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Filling in the cracks...the rest of the intervals

If you take any major interval, and lower the top note by a half step (1 fret) you will have a minor interval.

 

 

 

 

 

C Db D E F G A B C
1 b2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
|_| = Minor 2nd (m2)

 

C D Eb E F G A B C
1 2 b3 3 4 5 6 7 8
|___| = Minor 3rd (m3)

 

C D E F G Ab A B C
1 2 3 4 5 b6 6 7 8
|_________| = Minor 6th (m6)

 

C D E F G A Bb B C
1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 7 8
|___________| = Minor 7th (m7)

 

If you take any perfect interval and raise the top note by a half step, then you have augmented interval. If you lower it by a half step, you have a diminished interval. So if you raise the top note of a perfect 4th interval, you have an augmented 4th. If you lower a perfect 5th interval, you have diminished 5th. These are really just 2 ways to spell the same interval. These 2 intervals are enharmonic. That means that they are spelled different, but sound the same. There is a generic name for this interval regardless of how it is spelled, it is called a tritone.

Tritone (tt)

C D E F F# G A B C
1 2 3 4 #4 5 6 7 8
|________| = Augmented 4th (
+4)

The + stands for augmented.

 

C D E F Gb G A B C
1 2 3 4 b5 5 6 7 8
|________| = Diminished 5th (
o5)

The o stands for diminished.

 

Page 2, playing the intervals of a major scale on the bass

Page 4, Intervals and understanding the fretboard




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