Music Theory Question

[pixie_paige]

Due to a random discussion of vocal warm-ups with Amy yesterday, my mind got stuck on trying to remember my ear training for intervals while laying awake last night with a headache. I had songs to help me recognize most of the intervals (i.e., Here Comes the Bride starts with a perfect fourth, Love Story starts with a minor sixth).

The Burning

Comments

here ya go.

[sanguis_bella]

the one that came to mind for a minor seventh is the first two notes of
There's a time for us (west side story) There's (is the root) and a, is the minor 7th.

Ok so after doing this I looked it up on the web as well and found this nifty web site. (and it used the one I gave you too, which made me all happy cool!) anyway here is the whole list plus the web site link (if it all fits, I had to add the bolding by hand cuz it would be too big with the code from the page)

Useful Interval References

http://www.tunadrum.com/tuning_intervals.html

* Major Second up
o Doe-a-deer
o Hap-py Birth-day

* Major Second down
o Ma-ry had a little lamb
o Whis-tle while you work

* Minor second up
o You must remember this ("As Time Goes By")
o I leftmy heart in San Francisco
o Theme from Jaws (repeating two-note pattern)

* Minor Second down -
o Shall we dance (from The King and I) -
o Ride a painted pony ("Spinning Wheel") -
o I know a dark secluded place ("Hernando's Hideaway")

* Major Third up -
o From the halls of Montezuma -
o Have your-self a merry little Christmas-
o Well I come from Alabama ("Oh Susanna")

* Major Third down -
o Swing low, sweet chariot -
o Good night, ladies -
o Summertime and the livin' is easy.

* Minor Third up -
o Lul-la-by and good night(Brahm's Lullaby)
o A time for us ("Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet")
o To dream the impossible dream

* Minor Third down
o Look at me ("Misty")
o Toot-Toot Tootsie, good-bye
o Oh-o say you see ("Star Spangled Banner")

* Perfect Fourth up
o Here comes the bride
o Day is done ("Taps" bugle call)

* Perfect Fourth down
o Born free
o My girl, talkin' 'bout my girl (Motown hit)

* Tritone up
o Ma-ri-a (from West Side Story)
o Bo-oy, boy, crazy boy (from flatted fifth or sharp fourth)
o "Cool" in West Side Story)

* Tritone down
o European police siren

* Perfect Fifth up
o Hey there, Georgy Girl
o Rain-drops on roses ("My Favorite Things", Sound of Music)
o Yo-ee-oh (War chant of the Wicked Witch's guardsmen in The Wizard of Oz)
o Perfect Fifth down
o Feel-ings, nothing more than feelings

* Major Sixth up
o My Bonnie lies over the ocean
o Dash-ing through the snow ("Jingle Bells");
o N-B-C (network chime)

* Major Sixth down
o No-body knows the trouble I seen
o Gonna lay down my sword and shield ("Down By The Riverside")
o 0-ver there

* Minor Sixth up
o "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" first two notes (Black Orpheus theme)
o For Papa, make him a scholar (from "Matchmaker" in Fiddler On The Roof)

* Minor Sixth down
o Where do I begin ("Theme From Love Story")

* Major Seventh up
o Ba-li Hai will find you (from South Pacific; first and third notes)

* Minor Seventh up
o There's a place for us (from "Somewhere" in West Side Story)
o Theme from Star Trek (first two notes)

* Minor Seventh down
o Theme from American In Paris (first two notes)

* Octave up
o Some-where over the rainbow

* Octave down
o Wil-low weep for me