From the course: Beginning Acoustic Guitar Music Lessons

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Intervals are your building blocks

Intervals are your building blocks

From the course: Beginning Acoustic Guitar Music Lessons

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Intervals are your building blocks

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- Intervals are your building blocks. So, we've already discussed some music theory elements, such as major scale and the musical alphabet. But another thing that's very important are intervals. Now, an interval is the distance between two notes, and it's definitely a very important aspect you guys should know. We've already discussed this a little bit, with a whole step and a half step, but let's go into those further. How intervals are named. Interval names include a number, like second or third, and a word that describes the interval's quality. Major, minor, augmented, diminished, or perfect. The number describes how many steps or letters in the music alphabet are covered by the interval. The quality helps describe the interval more precisely. The distance in an interval is always calculated from the lower of the two pitches, to the higher. The intervals in the major scale. You will learn many ways to play intervals on the guitar. The important thing right now is that you become…

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