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| Semitones | Minor, major, or perfect intervals | Short | Simple Equivalent | Augmented or diminished intervals | Short | Widely used alternative names | Short | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Perfect unison | 1P | Diminished second | 2d | ||||
| 1 | Minor second | 2m | Augmented unison | 1A | Semitone, half tone, half step | S | ||
| 2 | Major second | 2M | Diminished third | 3d | Tone, whole tone, whole step | T | ||
| 3 | Minor third | 3m | Augmented second | 2A | ||||
| 4 | Major third | 3M | Diminished fourth | 4d | ||||
| 5 | Perfect fourth | 4P | Augmented third | 3A | ||||
| 6 | Diminished fifth | 5d | Tritone | TT | ||||
| Augmented fourth | 4A | |||||||
| 7 | Perfect fifth | 5P | Diminished sixth | 6d | ||||
| 8 | Minor sixth | 6m | Augmented fifth | 5A | ||||
| 9 | Major sixth | 6M | Diminished seventh | 7d | ||||
| 10 | Minor seventh | 7m | Augmented sixth | 6A | ||||
| 11 | Major seventh | 7M | Diminished octave | 8d | ||||
| 12 | Perfect octave | 8P | Augmented seventh | 7A | ||||
| Diminished ninth | 9d | |||||||
| 13 | Minor ninth | 9m | Minor second (2m) | Augmented octave | 8A | |||
| 14 | Major ninth | 9M | Major second (2M) | Diminished tenth | 10d | |||
| 15 | Minor tenth | 10m | Minor third (3m) | Augmented ninth | 9A | |||
| 16 | Major tenth | 10M | Major third (3M) | Diminished eleventh | 11d | |||
| 17 | Perfect eleventh | 11P | Perfect fourth (4P) | Augmented tenth | 10A | |||
| 18 | Diminished fifth (5d) / Augmented fourth (4A) | Diminished twelfth | 12d | |||||
| Augmented eleventh | 11A | |||||||
| 19 | Perfect twelfth or Tritave | 12P | Perfect fifth (5P) | Diminished thirteenth | 13d | |||
| 20 | Minor thirteenth | 13m | Minor sixth (6m) | Augmented twelfth | 12A | |||
| 21 | Major thirteenth | 13M | Major sixth (6M) | Diminished fourteenth | 14d | |||
| 22 | Minor fourteenth | 14m | Minor seventh (7m) | Augmented thirteenth | 13A | |||
| 23 | Major fourteenth | 14M | Major seventh (7M) | Diminished fifteenth | 15d | |||
| 24 | Perfect fifteenth or Double octave | 15P | Perfect octave (8P) | Augmented fourteenth | 14A | |||
| 25 | Minor second (2m) | Augmented fifteenth | 15A |