Intervals
The distance between any two notes/pitches is called an Interval. Knowing intervals helps harmonize a melody with notes one wouldn't otherwise think of.
You can play the main note & its harmony note together on one guitar & create complex sounding licks or you could have the harmony played by another guitarist on another guitar much like the Twin-lead guitar solos in bands like Eagles, Iron Maiden etc. Listen to Guitar solos in songs like
Hotel California - Eagles (Outro Electric Solo) & Trooper - Iron Maiden (Intro Motif) carefully to know what intervals can do to your piece of music.
Intervals also help you form chords by giving a better & easier understanding of notes to be included in a certain chord formula.
The smallest Interval in music is a half step which means that the distance between two notes is One Fret. This is called a Minor 2nd Interval.
Below is a table with all the Intervals found in music.
You can play the main note & its harmony note together on one guitar & create complex sounding licks or you could have the harmony played by another guitarist on another guitar much like the Twin-lead guitar solos in bands like Eagles, Iron Maiden etc. Listen to Guitar solos in songs like
Hotel California - Eagles (Outro Electric Solo) & Trooper - Iron Maiden (Intro Motif) carefully to know what intervals can do to your piece of music.
Intervals also help you form chords by giving a better & easier understanding of notes to be included in a certain chord formula.
The smallest Interval in music is a half step which means that the distance between two notes is One Fret. This is called a Minor 2nd Interval.
Below is a table with all the Intervals found in music.
|
INTERVAL
Minor 2nd (Minor 9)
Major 2nd (Major 9) Minor 3rd Major 3rd Perfect 4th (11) Perfect 5th Minor 6th Major 6th (13) Minor 7th Major7th Octave |
DISTANCE IN FRETS
One
Two Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve |
EXAMPLE
C to C#
C to D C to Eb C to E C to F C to G C to Ab C to A C to Bb C to B C to C |
The TAB below indicates all the Major Scales played using 3rd Intervals. Note that certain notes are harmonized using Major 3rd Intervals & some using Minor 3rd Interval so that all notes involved are in the respective keys.