Visual interval practice

Sight Reading Interval Trainer

Read two notes on the treble staff and name the interval. Each interval is practised both up and down, with weaker intervals returning more often.

What is the interval?

Accuracy by interval

Upward and downward examples are combined. Weakest first, strongest last; intervals you have not answered yet appear at the end.

How the sight reading interval trainer works

Two notes appear on a treble staff. Choose whether the second note moves up or down, and name the interval quality. The practice deck uses natural notes from C major, and includes minor and major seconds, thirds, sixths and sevenths, perfect fourths, fifths and octaves, plus the augmented fourth and diminished fifth. Each interval has several note examples. Missed answers return more often, and your accuracy is stored in this browser.

Why recognise intervals when reading guitar music?

Reading the distance between notes helps you see melodic shape instead of treating every note as an isolated position. On guitar, the same interval can appear in more than one place on the fretboard, so recognising “up a minor third” or “down a fifth” gives you a useful musical relationship to find under your fingers. This trainer focuses on visual note reading; it does not play sounds or test interval ear training.

Practise individual staff notes with the Note Identification Trainer, review major thirds and perfect fifths with the Major Third & Perfect Fifth Trainer, or apply harmony shapes on guitar with the Guitar Triad Trainer.