How musical intervals and emotions are connected.
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- How to build most musical intervals, and what emotions are evoked by each of them.
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Minor 2nd= 1 half step/0.5 whole steps; evil, ominous, dangerous, mysterious; e.g., Jaw's Theme
Major 2nd= 2 half steps/1 whole step; floaty and neutral, often used as a passing interval; e.g., 1st interval in "Happy Birthday"
Minor 3rd= 3 half steps/1.5 whole steps; sad and emotional; e.g., 1st interval in "Greensleeves"/"What Child is This"
Major 3rd= 4 half steps/1.5 whole steps; Happy and Up beat; e.g., 2nd interval in "Hedwig's Theme"
Perfect 4th= 5 half steps/2.5 whole steps; triumphant and victorious; e.g., 1st interval in "Here comes the Bride"
Tri-Tone= 6 half steps/3 whole steps; magical, other-worldly, dark, and dangerous (often avoided); e.g., 1st and 2nd note in "The Simpsons"
Perfect 5th= 7 half steps/3.5 whole steps; cheerful, stable, heroic, majestic; 2nd interval in "Star Wars"
Minor 6th= 8 half steps/4 whole steps; sadness, anguish, gut wrenchingly emotional; e.g., Padme's love theme from Star Wars
Major 6th= 9 half steps/4.5 whole steps; sweeter, happier, more romantic version of minor 6th; e.g., "NBC chimes"
Minor 7th= 10 half steps/5 whole; hard to define, ambiguous, mourning, longing
Major 7th= 11 half steps/5.5 whole steps; dramatic! more positive version of minor 7th
Octave= 12 half steps/6 whole steps; clean and stable, Powerful and light.
Intervals and Emotions they Evoke:
Minor 2nd (+1) - clashing, dangerous, mysterious; Jaws theme
Major 2nd (+2) - passing interval, floaty; Happy Birthday
Minor 3rd (+3) - sad, emotional ; Greensleeves
Major 3rd (+4) - Happy; hedwig's theme?
Perfect 4th (+5) - triumphant, drone, ambiguous; Here Comes the Bride
Tritone (+6) - clashing, tense, magical, otherworlds; Simpsons Theme
Perfect 5th (+7) - majestic, stable, powerful;Star wars
Minor 6th (+8) - emotional, sad romantic; Star Wars Love theme
Major 6th (+9) - cheerful, romantic, NBC chimes
Minor 7th (+10) - ambiguous, mourning, (no example)
Major 7th (+11) - tense, positive, longing, nostalgic; (no example)
Octave (+12) - strength, powerful
Minor seventh can be found in ‘There’s a place for us’ from west side story
I searched for "intervals and emotions" and this was the second video and it was EXACTLY the kind of thing I was looking for! Great job, very helpful, and thanks very much for making it!
I was really surprised to see how little views and subscribers you have! I see your videos were uploaded about a month ago and I hope you haven't given up. I took a look at your Ghibli one, too. You explain well and it's evident that you put work into them and care into organizing them to be as clear to understand as possible. I think it's good quality stuff and it's such a shame that you haven't got the attention you deserve yet. Don't give up! Try to perhaps advertise yourself more to get more traffic, I can tell you have knowledge that if you could share would be helpful to people. The only thing I can think of that might be a more helpful strategy is to maybe make your videos shorter and more summarized? But yeah, I feel like it's good stuff, but it just somehow doesn't get to the public. (Maybe you should use more hashtags or post a link to your video on reddit or somewhere that maybe people could see it. Or music forums and places like that).
It's often rare that I find the exact kind of video I'm looking for and I'm glad the youtube search let me get to this, instead of shoving more viewed, but less closely related videos in my face.
Thanks for your kind support and feedback! I have definetly not given up, I'm just in the middle of moving, so I haven't had time to work on any videos. Are there any other topics you think would be helpful? Or that you'd like to see in a video?
TableTop Composer You're welcome and Oh, I see, good luck with the moving! :) As for topics, there is actually something that interests me and I wasn't able to find a video about it. I'm not sure I'll explain it well, but I'll try.
It has to do with intervals again, but with focus on the relationships between them and how the combination of interval X, followed by interval Y feels and where it leads? As in how differently the "journey" would feel/sound depending on the interval you choose for Z? Or something like that...
I really liked when you mentioned that the major 2nd is used as a sort of passing interval and to "smooth things out" usually and am curious to find similarly useful uses for the other intervals as well.
