Notes and Intervals

Hey Folks,
It has been quite some time now that I have been struggling with theory myself, but I pondered awhile back why don't I go through few concepts for the guitar over a blog reinstating my knowledge while I publish, and you might get some juice out of it as well :) So, lets see how well this endeavor goes....

• Fretboard

Lets just have a look at the fretboard first..

• Notes and Intervals

A note is sound with a specific frequency. For example, the high E string of a guitar tuned in concert pitch vibrates at 261Hz, thereby producing the 'E' note.

An interval is the distance between two notes.
For Example. The distance between fretted 1st note of the 'E' string being 'F' is one semitone, similarly the distance between the 1st and 2nd fretted note being 'F#' is also one semitone.

A semitone is the smallest interval, other larger intervals are multiples of this smallest interval i.e the semitone. Intervals are given other names depending on the interval, mastering interval in practice and theory proves to be very beneficial in mastering the modes and scales.

• Interval Names

Here is an example of the intervals from the open 'E' upto the octave 'E'




legend:
m: minor
M: Major

Interval Name	Distance(in semitones)	Example
Unison	0	E-E
Minor Second	1	E-F
Major Second	2	E-F#
Minor Third	3	E-G
Major Third	4	E-G#
Perfect Fourth	5	E-A
Augmented Fourth	6	E-A#
Diminished Fifth	6	E-Bb
Perfect Fifth	7	E-B
Minor Sixth	8	E-C
Major Sixth	9	E-C#
Minor Seventh	10	E-D
Major Seventh	11	E-D#
Octave	12	E-E

More to come soon...

P.S. There might be some issues I may have with alignment and stuff.. but hey being as time goes it will smooth out :)