Interval Quiz

1. In a root-position minor triad, what interval normally separates the root from the fifth of the chord?

2. An interval spans one octave plus a major third. What is its compound name?

3. A melodic line moves upward from A to C-sharp. Which interval has been outlined?

4. Two tones have a frequency ratio of 2:1. Which interval separates them?

5. On a staff, B is the lower note and F is the upper note. Which name accounts for both the five-note span and the six-semitone distance?

6. F and B natural are four letter names apart and six semitones apart. Which interval quality and number fit that spelling?

7. A minor seventh is inverted by moving its lower note up an octave. Which interval results?

8. A D-minor passage places D in the bass and B-flat above it. Which interval do those notes form?

9. A perfect interval is widened by one semitone without changing its letter-name span. What quality does it become?

10. C-sharp and D-flat sound at the same pitch in equal temperament but use adjacent letter names. What is their written interval when D-flat is placed above C-sharp?

11. Which of these simple intervals belongs to the perfect family rather than the major/minor family?

12. Which interval is the inversion of a major sixth?

13. If E is transposed upward by a minor third, which note is reached?

14. A melody starts on C, rises a perfect fourth, and then falls a major second. What interval separates its starting and ending notes?

15. How many semitones are in a major third?

16. C-sharp to G spans five letter names but only six semitones. How should the interval be named?