Getting Started with Intervals | Major and Perfect Intervals | Intervals in Music Part 1

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Confused by intervals in music? We are going to start with the basics. I’ll tell you what an interval is and how we think about them. We’ll talk about various names for our intervals AND get you playing them today by showing you some patterns on the bass and guitar fretboards.

🎧LESSON INDEX

0:00 Lesson Intro
0:28 What’s an Interval?
2:01 How We Measure
3:56 Common Names
6:16 Fancy Names
9:53 Reviewing the Rules
11:21 Fretboard Patterns
16:29 Why We Learn Intervals
18:34 Homework and Practice Advice

💡 LESSON TOPICS

♪ Think of an interval as a “distance” between 2 notes - we can see this easily on the piano
♪ A "half step" is the distance from one note to the next (1 fret or piano key)
♪ A “whole step” is the distance of 2 consecutive notes
♪ Half steps and whole steps are our basic building blocks for making larger intervals
♪ The interval, or distance, is always measured going up from scale degree 1
♪ Intervals 2 through 7 are commonly called “2nd, 3rd, 4th,” etc.
♪ The interval from 1 to 8 is called an "octave"
♪ A "unison" is a distance of zero (it's the same note played twice)
♪ 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths from the major scale are all called “major”
♪ 4ths, 5ths, and octaves from the major scale are always called “perfect”
♪ When naming intervals, the qualifier always goes before the number, like “major 3rd” or “perfect 5th”
♪ Don’t mix and match! There’s no such thing as a “perfect 2nd” or a “major 5th”
♪ Homework: play through and say each of your intervals to learn them by name and by shape. Play from “1” to each scale degree separately, naming each interval as you go.

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📝DOCUMENTS

🔵 Intervals - Major and Perfect


🔵 Interval Shapes on the Fretboard - Major and Perfect


🔵 Interval in Music - All the Rules


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