I play the piano and have a personal tutor and I know some music theory, but I haven't studied it at a super indepth level, I would say. (I guess I know enough for most of my musical needs). I also like to try to make my own pieces sometimes, but I most of all improvise. And in my improvisations I use the T S D chords and their iterations, random rhytms I feel etc. and the melodies are mostly just guided by where my fingers feel like going and it usually sounds decent and even pretty good when I get inspired and suddenly find some good key combinations and rhytms. But I've also noticed that sometimes as I am playing, I can hear in my head where I want the melody to go, but I don't manage to always get/find the right interval or chord that I need. (and so the improvisation goes in a different direction than i imagined and intended but i go along with it, because usually i don't stop suddenly and also don't want to loose the "groove" in a way?)
And other times I play exactly what I'm looking for. But since I've been playing for years now and I warm up before my lessons with an improvisation, I have quite a bit of them under my belt and I can notice the similarities in my approach.
I think it's mostly the fact that I have a few intervals and chords I'm more sure in and know I can trust, and I mostly just play it safe and it can get kind of boring to me. Because if I play a very random chord it usually sounds out of place and can interrupt the whole thing...
Sorry if I don't make much sense :D But if you have any more tips like the one with the major 2nd I think it would be very cool and useful. And also maybe something about harmony in general, but maybe mostly with examples of principles that work well, or ways in which you can generally make something more harmonized. And something about the interval relationships/uses I was talking about earlier.
@@ChildOfTheSmoke thanks for the input! There are definitely a few tricks that I think can help you out. I'll start releasing videos again in September, and plan on focusing a bit more on melody and harmony. One tip for exploring different chords and harmonies, is that most chords can be substituted for the diatonic chord two before or two after them. For example, if C major is you Major 1st chord, it can likely be substituted for with E minor (two chords after C major) or A minor (two chords before C major), this is because they share 2/3rds of their notes (Amin and Cmaj both share C and E, while Cmaj and Emin both share E and G). Substituting your chords like this can help you bring your harmony in new and exciting directions. You can also try out extended harmonies (I give a brief explanation in the Ghibli chord Video).In the mean time just keep doing what you're doing! improvising is a fantastic way to develop your skill set!
Agreee agree !!
im sooo curious because i just cover remake Schiendler's list and wonder, why is the melody is feel soo desperate, especialy in the last notes he wrote F6 - E6 - D6 - B6 - D7 - F6 - E6 - then jump out to G#7 to A7 as a leading tone, i believe John william use lots of minor intervals , and that feel soo sad !
And this video explain everything i want to know ! thank you @TableTop Composer for sharing this.
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If you want to take a look at my cover of Schiendler's list using FL studio and berlin inspire , please check it on my Ig : instagram.com/p/BzzEfGfnxS4/
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Thank you for the description!
Another great vid, thanks a lot!
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Great video. Thanks!
This was everything I needed and more, thanks a lot !!
thank you very much for the video!
Excellent video! I'm gonna check out the next one!
An example of the octave would be "SOME WHERE over the rain BOW! WAY..."
With a bit of practice and learning this actually helped me level up my melody game a lot, thanks!
Great video, thanks
Love the video thanks!
This is so good!!
Well done! Clearly explained and illustrated. Very useful. Thank you.
your channel makes me excited with music when the days are sad, very thanks bro
Finally a helpful video 🙏🏻 Thankyou, keep up the good work 💪🏻
Thanks so much for this. Getting started with composition so this is an invaluable resource
very helpful my friend. thank you for uploading
From the thumbnail to the explanation, this video was EXTREMELY helpful. Thank you!
This is great. I wanted to understand how to convey emotion didn't even know all this magical stuff was termed as intervals. Thanks man.
It is exciting to become aware of this once again at this level. When you go from the octave to the tonic, the emotions changes in other directions. That means, that usually every tone in a scale offers different emotions in relation to each other. Very inspiring. :-)
What you call the minor 7th interval is also the keystone of the Dominant 7th chord frequently used in the V position of the ubiquitous I-IV-V chord progression. Thank you for this fine presentation!
Fantastic video in terms of knowledge. But I have one suggestion: update the note in the description with timestamps, so that people can revisit and listen to the example easily.
But anyway, one of the best tut I found in regards to music and emotions.
Do it yourself lazy ass
Very good video ty
Thank you ! its so helping ..
really excited for your upcoming videos ))
i think i recognize your voice.. your voice like my favourite lecture from another channel
I'm glad you like it! I think you have me mistaken though, I don't have any other channels.
this is really usefull thanks a lot
i did look into your other video, holyshit thats a ton of information you gave and a very well laid explanation
thank you so much
Love your very helpful channel especially when you using cubase, thank you very much
Thanks for your videos dude! My favorite one is probably the minor 6th, i love the emotion in it. Thanks for helping me get out of my block, subscribed!
awesome! The minor 6tg is my favorite too! Glad they helped! I've got a new series on orchestration that'll finally be coming out in a bit, just waiting on a buddy of mine to finish editing :)
@@TableTopComposer Thanks, i'll look out for that :).
