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.

It's VERY important that the songs you choose as references for each interval are songs you know very well. If there is a song you don't know so well, listen to it on repeat for a few hours and work it into your ears.

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) Isn't She Lovely (Steve Wonder) Pink Panther Theme Tune
Major 2nd	2	Happy Birthday Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Silent Night (Xmas song) Frere Jacques The Major Scale (first 2 notes) EastEnders (BBC Soap)
Minor 3rd	b3	Greens leaves Axel F (The annoying frog thing) First two notes of Smoke On The Water riff (Deep Purple) Georgia On My Mind (Ray Charles)
Major 3rd	3	Oh When The Saints Go Marching In Major Arpeggio (common in vocal exercises) Blister in the Sun (Violent Femmes) Blue Danube Ob-la-di Ob-la-da (The Beatles) While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night Kumbaya
Perfect 4th	4	Auld Lang Syne Here Comes The Bride (Wedding March) Amazing Grace Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
Diminished 5th Triton Augmented 4th	b5	The Simpson's Theme Tune ("the simp-sons") Maria (from the musical)
Perfect 5th	5	Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Star Wars Theme Song One (Metallica) intro riff Baa Baa Black Sheep Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis)
Minor 6th	b6	Black Orpheus (Jazz Standard) The Entertainer (3rd and 4th notes) Without Me (Eminem) - chorus riff
Major 6th	6	My Way - And now... the end is near (Frank Sinatra) Hush Little Baby (nursery rhyme, first two notes) Angels (Robbie Williams, the first 2 notes I Sit and wait) My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean (traditional) Take The A-Train (Duke Ellington) For He's A Jolly Good Fellow
Minor 7th	b7	Star Trek Theme Tune Somewhere (from West Side Story)
Major 7th	7	Take On Me (A-Ha) Somewhere Over The Rainbow (first and 3rd melody notes) Don't Know Why (Nora Jones)
Octave	8ve	Some-where Over The Rainbow Blue Bossa (Jazz Standard) Singing In The Rain (Musical) My Sharona (The Knack) The main riff!

Descending Intervals

Name	Short	Song Reference
Unison	U	It's the same note! One Note Samba (Jazz standard)
Minor 2nd	b2	Fur Elise (Beethoven) Major Scale (descending) Joy to the World (Christmas) Stella By Starlight (Jazz Standard)
Major 2nd	2	Yesterday (The Beatles) Mary Had A Little Lamb Freddie Freeloader (Miles Davis) Suicide Is Painless (M.A.S.H. Theme)
Minor 3rd	b3	Hey Jude Misty (Jazz Standard) Frosty The Snowman (Xmas) This Old Man
Major 3rd	3	Summertime (Jazz Standard) Giant steps (John Coltrane / Jazz Standard) Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me (Childrens song)
Perfect 4th	4	Oh Come All Ye Faithful Born Free (Movie Theme)
Diminished 5th Tritone Augmented 4th	b5	John The Fisherman (Primus) First two notes of the riff YYZ - Rush (the intro riff) Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath) 2nd to 3rd note.
Perfect 5th	5	Perfect Cadence (final classical ending) Flintstone's Theme Song Superman Theme It Don't Mean A Thing (Duke Ellington / Jazz Standard)
Minor 6th	b6	Love Story (Movie Theme) Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) bass riff at the end
Major 6th	6	Crazy (Country Standard) Body and Soul (Jazz Standard) Weaver Of Dreams (Jazz Standard)
Minor 7th	b7	Watermelon Man (Jazz Standard) Take The A-Train (melody jump in Bar 3)
Major 7th	7	I Love You (Cole Porter / Jazz Standard) Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) Vocal riff goes root, 8ve and then down to the Major 7th.
Octave	8ve	Willow Weep For Me (Jazz Standard)