Scales and Intervals: Interactive Quizzes for 6th Grade Music

Question 1

Which interval is NOT considered perfect?

Accepted Answer

Minor third

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Unison

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Octave

Answer

Major sixth

Question 2

In a minor scale, what is the interval between the third and fourth notes called?

Accepted Answer

Minor third

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Augmented second

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Major second

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Diminished third

Question 3

Which type of scale uses only full and half steps?

Accepted Answer

Diatonic

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Chromatic

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Pentatonic

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Whole-Tone

Question 4

The interval between two notes two steps apart in a scale is called a:

Accepted Answer

Tone

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Semi-tone

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Third

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Fourth

Question 5

Which chord is built from the first, fourth, and fifth notes of a major scale?

Accepted Answer

Major

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Minor

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Suspended

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Augmented

Question 6

A melody that moves in small steps has:

Accepted Answer

Conjunct motion

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Disjunct motion

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Chromatic motion

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Tonal motion

Question 7

Which of the following is not a type of interval quality?

Accepted Answer

Consonant

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Perfect

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Major

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Augmented

Question 8

What is the term for the interval between the first and third notes of a scale?

Accepted Answer

Major Third

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Minor Third

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Perfect Fourth

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Major Second

Question 9

What is the interval between the fifth and seventh notes of a minor scale?

Accepted Answer

Minor Sixth

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Major Sixth

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Perfect Fifth

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Major Seventh

Question 10

What is the primary difference between a major and a minor scale?

Accepted Answer

The distance between the notes

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The order of the notes

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The number of notes

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The key in which the scale is played

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of a compound interval?

Accepted Answer

Perfect Tenth

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Major Sixth

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Minor Third

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Augmented Second

Question 12

What is a musical interval and what does it measure?

Accepted Answer

The distance between two musical notes in terms of their pitch relationship

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The space between two notes on a musical scale

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Whether two musical notes sound harmonious together

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A musical note used to create melodies

Question 13

Which of the following scales uses only whole steps?

Accepted Answer

Whole tone scale

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Major scale

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Minor scale

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Pentatonic scale

Question 14

Which of the following intervals is considered dissonant?

Accepted Answer

Minor seventh

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Major second

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Perfect fifth

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Major third

Question 15

Which of the following intervals is wider than an octave?

Accepted Answer

Ninth

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Seventh

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Tritone

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Fifth

Question 16

What is the name of the interval between the first and fifth notes of the major scale?

Accepted Answer

Fifth

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Unison

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Octave

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Fourth

Question 17

In a major scale, the interval formed between the first and third notes is known as a:

Accepted Answer

Major third

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Minor second

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Major second

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Minor third

Question 18

Which characteristic is NOT commonly found in a pentatonic scale?

Accepted Answer

Has equal intervals between notes

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Contains five notes

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Does not include any semitones

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Widely used in folk music

Question 19

An interval formed by two notes separated by six half steps is called a:

Accepted Answer

Tritone

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Minor third

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Major third

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Perfect fourth

Question 20

When a step is omitted in a melodic sequence, the resulting interval is referred to as a:

Accepted Answer

Leap

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Step

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Diatonic interval

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Chromatic interval

Question 21

In a major scale, the relationship between the tonic and dominant notes is a:

Accepted Answer

Perfect fifth

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Minor second

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Major second

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Major seventh

Question 22

Which of the following is the smallest musical interval?

Accepted Answer

Minor second

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Whole step

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Major second

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Minor third

Question 23

The interval between the first and second notes in a major scale is called a:

Accepted Answer

Major second

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Minor second

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Perfect fourth

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Major sixth

Question 24

Which of the following is a characteristic of a minor scale?

Accepted Answer

Flatted third

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Sharped fifth

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Raised seventh

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Natural seventh

Question 25

A half step is also known as a:

Accepted Answer

Semitone

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Whole tone

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Minor third

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Major third

Question 26

The distance between the tonic and the dominant of a scale is called a:

Accepted Answer

Perfect fifth

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Major third

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Minor seventh

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Tritone

Question 27

The chromatic scale is a scale that contains:

Accepted Answer

All the notes in between the notes of a major scale

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All the notes of a major scale

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All the notes of a minor scale

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All the notes between the notes of a minor scale

Question 28

What is the first note of a major scale called?

Accepted Answer

Tonic

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Supertonic

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Mediant

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Subdominant

Question 29

How many notes are there in a chromatic scale?

Accepted Answer

12

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7

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8

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15

Question 30

Which of the following is the interval pattern for a major scale?

Accepted Answer

W W H W W W H

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W W H W H W W

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H W W H W W H

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H W W H W W W

Question 31

What is the purpose of a leading tone in music?

Accepted Answer

To create tension that resolves to the tonic

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To introduce a new harmony

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To end a musical phrase

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To provide a sense of movement

Question 32

Which of the following intervals is considered perfect?

