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GBHS Marching Band 2008: Pandora's Box Programs

Songs for Interval Recognition

The below table puts together several interval tables from the internet and my own findings. The ones in bold are the ones that I find most helpful and that I use the most. Whichever song you're most familiar with will be the best for you, though.



Song Ascending Interval Descending Interval
m2
  • Jaws
  • Jailhouse Rock (opening chords)
  • Washington Post March
  • Fur Elise
  • Joy to the World
M2
  • Happy Birthday
  • Silent Night
  • Lord of the Rings Theme
  • My Girl
  • Mary had a Little Lamb
m3
  • What Child is This/Greensleeves
  • Medea's Dance of Vengeance (Part III of GBHS 2008 Show) (written an A2)
  • So Long, Farewell (Sound of Music...)
  • Jesus Loves Me
  • Star Spangled Banner
  • Peter Gunn (not the bass line at the beginning)
  • Hey Jude
M3
  • Marine's Hymn ("From the Halls of Montezuma...")
  • Oh When the Saints
  • Sweet Hour of Prayer
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • Symphony #5 (Beethoven)
  • Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me
P4
  • Auld Lang Syne
  • Here Comes the Bride
  • Amazing Grace
  • Taps
  • Anthropology
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad
TT
  • The Simpsons
 Any Suggestions?
P5
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Star Wars
  • Twinkle, Twinkle
  • The Flintstones
  • Minuet in G
  • It Don't Mean a Thing
m6
  • The Entertainer (notes 3 and 4)
  • Duke of Alba (motif)
M6
  • It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
  • NBC Jingle
 Hoping this one isn't on the AP Test...
m7
  • Star Trek. You nerd.
M7
PO
  • Salt Peanuts (the Salt Peanut Part)
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow

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