Intervals and Building Chords

10 Lessons

1. 1 Lesson Intervals and Building Chords - Introduction Hello Guitar players. I hope you're ready to learn! During this tutorial we will be taking a close look at a number of intervals available to us within the Major scale. We will also be using each of these...
2. 2 1:13 Lesson · 1m Scale Degrees Scale Degrees. The term 'Degree' is used to identify a particular note in a scale. The point of using this terminology is that it can make life a whole lot easier when trying to identify chords and intervals... Tab
3. 3 0:55 Lesson · 1m Intervals - Major Third The Major Third. The Major third can be found by combining the first and third degrees of a major scale. You can create this harmony over any note by simply counting up 3 degrees of a major scale. For example... Tab
4. 4 1:29 Lesson · 1m Intervals - Perfect 5th ( maj triad ) Major Triad. The next interval we need to look at is our Perfect 5th. Otherwise represented as 'P5'. We can create this harmony by combining the first and 5th notes of any major scale. In this video we used C...
5. 5 2:04 Lesson · 2m Intervals - Maj 7th The Major 7th. A Major 7 chord is built with the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th degrees of a major scale. At this point, I want to begin introducing chord formulas. The formula for our Major 7 chord is: 1 3 5 7. These... Tab
6. 6 1:25 Lesson · 1m Intervals - Maj 2nd ( sus 2 ) The Major 2nd - Sus 2 chord. We are now up to the Major 2nd. When stacking intervals from the major scale, we don't always wind up with a Major chord. Here is the first example. A harmonic interval of a Major... Tab
7. 7 1:17 Lesson · 1m Intervals - Perfect 4th ( sus 4 ) The Perfect 4th. Suspended 4. This interval is found by adding the 1st and 4th degrees of a major scale. Used in context of a chord, the Sus4 chord is a great representation. Exactly like our sus2, the sus4 is... Tab
8. 8 1:47 Lesson · 2m Intervals - Maj 6 The Major 6. Used in a chord, this is one of my favorite sounds. We identify the Major 6 by playing the first and sixth degrees of the Major scale. The formula for this chord in full would appear like this: 1... Tab
9. 9 1:41 Lesson · 2m Intervals - Maj 9 The Major 9. The Major 9th interval comes from moving 9 scale degrees away from the root of the Major scale. As you will notice, the 9th scale degree is the same as the 2nd. When using this interval in a... Tab
10. 10 Lesson Intervals - Conclusion Over the past several lessons, we have taken a close look at a series of intervals available to us when harmonizing the Major scale. Every interval so far has been put in context to the Root of the scale...