Part 3 · Intervals: How Notes Relate, and How to Hear Them

Example 3.7

Tension and release

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What you hear

The four intervals of Figure 3.12, both notes together, one after another: C4 and F#4 (the tritone), C4 and E4 (a Major 3rd), C4 and G4 (a Perfect 5th), C4 and C5 (the octave), on piano

Every example in Part 3

Example 3.1A melodic and a harmonic interval
Example 3.2The thirteen simple intervals above C
Example 3.3A Major 3rd and a Major 10th
Example 3.4An interval and its inversion
Example 3.5The interval listening challenge
Example 3.6From smooth to rough
Example 3.7Tension and release
Example 3.8The harmonics of A4, one by one, then together
Example 3.9Where you pluck changes the sound
Example 3.10Waves in step and out of step
Example 3.11The 7th harmonic
Example 3.12A pure and a tempered Major 3rd