Create and Identify Musical Intervals (Bass clef)

Interval Building Activity – Create and Identify Musical Intervals (PDF Download)

Help your students confidently recognise, build, and name musical intervals with this hands-on Interval Building Activity, ideal for instrumental lessons, classroom music, music theory tutoring, and graded exam preparation. This interactive resource offers a clear and tactile way for learners to understand how intervals are constructed, including major, minor, perfect, diminished, and augmented intervals from unison up to an octave.

Pupils can build intervals themselves using the note cards, or you can call out an interval for them to find, making it perfect for reinforcing theory knowledge and supporting learners who benefit from visual and practical learning.

What’s Included:

28 note cards covering one octave

From C♭ (C2) to C♯ an octave above

Notes arranged in semitone steps

Includes enharmonic equivalents

12 interval label cards

Interval types: diminished, minor, major, perfect, augmented

Interval sizes: unison to octave

How to Use:

Choose a note card and ask pupils to create the interval above or below.

Or, name an interval (e.g. “minor third”) and have pupils build it using the correct cards.

Works brilliantly in:

Individual instrumental lessons

Group music classes

Theory workshops

Exam preparation sessions

Key Benefits:

Builds a strong understanding of interval construction

Helps students recognise semitone patterns and enharmonic spellings

Supports aural training, notation reading, and theory confidence

Suitable for all instruments and all teaching approaches

Clear, flexible, and easy to integrate into existing lessons

Supplied as a printable PDF for repeated use