Natural Note Interval Chart

Take any note in the far left column and move up to the nearest note by the name in any other column. The cell contains the name of the interval formed by those two notes. For example, start with E in the far left column and go up to G in column 6. The cell corresponding to E and G is m3, or a minor third.

	C	D	E	F	G	A	B
C	Unison	M2	M3	P4	P5	M6	M7
D	m7	Unison	M2	m3	P4	P5	M6
E	m6	m7	Unison	m2	m3	P4	P5
F	P5	M6	M7	Unison	M2	M3	Aug4
G	P4	P5	M6	m7	Unison	M2	M3
A	m3	P4	P5	M6	m7	Unison	M2
B	m2	m3	P4	Dim5	m6	m7	Unison

The following table shows the number of half steps that make up each interval (including sharp and flat notes).

Symbol	Name	Number of half steps
m2	Minor 2nd	1
M2	Major 2nd	2
m3	Minor 3rd	3
M3	Major 3rd	4
P4	Perfect 4th	5
Aug4/Dim5	Augmented 4th or diminished 5th	6
P5	Perfect 5th	7
m6	Minor 6th	8
M6	Major 6th	9
m7	Minor 7th	10
M7	Major 7th	11
Octave	Octave	12

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