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:
Tritones have the following names: Augmented 4th, Sharp 4, Diminished 5th, Flat 5.
On the guitar a Tritone looks like this:
Perfect 5ths – Playing by Name on Guitar
In the next few lessons, you will play Perfect 5ths on the guitar by name.
On the guitar a Perfect 5th usually looks like this:
On the guitar a Perfect 5th usually 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:

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.

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.
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.

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.

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:

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
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.