Intervals On The Fretboard

Music Theory Diatonic & Chromatic Intervals
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It's time to apply all your Intervals knowledge on the fretboard!


View the full lesson at Intervals On The Fretboard | JustinGuitar

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Did this recently get edited in the text section? I remember the fretboard diagram showing all the chromatic intervals rather than just the diatonic.

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This has been a great module for me. I don’t know if I’m correct but I now think that, in the context of intervals, I hear the baseline start of Summertime Rolls by Jane’s Addiction as a simple triad from the C# major scale - root of C#, to the major third (F) and perfect 5th (G#). This feels really important to me as it’s one of my favourite songs and these lessons have started to give me a deeper understanding of them. I’m listening in a slightly different way. Also, how on earth does something so simple sound so great?!

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I don’t mean to be nitpicking, but in C# major the major third is E# and not F. Although the two are enharmonic, each “letter” has to appear only once in a scale.

In C# major, F would refer to the diminished 4th interval (from the root note) and not to the major third.

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Thanks Jozsef.
No that’s a helpful reminder. And I should have realised. I’ll never forget now! Haha!
The main point of my post I suppose was that, albeit with that error, My ears are starting to notice and appreciate these intervals in the context of music I like.

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That’s indeed a reassuring feeling when we can sense our own progress.

Also, yesterday I forgot to mention that if you think about the key as Db major instead of C# major, you’ll get rid of a lot of accidentals and then the major third from the root note will be called F.

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I loved that module, as this is a further step in learning the fretboard and combinations of notes for a chord, to visualise actually the chords and triads in a quite understandable way.
I look at the fretboard day after day from another perspective, a definitively more musical way. Quite challenging to express, still amazing.
Well, and how modes play a role now with all these variations, I have intuitively the impression, there is a strong connection: Dorian having a minor 3rd and minor 7th, or the Lydian featuring an augmented 4th. Do we explore this later?

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Modes are further down the line - but only if you want.

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THX Richard, actually, I am warming up with the different modes, and with the course of this Practical Music Theory course, I just perceive the fretboard from a new and very cool perspective. It will take time to integrate, but everything seems to assemble in a very logical and musical way.

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In which case, maybe check my modes topic … Modes Parts 1 - 9

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