INTERVALS for Guitar -crystal clear and ultimate guide
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- In this guitar lesson you’ll learn all about intervals and why they are so important. Intervals are the building blocks of melodic and harmonic music. We look at all the intervals of the 12 tone equal temperament system that leads to the diatonic system. Get familiar with second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and the octave and all the interesting variation of these intervals and extended intervals like the 9th, 11th and 13th.
By knowing your intervals you can make better melody lines and create beautiful riffs. Break free from a lifetime pattern playing and learn how to benefit from the knowledge of intervals.
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0:00 Introduction
1:06 About intervals
2:42 Intervals of the diatonic system
4:20 Major, minor, augmented and diminished intervals
7:46 Interval shapes on the neck
10:53 Interval inversions
14:57 Parallel intervals
16:23 Extended intervals
17:56 Benefits of learning intervals
21:48 Conclusion
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This video augmented my interval knowledge. It's not yet perfect but no longer is it diminished.
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The MOST mind-blowingly BRILLIANT explanation I've ever seen ANYWHERE!!! Sir, you're a true blessing for every guitar player out there! THANK YOU!
Thank you!
WOW!!!! this made all these scattered pieces of knowledge in my head finally click... thank you!
Wow. So much information! I need to watch this 28 more times
you explained melodic vs. harmonic on the guitar better than anyone ever has - in about a couple of seconds no less
You did it again Mr Rob, another awesome worthy lesson! Thank you so much for al the work and time you invest in this channel!
Best lesson I've seen. Clear, concise, and to the point. Bravo.
Excellent thank you for making this much clearer!
so concise! this is seriously one of your best lessons yet, thankyou!
Great lesson, crystal clear indeed. Thank you
It is clear and by far the best video about intervals! Thank you very much!
Learning the shapes of intervals on the neck is one of the most useful and rewarding things for a guitarist to know, and this video makes it exceptionally clear. Thank you, Rob!
I'll just add for convenience that for inverting an interval inside the octave, instead of memorizing all combinations (some people might actually prefer it though), you only need to subtract its type from 9. For instance, a sixth would invert to a third because 9-6=3. Or a fourth would invert to a fifth because 9-4=5. That solves the problem of type, and as for quality, major inverts to minor and vice-versa, augmented inverts to diminished and vice-versa and perfect just stays perfect.
⚠A word of caution⚠: The following several lines may be tiresome, but they also might be important for people with a frame of mind that likes to understand the consistency of these designations. Some might call this pedantic, but you've been warned. Proceed at your own risk, no refunds for lost time!
Notice that Inverting an interval is simply moving the upper voice to the lower voice (or vice-versa, of course). In particular, the lower note changes. For example, a C-G interval inverts to G-C , so a "C fifth" inverts to a "G fourth", not a "C fourth". Bear this in mind in the next descriptions, as the intervals in the example are all being transposed to a C fundamental.
Ok, so contrarily to the diagram shown later in the video, an augmented fourth inverts to a diminished fifth, not an augmented fourth. Both intervals do sound the same, i.e., they're enharmonic, as you can see in the table at 7:39, but technically a b5 (Gb in the example) would be the correct inversion of a #4 (F#).
That might then beg the question of what's the inversion of the augmented fifth also depicted at the table, and that would be a diminished fourth, b4 (Fb), enharmonic with a major third (E).
Also not mentioned in this table is the interval of first, or unison, which is the interval a note forms with itself, i.e. 0 semitones. A first does not however invert to an octave, the subtraction from 9 rule only applies to intervals "inside" the octave, i.e. from the second to the seventh.
The other interval not mentioned that will actually appear in common chord formation is the diminished seventh (bb7, or Bbb in the example), which is a semitone shorter than the minor seventh. And yes, it would invert to an augmented second #2 (in a C context, that would be D#), enharmonic to the b3 (Eb), although a #2 is very uncommon, unlike its extended version, the augmented (or sharp) ninth #9.
Formally, extended intervals are also perfect/major/minor/diminished/augmented as their "inside" octave counterparts. However, it is true that colloquially one might call them flat/natural/sharp in respect to their perfect or major versions. For instance, one may hear "flat five" referring to b5 (dim 5th), or "sharp ninth" for #9 (aug 9th).
For guitarists? You mean for every musician?
@@aestheticwolf7769 I was referring to the interval shapes on the neck of the guitar as related to the contents of the video. The notion of "interval shape" doesn't translate well to a keyboard or a clarinet, for instance. As for the intervals themselves, I agree nearly every musician could benefit from the knowledge, both in theory as in practice (ear training).
Superb comment. I had never thought of the subtraction from 9, it's a great tool.
@@EdBender Thank you!
Never cease to impress!!
People can't be allergic to music theory when listening you, it's so clear that i can feel being bless xD. That was a masterclass... like always!
Excellent training. Thank you!
Brilliant presentation!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge..
BEST concise and understandable lesson I've EVER seen..!!! Thank you .. obviously I'm subscribing!
Finally found the first useful tutorial on this topic! Thank you so much for sharing :)
Crystal clear and perfect as always. Thank you for such amazingly practical and essential knowledge and insight.
Truefire has a good program too Street Theory or something like that. Really good.
Great lesson. Thanks for sharing. 👊🎸🔥
This is amazing. Well explained. Thank you!
This was incredible 👏
Excellent! So well explained and presented...
Fantastic lesson.❤
Great as always.
as an advanced player, this is THE best explanation i've seen on intervals, thank you
Wow, the first video I've seen from you but it won't be the last. I'm learning the piano, and my daughter loaned me her ukulele. Now I have a baritone uke an just received a 3/4 bass. Trying to learn the circle of fifths on the different fretboards, and to try to "see" the piano on the fretboards. Your discussion was the most intelligent explanation of guitar I've seen.
Merci.
Excellent as always
Excellent presentation!
crystal clear, thank you for the very informative lesson😊😊
Thanks for a great tutorial !
Thank you!! This was great!!
Great exllanation. Great visuals. Amazing lesson
Amazing. Thank you.
Great lesson! Thanks!
I've been looking for a good summary on interval positions along the guitar for some time. Got that and so much more. Very thankful for this video, and very happy that I was subscribed so that I could find it.
superb tutorial.
A lot of good information to process... thanks.. Nice guitar too!
Excellent lesson
Thank you for the lesson sir
I have watched a lot of good theory videos, but this one is even better.
Quite impress for your video. specificaly for the practical examples. I just Subscribed
Excellent!
that's very helpful. thank you
Super lesson 👏🏽
Best lesson ever. Thank you sir
very good video very easy to understand thank you
Thank you. Loved the notion of inverting the interval to swap between a major and minor tonality. Fabulous!
Hi Stuart. Inverting an interval does not swap tonality, but it may swap the interval quality. If the interval is major it becomes minor and vice-versa, for instance. Refer to the video for this, or check the comment I left in here previously.
@@Pedro_MVS_Lima Thank you Pedro. Indeed, I used the wrong term. Quality not tonality. I appreciate your clarification.
Awesome thank you!
thanks! learnt a lot
Great info.
One of the best lessons, may be even the best on CZcams i ever seen. Thanks a lot
Thank you!
Thank you very very much.
*Very interesting sharing!👍🛎 Wish you success!*
Thank you!
VERY GOOD JOB! TAKE CARE.. KB
Amazing video
I’m just going to watch this 100 times until I remember it
Hi, first of all thank u a TON. This one video has helped me more than a lot of other ones on this platform
Secondly, if I'm correct 14:41 here there's am small error in the inverse of a major 3rd you're showing a minor 3rd, it's half a step flat
Another great lesson. I tune in all 4ths I try to just play with intervals. thank you
I'm tuning all 4ths as well!
That was exactly what I needed. Beato's book might as well be in Chinese. Now I am not so confused.
excellent lesson. I need to absorb the shapes of the intervals on the fretboard.
I have subscribed, as I think your style fits me well.
I will add as an aside - the correct spelling is "benefit". 😀
Acabo de ver la luz! 🤘🏻
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
I feel smarter now lol.
thank you so much !
since i understand your modes video it makes "click". this was my missing link for years. Intervals the key to find everything easy like blues notes, or harmonic scale or crazy stuff. dosent matter andy more :) thank u !
