad	Root, major third, perfect fifth (C E G)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Minor triad	Root, minor third, perfect fifth (C Eb G)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Diminished triad	Root, minor third, diminished fifth (C Eb Gb)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Augmented triad	Root, major third, augmented fifth (C E G#)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Dominant seventh chord	A major triad plus a minor seventh (G B D F)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Major seventh chord	A major triad plus a major seventh (C E G B)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Minor seventh chord	A minor triad plus a minor seventh (C Eb G Bb)		music-intervals-chords-scales
Suspended 4th (sus4)	Chord with the third replaced by the fourth (C F G)		music-intervals-chords-scales
First inversion	A chord with its third in the bass		music-intervals-chords-scales
Second inversion	A chord with its fifth in the bass		music-intervals-chords-scales
Root position	A chord with its root in the bass		music-intervals-chords-scales
Arpeggio	The notes of a chord played one after another		music-intervals-chords-scales
Chord progression	A series of chords played in order		music-intervals-chords-scales
I chord	Tonic chord, built on the first scale degree		music-intervals-chords-scales
V chord	Dominant chord, built on the fifth scale degree		music-intervals-chords-scales
IV chord	Subdominant chord, built on the fourth scale degree		music-intervals-chords-scales
I-IV-V	A very common progression of chords in rock, folk and blues		music-intervals-chords-scales
Twelve-bar blues	A 12-measure chord pattern built on I, IV and V		music-intervals-chords-scales
Cadence	A chord pair that ends a musical phrase		music-intervals-chords-scales
Authentic cadence	V chord to I chord		music-intervals-chords-scales
Plagal cadence	IV chord to I chord (The Amen cadence)		music-intervals-chords-scales
C major triad notes	C E G		music-intervals-chords-scales
G major triad notes	G B D		music-intervals-chords-scales
F major triad notes	F A C		music-intervals-chords-scales
A minor triad notes	A C E		music-intervals-chords-scales
D minor triad notes	D F A		music-intervals-chords-scales
C major scale notes	C D E F G A B C		music-intervals-chords-scales
G major scale notes	G A B C D E F# G		music-intervals-chords-scales
F major scale notes	F G A Bb C D E F		music-intervals-chords-scales