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Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:43 am

Hi Everyone,

We have a new section in the Target Exclusive release Guitar Geography.

Part 4 goes over Intervals. An interval is just a label for the distance between two notes. This segment goes over the basic distances and terms used when identifying them. A clear understanding of the terminology is essential for the rest of this series to make sense.

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http://www.totallyguitars.com/target-ho ... raphy.html



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Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:44 pm

Today you took me from review to new. Intervals are going to be good. I'll no doubt have to hear this a thousand times to get it all, but I'm ready.

Scott


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Wed Jun 04, 2014 3:37 pm

Neil,
This is some great stuff! Feel free to take this as far as you want. The way you explain this certainly demystifies the material.
Thanks,
John


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Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:03 pm

Neil this is great! Looking forward to more of this.


Tom N.


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Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:24 pm

Neil:

This is great stuff, thanks for breaking all of this down and getting these videos up.

Just out of curiosity, when you talked about thirds (3:34 into the video), you mentioned that the important ones were minor and major. I get that, and have a decent understanding. You used the examples of:

C - E
C - Eb
C# - Eb

The first being a major third (two whole steps)
The second being a minor (step and a half)
The third confuses me a bit. Technically it is a third... C to E by way of letters, but it is only one whole step apart..... What would that be called?

I hope the question makes sense.

Thanks again for this series!

Jason


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Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:50 pm

Neil

Thanks this is a great series of lessons.
:)

Jason

Two half steps ( Whole Step ) = Major Second
The interval name is consistent with the number of half steps as is the sound.

I have trouble recognising the interval by sounds.
Some folk use songs as a reference to identifying interval sounds, I find that difficult too.
I read somewhere that's not a good way to recognise them but there was no explanation why not.

Two tables I came across:

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Dermot http://www.totallyguitars.com/images/fb ... rvals_.zip


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Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:00 pm

Dermot:

The distance (one full step) makes it a major second, but, unless I misunderstood Neil in the video, he mentioned it as "another type of third", because of the lettering C to E. Albeit a C# to an Eb....... I will go back and watch/listen again carefully.

Thanks

Jason


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Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:05 pm

O.K....... brain-fart has passed...... It would just be a diminished 3rd......... Why did I not think of that earlier? If you called it C# - D#, it would just be a major 2nd, but since it is listed as C# - Eb it would technically be called a diminished 3rd because C to E is a 3rd.... Sometimes I really wonder about my mindset.... :woohoo:



Sorry bout that, Neil....

J


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