This is a great video. I believe it's the best one I've seen in this topic. Thank you for such a clear explanation
If you don't have any knowledge than I will recommend you to watch 1000time this video's.....very advanced and amazing 😢
We levelled down theorywise with reference to other lessons (#diminished portal 😉), but great again, Rob! One question: This major 3rd instead of 4th between G and B generates some confusion and always has to be thought of when navigating the fretboard. Why not tune the guitar in fourth only? EADGCF. Perfect symmetry for pattern transposition and a larger choice for open string pitches... including the C. Whent it was not taken as a standard means that it must have a severe disadvantage, which one is it? I am seriously tempted to tune one guitar this way... Cheers.
Hi Nicolas. Thanks!
About that tuning: hundreds of years ago guitarists came tot the conclusion that the standard tuning EADGBE was the best compromise for paying scales and playing chords, both in a comfortable way. If you would only play scales and licks, then the fourth tuning (EADGCF) would be easier to work with, because of the symmetry. It's interesting to try such a tuning in fourths and some use this tuning all the time...
I am such a slow learner when it comes to music theory..
I get quickly behind.. I've got used to letting the videos play on despite being lost with the hope it'll sink in... It doesn't!
It hasn't stopped me loving making up songs on the guitar and I play drumkit... The shipping forecast on BBC radio 4 is on a few times a day but I don't get it really at all.. Not if my life depended on it. I think a VERY patient guitar teacher is possibly my only hope.
The music I love seems to be simpler throbbing rhythmic stuff like CAN... or frenetic heavy weird stuff like Beefheart.. But I like all sorts like WIRE, Aretha, Bassey, Howling wolf, Joan Armatrading, Lee scratch Perry and on and on... Understanding music theory like intervals, circle of 5ths etc must be a good move.. One day maybe?! I've been playing for nearly 60 bloody years though... The best way is to be in a creative original band with keen musicians with energy and drive.. I have been in several over the years... I want THAT more than to really understand music theory BUT both would be brilliant.. Thanks for this lesson -, although it hasn't sunk in at all -, I get the impression it has helped other(normal) students with less of a blockage.
Like you said, maybe it is a good idea to take a few lessons from a good teacher. This could help you a lot...
Which course do you have that focuses only on arpeggio exercises? This is what I'm interested in. Thanks.
If you visit my e-book shop, you'll find several arpeggio orientated e-books. Maybe you can find something useful...
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Hey Rob, great lesson as always, just wondering if its worthwhile for you to consider starting a series on analysing composition / soloing style of bands and guitarists such as Dream Theater / John Petruci. Believe many of the concepts taugh her will fit nicely into the analysis.
Thanks again for this extremely underrated content!
That could be an good idea Randy...
Really like this Guy. A lot can be learned from him.
hi there, Please upload the backing tracks for practice routine sections(if we want to practice scale arpeggio patterns of 1 key) . I could not find them (for scale arpeggio lesson)
I really like the pictures of the interval within the neck of the guitar. I would like to have something like that at disposal when I was young...
What I always find hard, is when you have the exact interval you want in you head as a sound. But your lazy ass hand have the ultimate urge to go where your most played lick are.
It's look like after 15/20 years of guitar , your playing habit will end up been your worst nightmare.
The best online interval lesson ever! Thanks heaps!
that was a good video. I think that knowing the intervals at all times in every situation makes it useless to learn arpeggios, scales etc. and provides as you say the freedom on the instrument and playing outside of patterns and forms.because you can cosntruct always the notes you want to sound. unfortunately to learn and to practice them in good way it is difficult. how do you suggest to learn the intervals at all times in a not scholar way?
i want to know this aswell
That Overview chart at 10:50, what E-Book is that found in? I have already bought a few of your programs.
This particular overview is note mentioned in any e-book, but you'll find similar diagrams and explanation in the e-book "Intervals for guitar" : qjamtracks.myshopify.com/products/intervals-for-guitar
Amazing! After a year of trying. This video made all clear!🥲
It'll be faster for everyone to not rely on visual. We're making music, not painting. Just get one position from this video, and listen to the interval and figure out the rest. Again listen, there's "sound pattern" if that makes sense. You'll be familiar with it in no time.
