{"id":11519,"date":"2019-03-26T14:41:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/?p=11519"},"modified":"2020-11-11T18:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T17:01:15","slug":"guitar-intervals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzguitar.be\/blog\/guitar-intervals\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar Intervals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Improvising on the guitar requires you to have a good understanding of note relationships on the fretboard. The moment you need to start thinking about a particular note you want to play, it’s already too late. That’s why we study and practice scales, arpeggios, and chords. Another useful tool to visualize the relationship between notes on the fretboard are intervals.<\/p>\n

In this lesson, you will learn about all the different musical intervals, how they look on the guitar, and how you can practice intervals so you can use them in your solos.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/span>\n

What Are Intervals?<\/h2>\n

An interval is the distance between two notes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can make a distinction between melodic intervals and harmonic intervals.<\/p>\n

A melodic interval is when two notes sound successive.<\/p>\n

A harmonic interval is when two notes sound simultaneous.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are two families of intervals:<\/p>\n

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  1. Major intervals<\/strong>: 2nds (9ths), 3rds, 6ths (13ths), and 7ths.<\/li>\n
  2. Perfect intervals<\/strong>: unisons, 4ths (11ths), 5ths, and octaves.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These two families can be adapted:<\/p>\n