Very Helpful🔥
dude thx a really good video. helped me understand the feeling I have when I'm trying to find the right note :)
Thanks, taking me to a new toll in music.
I’m not sure that’s a real saying tho :)
Great video. Learned this in AP music in high school and wanted to reflect on it again for songwriting :) but so few videos actually talk about it
Thanks for the great video! I'm starting to learn some music theory mainly for game development and it might help a lot :)
Also, one example I have for the Octave is the 1st interval of *_Once Upon a Time_* by Toby Fox, from the Undertale OST (and it's also worth it to check out "Hopes and Dreams", it's the same leitmotif but another feeling)
Not many people might know this track, but it's awesome just as the whole soundtrack of that game
Thank you for the interesting video. I've got an example for a minor 7th interval. It is in the chorus of the song "the winner takes it all" from abba.
I hear what you're saying and it sounds like exactly what I want and I hope it is
Also a good song for the minor 7th is Christopher Larkin's City of Tears. It occurs a few notes into the melody.
Edit:spelling and phrasing.
Nice, thanks for the suggestion! Can't wait to check it out :)
Oh. I actually just put out a track that used a minor 7th interval. I love those bigger intervals, I find them super emotional, especially when using string legatos, it's my weakness. :D
i think a good example of the longing feeling in the major 7th interval could be found in the made in abyss ost, particularly its opening theme
There's a place for us.
There is a mistake. There are no major triads in the beginning of the Hedwig's theme, by the way you yourself were playing minor triad =) (c - e flat). Thank you for the video anyway!
Oops, that's my bad. Thanks for letting me know. I'll make sure to try and avoid similar mistakes in the future
@@TableTopComposer Amen
Love the video could You please do another one on the upper structure chords
Minor sevenths come up a lot in blues/boogie woogie, and old soul & r&b too... if you listen to the bass line from "Tramp" by Lowell Fulson, or the Otis Redding/Carla Thomas cover it starts off going up an octave, then back to the root and up again to the minor seventh.
That minor 7th interval is used in the opening bar of Somewhere from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein.
12:17 for the minor 7th, one example is the song "Stay" from Interstellar, composed by Hans zimmer
note : be careful to search listen to "stay" and not "S.T.A.Y." , because it's another song from interstellar.
8va songs: Somewhere over the Rainbow, Starman (Davie Bowie)
"Somewhere" from "Westside Story" starts with a minor 7th interval
That was my first thought as well. Are you old too?😆
Minor 7th... Star Trek (original) - Octave... Somewhere over the Rainbow
Isn’t over the rainbow an octave? Just curious
Awesome thank you have been looking for this! Could you apply the same principal when moving between chords to create similar emotional effects? For example moving from 1 to minor6
Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful! These are more for use in melodic lines, but what you're describing is a concept called chord relationships (CR's) which I happen to have a separate video on :)
TableTop Composer perfect thank you!
I think that I found the minor 7th in the first interval of track by Kaz Balagane- Dobranoc
The minor 7th feels like a king looking down at an ant.
How do you know?
Love how you connect two concepts together to make an interesting and informative video. For the Minor 7th, a sound that stuck out to me was the flute in the Title Theme of Zelda Ocarina of Time. Is that third note a minor 7th? Thank you for the great content!
Thanks! and yes, I believe it is :)
Example for the Octave: Damon Edge - Circle Of Time
Love this video but the audio is a little low. Could use a 6db boost.
Almost all the emotions matched up for me but major 6th, it sounds anxious to me instead
Great video, thanks ! I have a question, is the relationship and emotional feeling between notes the same when you go down in pitch instead of up ?
Try it and feel!
Octave example: First two notes of Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
what if were going downwards
do they still work the same way
Minor 6, theme tune to UK tv show “Black Beauty” if I’m not mistaken.
Octave example: Somewhere Over the Rainbow. 1st two notes, the word "some...where..."
An octave interval's example => Somewhere over the rainbow ;)
Good octave example would be somewhere over the rainbow
great job...does this work on only cmajor scale? what if the interval u wanna use lands on a key that isnt in the scale you're in?
Thanks! Intervals are not key specific, nor are they note specific. All an interval is at the end of the day is a descriptor for the number of semitones between two notes. You can use them in any context :) if you want to use a specific interval that doesn't fit in your key, go for it! There are lots of strategies for using notes from outside of your key. I recommend looking into borrowed chords If you aren't already familiar with them
Hi, thank you for posting. Might I ask, did you use any sources in your making of the video? I am writing a paper and would like any sources you can provide. Thanks!
The Minor 7th interval are the first 2 notes of the Original Star Trek series theme.
u good
I have a begginers question. If you are on the key of C, all white keys, can you use for example, the minor second on a melody or a riff? can you use notes outside of the key? Thanks for the video.
