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Using melodic names, interval arithmetic is done using a simple trick: first reverse everything, then perform normal arithmetic, then reverse everything again. Reversing means exchanging major for minor, aug for dim, and sharp for flat. Perfect and natural are unaffected. Examples:
Using melodic names, interval arithmetic is done using a simple trick: first reverse everything, then perform normal arithmetic, then reverse everything again. Reversing means exchanging major for minor, aug for dim, and sharp for flat. Perfect and natural are unaffected. Examples:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|initial question
!initial question
|reverse everything
!reverse everything
|do the math
!do the math
|reverse again
!reverse again
|-
|-
|M2 + M2
|M2 + M2