Do you need to be able to hear or sing intervals? The easiest way to do this is through common songs like these! *Note: some of the �songs� are actually a series of solfege pitches; singing and hearing intervals is much easier when you know major and minor scales using solfege.
m2 above:
Ti-do
theme from Jaws
last movement of New World Symphony
m2 below:
Do-ti
Joy to the World
Fur Elise
M2 above:
Do-re
Happy Birthday
�Do, a deer� from The Sound of Music
M2 below:
Main theme from Lord of the Rings
Three Blind Mice
Re-do
m3 above:
Brahms� lullaby
Greensleeves/ What Child is This?
�So long, farewell� from The Sound of Music
Minor triad: do-m�
m3 below:
This Old Man
Hey Jude
The Star Spangled Banner
Frosty the Snowman
�Ricola� commercial
Major triad: sol-mi
DO-ti-LA
M3 above:
DO-re-MI
DO-MI-sol
M3 below:
Mi-do
The song that grandfather clocks play on the hour
Three blind mice (1st and 3rd pitches)
Beethoven�s Fifth Symphony
Shoo Fly, Don�t Bother Me
P4 above:
Here Comes the Bride
Simple Gifts
Amazing Grace
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
SOL-la-ti-DO
P4 below:
Make New Friends (Girl Scout Song)
Farandole from Bizet�s L�Arlesienne Suite, No. 2
Oh, Come All Ye Faithful
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Theme from George of the Jungle
I�ve Been Working on the Railroad
DO-ti-la-SOL
Tritone (A4, d5) above:
Maria from West Side Story
The Simpsons theme song
DO-mi-sol and down a half step
Tritone (A4, d5) below:
SOL-mi-do and up a half step
P5 above:
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Theme from Star Wars
Baa baa, Black Sheep
The ABC Song
DO-mi-SOL
P5 below:
SOL-mi-DO
The Flintstones theme
The Star Spangled Banner (1st and 3rd pitches)
It Don�t Mean a Thing if it Ain�t Got That Swing
Feelings
m6 above:
DO-mi-sol and up a half step
TI-do-SOL
Mi-up to DO
The Entertainer by Joplin (3rd and 4th pitches)
Star Wars theme bridge
m6 below:
SOL-mi-do-TI
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (1st and 3rd pitches)
�Think Ford First� commercial
Love Story
Do-mi
M6 above:
NBC jingle
DO-mi-sol-LA
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
Hush Little Baby
M6 below:
MI-do-SOL
Music of the Night from Phantom of the Opera
Nobody Knows the Trouble I�ve Seen
Take the A-Train
DO-sol-M� (go down the minor scale)
DO-down an octave to do-M�
m7 above:
There�s a Place for Us from West Side Story
�Have You Driven a Ford Lately� commercial
Theme from the original Star Trek
Star Wars theme bridge (1st and 3rd pitches)
V7 chord: SOL-ti-re-FA
m7 below:
DO-down an octave to do-RE
DO-re-down an octave to RE
M7 above:
DO-up an octave to do-TI
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (1st and 3rd pitches)
Bali High from South Pacific (1st and 3rd pitches)
Can�t Get Started
I7 chord: Do-mi-sol-TI
M7 below:
DO-down an octave to do-up a half step
DO-up a half step-down an octave
P8 above:
When You Wish Upon a Star
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Bali High
DO-mi-sol-DO
P8 below:
DO-sol-mi-DO
