The Major 6th Interval

[JGAdmin]

And now... the end is near. It's time to get the Major 6th interval into your musical mind!

View the full lesson at The Major 6th Interval | JustinGuitar

[LamphunLamyai]

My musical mind just pulled this Major 6th interval reference melody out of the music-sphere.
I believe I’ve heard it as an intro and a transition. Can’t think of any specific song, but the melody stands out. For the video tune, click on “Ear Training Sixth Interval Reference Melody” in the link below.

LamphunLamyai's Learning Log

Listening to the Grade 3 Ear Training video for the Sixth Interval, this melody came to mind which is very familiar to me, and for me at least, is a good Sixth Interval reference melody. Also it was the first time I actually was a chord as an interval. The E shape has an interval pattern of R-4-6 as does E Major. Interesting. [Ear Training Sixth Interval Reference Melody]

[stitch]

Have a look this lesson.

That 6th Trick

[LamphunLamyai]

There it is.

[HutDave]

Sorry, I’m a little confused.
The major third interval should be 3 tones, not 2 tones, right?
And how many tones/semitones is the major sixth interval from the root note? Thank you.

[jjw]

A major 3rd is 4 semitones; a major 6th is 9 semitones.

[stitch]

@HutDave

The major third interval should be 3 tones, not 2 tones, right?

A major 3rd is the 3rd note of the major scale, the 6th interval the 6th note of the major scale.

[mathsjunky]

@HutDave

Sorry, I’m a little confused.
The major third interval should be 3 tones, not 2 tones, right?
And how many tones/semitones is the major sixth interval from the root note? Thank you.

The answers you have above are correct, but I thought I’d add a bit more colour in case it helps …

A semitone is a distance or inteval of 1 fret on the guitar. A tone is two semitones or 2 frets.
The notes in the major scale major scale always follows this formula …

A tone between notes 1 and 2
A tone between notes 2 and 3
A semitone between notes 3 and 4
A tone between notes 4 and 5
A tone between notes 5 and 6
A tone between notes 6 and 7
A semitone between notes 7 and 8 (the octave)

Often this is just written as “T T S T T T S” for short.

In the C major scale the notes are C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C so there is a tone between all notes except between E and F and between B and C where there is a semitone.

A major 3rd is the distance between notes 1 and 3, so the distance between C and E. So that’s 2 tones, or 4 semitones or 4 frets.

A major 6th is the distance between notes 1 and 6, so the distance between C and A. So that’s a total of 4 tones and one semitone. So that’s 9 semitones or 9 frets.

[ajpferg]

I’ve found my self preferring to use “my horn can pierce the sky” jingle from the office for this one lmao

[Kerros]

I found ‘Two of Us’ by the Beatles (the first track off their Let It Be album) is good for Major 6th.