Yes, you can use any note in any key really. It's just that the notes in that key sound more natural and will harmonize more easily with the chords you are probably going to use most of the time. One of the frequent uses of these "off key" notes is as passing tones. That means you are just playing them "on the way" to a note that is in the key your are playing. So for the minor 2nd, you could use it between the root and the major 2nd, or between the major 2nd and the root, and it would sound perfectly fine. When you start getting to advanced stuff you will probably be using these notes all the time, they are often called "chromatic" notes after the chromatic scale which is just the scale of all 12 notes starting on the root of your key. If you want to see in action how you can use any of those notes, look up a video called "No Wrong Notes with Victor Wooten".
So if in all scales the intervals sound the same or convey the same emotion what is the the nuance that lays in using different scales? (C scale, D, scale, E scale etc...).
I dont know
@@vladis4 :')
The different scales are different frequencies with different flavors of the same intervals. Same way you feel about bass and high tones. Frequency dynamics mixed with intervals.
(Bb to Db is a minor 3rd.....)
Hey there, mind if I ask what music program you are using?
Yeah, I've used cubase in all of my videos so far. It's my favorite DAW to work with :)
I always use the original superman theme to demonstrate major sevenths!
ruclips.net/video/78N2SP6JFaI/видео.html
hello tabletop composer :) I am wondering if the interval is the same if I were to go down the instead of up. For example: G3 to F#3 (half step away) is it the same as G3 to F#4 ? Much appreciated for an answer.
Hey, thanks for your patience. I don't check these old videos as frequently as the more recent ones. If I understand your question correctly, the answer is no. F#4 and F#3 are two different notes, separated by an octave. From F#4 to a G3 would be a major 7 interval, since there are 11 half steps between the two. However, if your asking about two identical notes, then the answer is yes. The space between G3 and F#3 will ALWAYS be a minor second, no matter if you start with the F# or the G. Does that answer your question? :)
For me, the best match for an octave interval is "Sweet Child O'mine", the main melodic riff. Works all the time. Good video though!
Edit: In case it's actually helpful to anyone: minor 7 is easily joined with a Dominant 7 chord, while Major 7 goes well with "Take on me".
m7 songs: Star Trek Theme, Somewhere (West Side Story)
Octave ---- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Would the Imperial March have an octave interval?
Hey man, what version of cubase do you use?
Cubase 9.5 pro. I love it! It has a learning curve if you're used to other DAWs but definetly worth it.
drink whenever he sais or writes "longing"
nobody said drink something other than water, stay hydrated ^^
Interval between c3 and g3 is perfect fifth.what about the interval starting from g3 and ending at c3? Is that the same perfect fifth??
Reply please!!!
Good question! Yes, starting on a C3 and moving up to a G3 is a Perfect 5th (P5). If you move back from the same G3 to the original C3, then you're working with the same notes so the interval is the same. However, if you start on the G3 and instead move up to a C4, then you're suddenly working with a new pitch and interval. This time it would be a Perfect forth, since there are less semitones needed to reach a C when moving up from G than moving down. Does that make sense? It's a little tricky to explain it without looking at a keyboard. Basically, anytime you move up from a C to a G it will be a P5, and anytime you move up to a C from a G it's a P4.
@@TableTopComposer and anytime you move from g3 to c3😂?
@@TableTopComposer thanks for the reply😎
My pleasure! And here's just a quick reference just incase you're a visual learner like me!
"C3"- C#3-D3-D#3-E3-F3- F#3- "G3" -G#3- A4- A#4- B4- "C4"
Notice how there are 7 semitones between C3 and G3, but only 5 between G3 and C4.
Hope I was able to help!
Minor seventh : somewhere
Minor Seventh example: I may be wrong but it reminded me the first two notes of Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene n°7's main phrase. Here: ruclips.net/video/5BtnPBEUxc0/видео.html
Minor 7th song willy wonka pure imagination
who needs college when you have youtube to explain this stuff
The minor 7th sounds like an alanis morrisette song. Are you still mad from supposed former infatuation junkie.. but im not sure.. i could be wrong. But it was my frist thought hearing it.
“Each oh that significant intervals ...” (11:10). I do not understand. Are you say there are significant intervals and, also, the not significant ones?
"significant" was probably not the best word I could have used. I meant something more along the lines of "fundamental." There are intervals that go larger than an octave, but they can be simplified to a smaller interval. For example an interval of a major 9 is basically a "major 2 + one octave". There are also micro-tones, but those aren't nearly as common in film or concert music.
you cant use all the 12 intervals in a song... ??? bc then its out of key
The major scale contains more than 12 intervals
i know what you did last summer (simpsons, star wars...)
Hi the content is great but your sound level is awful. Please make sure not to stand too far back or to turn away from the microphone. I had the sound turned up to maximum and could not hear yet I had already listened to several other youtube videos on half volume on my stereo speakers.
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