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.