This isn’t as easy as it . . . er . . . sounds. Here are some song parts that might help with identifying the specified musical intervals.
This post is a work in progress. I’ll add song part suggestions as I find, test, and deem them useful.
For all of the examples, the specified interval come between the first two words, syllables, or notes in the melody unless otherwise . . . er . . . noted.
Ascending intervals
Major intervals
Major second
- “Do-Re-Mi” (from The Sound of Music)
- “Frère Jacques”
- “Happy Birthday to You”: Hap-py —> birth-day
- “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
- “Silent Night”
- “Strangers In the Night” (Frank Sinatra)
Major third
- “Can’t Buy Me Love” (Beatles)
- “Kumbaya”
- “Michael Row the Boat Ashore”
- “Morning Has Broken”
- chorus of “Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da” (Beatles)
- “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
- “When the Saints Go Marching In”
Perfect fourth
- “Amazing Grace”
- “Auld Lang Syne”
- “El Condor Pasa”
- “Here Comes the Bride” (aka “Bridal Chorus”)
- “O Come, All Ye Faithful” (aka “Adeste Fideles”)
- “Oh Christmas Tree”
- “Love Me Tender”
- chorus of “Sailing, Sailing”
- “Someday My Prince Will Come”: Some —> day my prince will come . . .
- “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
Perfect fifth
- “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Major sixth
- “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean”
- “Jingle Bells” (“Dashing through the snow . . .”)
Major seventh
- “Take On Me” (A-Ha)
- “Don’t Know Why” (Norah Jones)
(Perfect) Octave
- “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
- “Singing in the Rain”
- “There’s No Business Like Show Business”
There’s really nothing useful below this line right now! Working on it . . .
Minor intervals
Major second
Major third
Perfect fourth
Perfect fifth
Major sixth
Major seventh
(Perfect) Octave
Sources:
personal explorations plus
pianoteMETHOD worksheet “Songs & Their Intervals To Listen For”
Songs that will help you identify ascending intervals
https://www.earmaster.com/products/free-tools/interval-song-chart-generator.html