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An INTERVAL is a measurement of the distance in pitch between two notes. There are two parts to any INTERVAL name: the numerical value and the quality.
Let's first look and the numerical value of an INTERVAL. The numerical name is a measurement of how far apart the notes are on the staff. When determining the distance between two notes:
The resulting number is the numerical value of the INTERVAL. POINT AT EACH STEP in above example to understand more how to determine the numerical value of the INTERVAL.