You are a great teacher and player thanks so much!!
Just want to point out a couple of missed errors in your charts (B changes to A 07:13) (last Third should be Seventh 19:27) good guide btw thx
Shout out to all the non-guitarists watching this video to learn how to write for guitar!
Do you have also exercises (sheet) for this lesson?
Yes... you can find it here: qjamtracks.myshopify.com
I'm new at playing guitar but find this video intriguing.
I don't quite understand it and will keep watching this until I understand it.
Question... why don't you offer a package where you can get all your books at a special price ? A one time purchase.
I'm confused ... I downloaded the ebook "Interval Practice Routines" support files. In it, I'm told that this supports another ebook titled "Intervals for Guitar." I can't find this title on your website or anywhere else. What am I missing?
Hi Paul,
The ebook 'intervals for guitar' isn't ready yet, but will be published this week.
@@QJamTracks Cool ... thanks!
4:58 so what makes a second?
10:22 Oops, I think there's a graphics error there. That should be "C" not "Cb" on the D string and G string. Otherwise another great lesson.
True. I made a mistake there.
where is the microtonal fretboard link?
What’s the difference between augmented 4th and Diminished 5th?? Apologies for the lame question- I am a beginner and found this part rather confusing
In C major for instance an augmented 4th is a F# (raised F) and a diminished 5th is a Gb (lowered G). Still, both notes are played on the same fret and string. In other words they sound the same, but have different names. This is for theoretical reasons). These two notes are called "enharmonic equal".
@@QJamTracks Makes sense now, thank you so much!!
Wouldn’t you be way better served to study and memorize the intervals of Major,minor and modes vs the enormous task if memorizing 7 positions of every scale of every key? Is my logic sound or flawed forgive me I’m really new to music theory.. anyways thanks great content starting to gravitate to all the German YT guitar teachers for some reason lol
Hi Sean,
I don't know exactly what you mean, but intervals could best be studied as a relative system for all diatonic scales (including the modes), avoiding to learn them over and over again for each key of mode. Moving to other (maybe non-diatonic) scale structures the interval sequence will change due to the structure of the scale. Is that what you mean?
By the way: I'm Dutch ;)
@@QJamTracks yes I meant the difference sequences my bad! Sorry the accents are really close ! Thx for responding
I would be happy to pay 'individually' for the supporting PDFs... rather than having to join patreon
Hi Andrew. That is possible. It will will be published in my e-book shop within days: qjamtracks.myshopify.com
@@QJamTracks Thank you... I often think this would be good when I find an interesting video like this.
I wonder if it might help you too, with the possibility of several smaller sales, where not many would consider commiting straight to patreon.
Andrew
@@Andrew-su9rk Tbh you only commit for a month, you can cancel anytime
During the Bflat interval it shows A not B?
Could be an error...excuse me for this.
@@QJamTracks 😎👍
Can anyone tell me when is this guitar getting popular.. saw it on Syn gates few days ago first time.. looks weird to me
I only trust guitar instruction from someone with some sort of European or British/English accent! It’s proven scientifically they are better teachers than us boring Americans 😂
🧐...😮🤣🤣🤣👍
As a British person, I agree with you about the European part, but not the British part 🤣
the greatest guitarist do come from england
Jimmy Hendrix came from US but went to England then cam back do sorta right. It makes me listen more closely and US is filled with yelling and ranting.
I was just thinking British people bore the shit out of me 🤷♂️
I first learned music on the piano. I would recommended that anyone learning at first should print two octaves of piano layout on a sheet of paper and start there. It's a much better visual aid to really understand what an interval really is, and how chords are visually represented/formed. My 2 cents. Great lesson!
At 12:03 you say G to C is a distance of seven ½-steps; didn't you mean five ½-steps?
*successively
With 12 notes in the diatonic system, why on earth didn't they just name the intervals with 12 numbers?
Why bother with minor, major, augmented, perfect?
I think because the words reflect the sound of the intervals.
Go cousin teach us.