Published On Jul 16, 2023
Intervals are the building blocks of music, and the guitar fretboard makes them easier to identify and visualize than any other instrument. Learn a simple counting trick that will enable you to identify any interval on the fretboard and then use it to demystify any chord voicing.
► Keywords: guitar lesson, music theory, intervals, major scale, interval complements
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► Recommended video viewing order:
Full playlist: • Guitar scales made easy (Recommended ...
Individual videos:
1. Use "the warp" to reduce memorization: • HOW TO VISUALIZE CHORDS & SCALES: A s...
2. Master the pentatonic scale with the rectangle and stack: • Two Simple Shapes UNLOCK the Pentaton...
3. Learn the notes!: • Memorize the fretboard: 3 reasons why...
4. Intervals: Guitar's secret decoder ring: • Intervals: guitar's secret decoder ring
5. Understand the modes: • Demystifying the modes on guitar: it ...
6. The best way to learn/play the modes: • This hack makes learning the modes on...
7. Another easy way to play the modes: • Learn ALL the Modes on Guitar in Just...
8. The CAGED system and triads: • Demystifying Triads and CAGED: Unlock...
9. The 3nps system: • Unlock the fretboard with three notes...
10. Instant harmony: • Easy Double-Stop Harmonies: From The ...
► Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction and interval basics
04:55 - The chromatic circle and interval complements
06:42 - Calculating intervals
08:08 - Identifying intervals the easy way
09:55 - Dealing with “the warp” in standard tuning
10:57 - Decoding and modifying chord voicings
13:15 - Visualizing nearby intervals
► Thank you to Dave DiCenso (drums), Jeff Gilman (bass), and Jake Shapiro (guitar, cello) for providing the theme music "Sea Horses".