Here’s a list I created for myself to use as references that I gathered from various online sources which served my memory best (purely chose what resonates with me in some shape or form/connection-based).
HANDY INTERVAL HINTS
Identifying ascending/descending intervals by associating them with popular movies, shows, and songs:
Minor 2nd (Ascending) - Jaws main theme (first 2 notes of the melody)
Minor 2nd (Descending) - Jurrasic Park main theme (first 2 notes of the melody)
Major 2nd (Ascending) - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf (Non, rien de rien)
Major 2nd (Descending) - Enter Sandman by Metallica (main interval of the repeating riff)
Minor 3rd (Ascending) - Mad World by Gary Jules (1st & 3rd notes of the melody)
Minor 3rd (Descending) - They Don't Care About Us by Michael Jackson (first 2 notes of the melody)
Major 3rd (Ascending) - Oh When The Saints Go Marching In (Oh When The Saints Go Marching In)
Major 3rd (Descending) - “Man In The Mirror” by Michael Jackson (I'm gon-na make a change)
Perfect 4th (Ascending) - Rolling in the Deep by Adele (I could have had it all)
Perfect 4th (Descending) - Born Free (movie theme) (first 2 notes of the chorus)
Tritone/Augmented 4th/Diminished 5th (Ascending) - Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson (main interval of repeating riff from E♭to A)
Tritone/Augmented 4th/Diminished 5th (Descending) - Toxicity by SOAD (Between the sacred silence and sleep)
Perfect 5th (Ascending) - Star Wars main theme (first 2 notes of the melody)
Perfect 5th (Descending) - Game of Thrones main theme (first 2 notes of the melody)
Minor 6th (Ascending) - Without Me by Eminem (first 2 notes of the chorus riff)
Minor 6th (Descending) - Yeah x 3 by Usher (repetitive synth tune, second wide interval. It goes p5, then minor 6th)
Major 6th (Ascending) - Nocturne op.9 No.2 by Chopin (first two notes in the melody)
Major 6th (Descending) - Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson (“I’m starting with the man in the mirror” (major 6th interval between first two words)
Minor 7th (Ascending) - Pure Imagination by Gene Wilder (Come with me and you'll be)
Minor 7th (Descending) - Pure Imagination by Gene Wilder - 'Reversed' (me with Come and you'll be)
Major 7th (Ascending) - “Pure Imagination” by Gene Wilder - 'Reversed' (“Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.”)
Major 7th (Descending) - All By Myself by Celine Dion (All by myself, Don't wanna be, All by my-self, Anymore)
Octave (Ascending) - My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion (Near, far, where-ever you are)
Octave (Descending) - My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion 'Reversed' (Near, far, where-ever you are)
Minor 9th (Ascending) - Killing in the Name of by Rage Against The Machine (first 2 notes of the bassline going from 'd' above an octave to 'e')
Minor 9th (Descending) - Killing in the Name of by Rage Against The Machine 'Reversed' (first 2 notes of the bassline going from 'e' down an octave to 'd')
HANDY INTERVAL HINTS
Identifying ascending/descending intervals by associating them with popular movies, shows, and songs:
Minor 2nd (Ascending) - Jaws main theme (first 2 notes of the melody)
Minor 2nd (Descending) - Jurrasic Park main theme (first 2 notes of the melody)
Major 2nd (Ascending) - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien by Edith Piaf (Non, rien de rien)
Major 2nd (Descending) - Enter Sandman by Metallica (main interval of the repeating riff)
Minor 3rd (Ascending) - Mad World by Gary Jules (1st & 3rd notes of the melody)
Minor 3rd (Descending) - They Don't Care About Us by Michael Jackson (first 2 notes of the melody)
Major 3rd (Ascending) - Oh When The Saints Go Marching In (Oh When The Saints Go Marching In)
Major 3rd (Descending) - “Man In The Mirror” by Michael Jackson (I'm gon-na make a change)
Perfect 4th (Ascending) - Rolling in the Deep by Adele (I could have had it all)
Perfect 4th (Descending) - Born Free (movie theme) (first 2 notes of the chorus)
Tritone/Augmented 4th/Diminished 5th (Ascending) - Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson (main interval of repeating riff from E♭to A)
Tritone/Augmented 4th/Diminished 5th (Descending) - Toxicity by SOAD (Between the sacred silence and sleep)
Perfect 5th (Ascending) - Star Wars main theme (first 2 notes of the melody)
Perfect 5th (Descending) - Game of Thrones main theme (first 2 notes of the melody)
Minor 6th (Ascending) - Without Me by Eminem (first 2 notes of the chorus riff)
Minor 6th (Descending) - Yeah x 3 by Usher (repetitive synth tune, second wide interval. It goes p5, then minor 6th)
Major 6th (Ascending) - Nocturne op.9 No.2 by Chopin (first two notes in the melody)
Major 6th (Descending) - Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson (“I’m starting with the man in the mirror” (major 6th interval between first two words)
Minor 7th (Ascending) - Pure Imagination by Gene Wilder (Come with me and you'll be)
Minor 7th (Descending) - Pure Imagination by Gene Wilder - 'Reversed' (me with Come and you'll be)
Major 7th (Ascending) - “Pure Imagination” by Gene Wilder - 'Reversed' (“Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.”)
Major 7th (Descending) - All By Myself by Celine Dion (All by myself, Don't wanna be, All by my-self, Anymore)
Octave (Ascending) - My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion (Near, far, where-ever you are)
Octave (Descending) - My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion 'Reversed' (Near, far, where-ever you are)
Minor 9th (Ascending) - Killing in the Name of by Rage Against The Machine (first 2 notes of the bassline going from 'd' above an octave to 'e')
Minor 9th (Descending) - Killing in the Name of by Rage Against The Machine 'Reversed' (first 2 notes of the bassline going from 'e' down an octave to 'd')
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May 22, 2023