The melodic elements of these songs are what you should use to learn the intervals. Some are a bit obscure - sorry but I have tried to pick the most well know tracks I could find but some are pretty rare and don't have many songs with those intervals. The first song listed is the one that I use, but feel free to make up your own - you don't have to use these songs, but they make a good starting point if you can't think of a tune yourself.

 

Ascending Intervals

Name	Short	Song Reference
Unison	U	It's the same note! One Note Samba (Jazz standard)
Minor 2nd	b2	Jaws Theme (dah -dum)
Major 2nd	2	Happy Birthday Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Minor 3rd	b3	First two notes of Smoke On The Water riff Greensleaves Axel F (The annoying frog thing)
Major 3rd	3	Oh When The Saints Go Marching In Blue Danube
Perfect 4th	4	Here Comes The Bride (Wedding March) Auld Lang Syne
Diminished 5th Tritone Augmented 4th	b5	The Simpsons Theme Tune ("the simp-sons") Maria (from the musical)
Perfect 5th	5	Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Star Wars Theme Song
Minor 6th	b6	Black Orpheus (Jazz Standard) The Entertainer (3rd and 4th notes) Without Me (Eminem) - chorus riff Atomic (Blondie) - guitar riff
Major 6th	6	My Way - And now... the end is near
Minor 7th	b7	Star Trek Theme Tune Somewhere (from West Side Story)
Major 7th	7	Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) Vocal riff goes root, octave and then down to the Major 7th. Some-where Over The Rainbow (first and 3rd melody notes)
Octave	8ve	Some-where Over The Rainbow

 

Descending Intervals

Name	Short	Song Reference
Unison	U	It's the same note! One Note Samba (Jazz standard)
Minor 2nd	b2	Beethovens 'Fur Elise'
Major 2nd	2	Yesterday My Sharona (main hook)
Minor 3rd	b3	Hey Jude Misty (Jazz Standard)
Major 3rd	3	Summertime (Jazz Standard)
Perfect 4th	4	Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Diminished 5th Tritone Augmented 4th	b5	First two notes from the Primus song "John The Fisherman" I know it's rare one but it's all I got!! ;)
Perfect 5th	5	Perfect Cadence (final classical ending) Flintstones Theme Song
Minor 6th	b6	Hey Joe - bass riff at the end
Major 6th	6	Hey-Girl Don't Bother Me Body and Soul (Jazz Standard) Crazy (Country Standard)
Minor 7th	b7	Watermelon Man (Jazz Standard) Take The A-Train (melody jump in Bar 3)
Major 7th	7	???
Octave	8ve	Willow Weep For Me (Jazz Standard)