G# to B?

Hi Rosie

I have a solution to help finding out intervals,i could never do them till my teacher showed me a way!!!
It is helpful if u dont get confused with what im writin!So here goes!

First- you always treat the lower note as the tonic of the major key
2nd-find out the key signature for that scale
3rd-see what the major interval would be first then alter it like so: if the upper note of a major or perfect interval is raised asemitone then it becomes augmented.
if the upper note of a minor interval is raised a semitone it becomes major
if the upper note of a perfect or minor interval is lowered a semitone then it becomes diminished
and finally!if the upper note of a major interval is lowered a semitone it becomes minor

So to your question G#-b

There is no G#major scale so take it as G major.
B would be the 10th note of the major scale so that would be a major 10th BUT the G is a G# so the interval has been made smaller therefore i believe it to be a minor 10th.

Hope you can understand this if not let me know and i will try and simplify it, also if any1 disagrees with this plz let me know!!

Hope it helps

Nat xx

Hello,

What do you mean there is no g# major scale, of course there is :S It is the same as Ab major scale.

The interval g#- B is a minor 3rd.

This is because if you count the semitones between G# and B there are 4 and that means its a minor 3rd. Also if you know the G# minor or Ab minor scale then if you go to the third note up in the scale it will be B.

Hope this Helps

Fae
Sheilz

QUOTE

i believe it to be a minor 10th.

A minor 10th???

QUOTE (Sheilz001 @ Feb 26 2004, 08:11 PM)

Hello, What do you mean there is no g# major scale, of course there is :S It is the same as Ab major scale.

Hi sorry for the misunderstanding!! I know there is a g# major scale but that has a lot of sharps in it so it would be easier to take ie as Gmajor.
I have said it is a minor 10th not 3rd because I read in another post by Rosie that she meant the higher B not the lower one(hope that makes sense!)

hope you understand me now!!!!

Nat

Hi all,

I work out intervals in a similar way to Natalie too. But I may be able to make it a bit more simple.

Always take the note as the Tonic in this case G (forget the # for the moment )
G - B is 3 intervals so it is going to be an x 3rd
G major - the G and the B is natural in the scale (G - so indicating a major3rd.
This is where u include the sharp which makes the interval a minor 3rd.

Basically my teacher says always treat it as a major first, look at any sharps or flats and see whether it is major, minor, perfect etc

Hope that makes sense

Fiona

I think people are getting confused with what im trying to say. Yes G# to B is a minor 3rd but I read in another of Rosie's post(quite a while ago) that she meant the B an octave higher, which would then make it a minor 10th.
Have I made things a bit clearer now!!!

Nat