Interval Name Unison Semitones +0 Major Key 1 Chord Quality Major Major Key Chord Motion 2 Minor Minor Second +1 3 Minor Major Second +2 4 Major Minor Third +3 5 Major 6 Minor Major Third +4 7 Diminished Perfect Fourth +5 Tritone +6 Minor Key Chord Quality 1 Minor Perfect Fifth +7 2 Diminished Minor Sixth +8 3 Major Major Sixth +9 Minor Key Chord Motion 4 Minor Minor Seventh +10 5 Minor Major Seventh +11 6 Major Octave +12 7 Major
Chord Formulas Diatonic Seventh Chords
Major Key Seventh Chord Quality Chord Name Formula 1 Major Seventh Major 1-3-5 2 Minor Seventh Minor 1-b3-5 3 Minor Seventh Diminished 1-b3-b5 4 Major Seventh Sus2 1-2-5 5 Dominant Seventh Sus4 1-4-5 6 Minor Seventh Augmented 1-4-5# 7 Half Diminished Seventh Popular Major Progressions Popular Minor Progressions Major Seventh 1-3-5-7 • I - V - vi - IV • i - VI - VII Minor Key Seventh Chord Quality Minor Seventh 1-b3-5-b7 • I - IV - V • i - III - iv - v 1 Minor Seventh Dominant Seventh 1-3-5-b7 • I - vi - IV - V • i - VI - III - VII 2 Half Diminished Seventh Half Diminished Seventh 1-b3-b5-b7 • I - vi - ii - V • i - v - VI 3 Major Seventh • I - V - vi - iii - IV • i - iv - v 4 Minor Seventh • I - iii - IV - V • VI - iv - v - i 5 Minor Seventh 6 Major Seventh 7 Dominant Seventh