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Tritones – Playing by Name on Guitar

In the next few lesson, you will play Tritones on your instrument by name.

Tritones have the following names: Augmented 4th, Sharp 4, Diminished 5th, Flat 5.

On the guitar a Tritone looks like this:

Perfect 5ths Guitar

Perfect Fifths

A Perfect Fifth is the distance between the first and 5th notes of the scale.

Perfect 4ths – Playing by Name Guitar

In the next few lessons, you will play Perfect 4ths by name.

A Perfect 4th is equal to moving 4 steps in the current scale.

On the guitar it looks like this:

If it crosses over the break we add one fret and it looks like this:

Perfect 4ths Reading Music Guitar

In this lesson we will learn about Perfect 4ths.

A Perfect 4th is the distance between the 1st and 4th notes of the Major Scale.

Perfect intervals are called "Perfect" because of their pure sound.

A Perfect 4th is equal to 5 Half Steps.

Major 3rds – Playing by Name Guitar

Now we will learn to play Major 3rds by name.

A Major 3rd looks like this:

Notice the two notes are four frets away from each other.

If it wraps around to the next string it looks like this:

Major 3rds – Reading Music Guitar

In the next few lessons, you will learn about Major 3rds.

A Major 3rd is the distance between the first and third notes of the Major Scale.

It is equal to 2 Whole Steps, or 4 Half Steps.

Minor 3rds – Guitar Playing by Name

In the next few lessons, you will play Minor 3rds by name.

A Minor 3rd is equal to a Whole Step + a Half Step, or 3 Half Steps.

On the guitar it looks like this:

If it wraps around to the next string it looks like this:

Guitar Minor 3rds

Minor 3rds


The next interval we will learn about is called a Minor 3rd.

As we learned in previous lessons, an interval is called "Minor" if it is one half step smaller than a Major interval.

Major 2nds – Guitar

The next interval we will learn is called a Major 2nd.

A Major 2nd is equal to two half steps, or moving two frets on the guitar.

When it wraps around to the next string, it looks like this: