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Thistabillustratesintervals.
intervalsarethedistancebetweentwonotes.
intervalsareimportantforseveralreasons:

1)theyallhavetheirownquality/function.
2)theyareusedtobuildchordsandscales.
3)theyaregoodfortrainingyourears.
4)theyaregreatforwrittingriffs/songs.
5)theycoveralltwelvetonesinwesternmusic.

b=Flat
#=Sharp
8=octave

WewilluseCasourroot.
*Anynotecanbearootwhichmeanseverynotehasalltheseintervals*

Layout:

(Interval)
(note)
(tab)
(timing)

Exercise1(C=Root/1)

|1b22b334#45|#56b778/1|
|CDbDEbEFF#G|G#ABbBC|
G||12345|
D|2345||
A|3456||
E|||
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

Noticehowalltwelvenotesareused.
alsonoticethatonceyougettotheoctave,
itstartsover.

hereiseachintervalnexttotheroot:

Exercise2(C=Root/1)

|1b2|12|1b3|13|14|1b5|15|1b6|16|1b7|17|18|
|CDb|CD|CEb|CE|CF|CGb|CG|CAb|CA|CBb|CB|CC|
G|||||||||2|3|4|5|
D||||2|3|4|5|6|||||
A|34|35|36|3|3|3|3|3|3|3|3|3|
E|||||||||||||

Trainyoureartorecognizeeachoftheseintervals.
It'sagreatexerciseforyourears.

Averyimportantthingtoknowisthatsomeintervalshaveothernames.
theyare:

b3isalso#2
#4isalsob5
#5isalsob6
b7isalso#6(#6isnotverycommon)

whatdecidesthenameisthecontextofthechordorscale.
example:

Adiminishedchordis:1,b3,b5not1,#2,#4
Thereasonforthisisthatallbasicthreenotechordsarebasedaround:
1,somekindof3andsomekindof5.
usingaltered2sand4sand6smakesitmoreconfussingtounderstand.

It'salsoimportanttokeepinmindthatwhenlookingatascale,
it'snicetohavesomekindof1,2,3,4,5,6,7
it'swierdtolookatascalelikethis:
1,2,#2,4,5,6,#6whichisactually1,2,b3,4,5,6,b7
noticehowhavingoneofeachnumbermakesthescaleeasiertoread.

Cisjusttheexampleforthepasttwoexercises.
onceyoupickanoteasaroot,
alltheintervalsfallintoplace.
Let'suseGasourrootinsteadofC:

Exercise3(G=Root/1)

|1b22b334#45|#56b778/1|
|GAbABbBCC#D|D#EFF#G|
G|||
D||12345|
A|2345||
E|3456||
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

Noticehoweventhoughthenoteshavechanged,
theintervalsarethesame.
Thinkofitasagrid.
onceyoupickaroot,
youjustlayoutalltheintervalsinordertillyougettotheoctave.

hereiseachintervalnexttotheroot:

Exercise4(G=Root/1)

|1b2|12|1b3|13|14|1b5|15|1b6|16|1b7|17|18|
|GAb|GA|GBb|GB|GC|GDb|GD|GEb|GE|GF|GF#|GG|
G|||||||||||||
D|||||||||2|3|4|5|
A||||2|3|4|5|6|||||
E|34|35|36|3|3|3|3|3|3|3|3|3|

Alsonoticehowthenameoftheintervalisnotdependentonthenotename.

Example:

F#isnot#7
F#is7

Thereasonforthatisbecause7isalwaysa"halfstep"downfromtheOctave.
justbecauseanotehasasharporflat,doesn'tmeantheintervalhasasharporflat.
a"halfstep"isonefretaway.

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a"halfstep"isonefretaway.
Let'slookatintervalsfromhowmany"halfsteps"uptheyarefromtheroot.

b2=1"halfstep"up
2=2"halfsteps"up
b3/#2=3"halfsteps"up
3=4"halfsteps"up
4=5"halfsteps"up
#4/b5=6"halfsteps"up
5=7"halfsteps"up
#5/b6=8"halfsteps"up
6=9"halfsteps"up
b7/#6=10"halfsteps"up
7=11"halfsteps"up

Ihopethatthistabhasbeenhelpful.
pleasegivemeconstructivecriticism.
Thanks,

ConnorLarkin

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