Accepted Answer

Perfect fifth

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Major second

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Minor third

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Augmented fourth

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT a scale degree?

Accepted Answer

Subtonic

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Tonic

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Leading tone

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Supertonic

Question 34

How do scales help create different moods in music?

Accepted Answer

The major scale usually sounds happy and cheerful.

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The minor scale often makes music sound sad or mysterious.

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Scales decide how high or low the notes in a piece can be.

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Scales don't affect how a piece of music makes you feel.

Question 35

What is a characteristic of a perfect interval in music?

Accepted Answer

It has a specific and unchanging size

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It is larger than a major interval

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It is smaller than a minor interval

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Its size varies depending on the context

Question 36

Which type of melodic motion involves large, jumping intervals?

Accepted Answer

Disjunct motion

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Conjunct motion

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Stepwise motion

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Chromatic motion

Question 37

Which scale and interval are used in the melody C D E F G?

Accepted Answer

C major scale and perfect fifth

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C minor scale and major sixth

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D major scale and minor seventh

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E major scale and major fourth

Question 38

Which describes the difference between a chromatic and a diatonic scale?

Accepted Answer

A chromatic scale uses all 12 notes in an octave (like C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B), while a diatonic scale uses 7 notes (like C, D, E, F, G, A, B).

Answer

A diatonic scale uses all 12 notes in an octave (like C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B), while a chromatic scale uses 7 notes (like C, D, E, F, G, A, B).

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A chromatic scale uses only black keys on a piano, while a diatonic scale uses only white keys.

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A diatonic scale is always major, while a chromatic scale is always minor.

Question 39

Which note is NOT found in the major scale?

Accepted Answer

G#

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E

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C

Question 40

What interval is formed between the notes C and E?

Accepted Answer

Major Third

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Minor Second

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Perfect Fourth

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Major Sixth

Question 41

Which type of scale features an augmented second interval?

Accepted Answer

Whole Tone Scale

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Pentatonic Scale

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Major Scale

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Minor Scale

Question 42

Which characteristic is unique to the minor pentatonic scale?

Accepted Answer

Absence of a perfect fourth and perfect fifth

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Presence of a diminished fifth

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Major third between the first and third notes

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Use of a chromatic passing tone

Question 43

Which musical progression demonstrates an ascending chromatic scale?

Accepted Answer

C - C# - D - D# - E - F - F# - G

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C - E - G - A - C - E - G - A

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C - Eb - G - Bb - Db - F - Ab - C

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C - F - G - A - C - F - G - Bb

Question 44

What is the interval that spans two octaves?

Accepted Answer

Double Octave

Answer

Major Ninth

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Perfect Eleventh

Question 45

What is the interval relationship between the first (tonic) and fifth (dominant) notes in a major key?

Accepted Answer

Perfect Fifth

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Major Third

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Tritone

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Minor Seventh

Question 46

Which note is NOT included in the C major scale?

Accepted Answer

F#

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D

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G

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B

Question 47

What type of interval is created between the notes C and G?

Accepted Answer

Perfect fifth

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Augmented fourth

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Major third

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Minor sixth

Question 48

Which of the following scales is made up entirely of whole tones?

Accepted Answer

Whole tone scale

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Pentatonic scale

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Minor scale

Question 49

Which of the following scales is symmetrical?

Accepted Answer

Octatonic scale

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Minor scale

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Pentatonic scale

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Major scale

Question 50

Which interval represents the smallest distance between two notes?

Accepted Answer

Minor second

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Perfect fifth

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Major second

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Octave

Question 51

What is the order of whole and half steps in the major scale?

Accepted Answer

W-W-H-W-W-W-H

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W-H-W-W-H-W-W

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W-W-W-H-W-H-W

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H-W-W-H-W-W-H

Question 52

In the C major scale, which note is a perfect fifth above C?

Accepted Answer

G

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F

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A

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D

Question 53

Which of the following scales uses only the white keys on the piano?

Accepted Answer

C Major

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G Major

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A Minor

Question 54

A major third is an interval that contains how many half steps?

Accepted Answer

4

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5

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2

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3

Question 55

Which scale is formed by playing all the white keys on a piano?

Accepted Answer

C Major scale

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Blues scale

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Minor Pentatonic scale

Question 56

Which of the following intervals is considered consonant?

Accepted Answer

Perfect Fifth

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Major Seventh

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Minor Second

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Tritone

Question 57

What is the interval between the notes C and E?

Accepted Answer

Major Third

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Perfect Fourth

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Minor Third

Question 58

A minor scale differs from a major scale in its use of which interval?

Accepted Answer

Third

Answer

Root

Answer

Octave

Answer

Fifth

Question 59

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a major scale?

Accepted Answer

A minor third interval between the root and the third degree

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A major second interval between the root and the second degree

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A perfect fifth interval between the root and the fifth degree