Hi guys. I'm aware this lesson covers what many of you already know. I've been meaning to do a lesson on intervals for a while and have been asked many times about what the numbers in my diagrams mean. So hopefully this gives anyone starting out with theory and scales some clarification. Please feel free to share this with anyone you know who may find this useful (thanks!). More on the way...

@Andgoca1

6 жыл бұрын

Many players have been playing for a long time and have never taken a look at how intervals work. I think it is awesome that you are doing this kind of videos. Your content is great, keep on the good work! I've already shared your videos with my band.

@cncoles

6 жыл бұрын

These are the clearest, most concise explanations of theory on the internet. Thank you!

@larsolufsen

6 жыл бұрын

I am mostly self-taught (bad idea) and have never really grasped the concept of intervals. This lesson gave me a very good and clear explanation.

@yvongaudreau8775

6 жыл бұрын

fretjam Hi Sir ....wow you made it so easy to understand thank you so much. I still have trouble when hearing a song and do the pogression as the chords change .Whish lesson you prefer me to learn or any advice you can give me.i play many songs from studio chinchan Eric because he sale is jam track that he make with the songs . I hope to get a reply from you .Thank you so much ...yvon

@pixelatedparcel

6 жыл бұрын

Ibanezguitars Check-out his website, in the video's description or in the small "i" in the right hand corner of the screen. Alternatively, Google "chord formula pdf": it's all odd number sequences, really, with flats and sharps thrown in the mix to get the desired "quality" (major, minor, diminished, augmented...). Exceptionally, "sus" chords don't use a 3 which will be replaced by the 4 (also called 11, when a 7 is in the chord). Also, understanding the guitar is very much about understanding "patterns of relationships" on the fretboard. A simple place to start for "harmonic" patterns is the CAGED system: you will understand how the 1-3-5 triad relationship recurs all over the neck, in different shapes, and serve as guides for harmonic meanderings and for your melodic runs. For "melodic" patterns, learn the various major and minor scale positions, on the fretboard. Same with the pentatonic (major and minor) scale positions. I'm sure this guy has it all on his site and you will be very well served starting your guitar journey with someone like this guiding you through that endless path.

This is gold! Please, don't ever take this video down.

You deserve so much more recognition for your contributions made through this channel. Hands down best instructor. Thank you and keep up the excellent work! Cheers mate!

@fretjamdotcom

6 жыл бұрын

+Javier Malpica Thanks mate.

@gogolancelo

5 жыл бұрын

Javier Malpica so true!

@sixstringtheory6428

2 жыл бұрын

@@fretjamdotcom Humbly says thanks and isn't trying to sell you anything...

@douglaspate9314

9 ай бұрын

Awesome!

I came to intervals late. Big mistake. If you really want to nail theory, then learn intervals first before scales or modes. They are very much the building blocks that scales and modes are made from. Again, it's quite easy, but that makes it obscure to learn. You can get by without knowing this, but you will always be lacking, always be coming back to this fundamental knowledge. Great lesson fretjam. You really are the best guitar teacher on the net.

@fretjamdotcom

6 жыл бұрын

+123ubuntu666 Thanks mate. The great thing about learning intervals is they connect what you hear to a spatial awareness of the neck, regardless of key and notes. The most challenging part of teaching this stuff is convincing musicians that this is worth their time, because it's one of those skills that subtley evolves with your playing once you've laid the foundations. It ends up working in the background and becomes almost subconcious. It starts off methodically, but eventually becomes intuitive. Even just a casual jam with fellow musicians becomes more fluid because you can relate the movements you hear to relative positions on the neck.

@123ubuntu666

6 жыл бұрын

Before I came across your video here today, I had this video by Allan Holdsworth in my feed: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qainlK-wZrHIZdY.html He talks about learning scales and his way of doing things. He said that he didn't learn any scale with more than 4 whole steps in it. That's intervals for you! It's a great video, I don't know if you have seen it, but check it out if you haven't. I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to Holdsworth, but this was a great introduction. His father was a great musician, but Allan wanted to work things out for himself. The results speak for themselves. Anyway, that is a really interesting video. It's a really good primer on why any musician needs to learn intervals to start off with. It just makes it all so much easier really if you are serious about this. Great lessons fretjam. I love how you intertwine the higher theory with the fundamentals. Catching both types of players (beginners and more advanced). But always giving a reality check and a grounding in the foundations of it all, along the way. This lesson imho should be studied by anyone that thinks they know it all on guitar, just to check if they missed something. Everyone can learn something from this.

This is the single greatest lesson I have experienced ever. Thank you so much for this.

Holy shit I've been playing on and off for 6 years with only learning songs and scales and I've been slowly coming to the realization that there are patterns that move along the neck which I now know are intervals. Thank you for making this.

I have been playing for 45 years and dont know correct theory, I decided to change that. I have chosen you to teach it to me. thanks so much for your approach to teaching and sharing all this knowledge! Hollywood Dave.

Absolutely essential to all guitarists! I think this should be learned at the very beginning of one's guitar journey!

@lancecass8997

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, here I am 20yrs later thinking that very same thing

@bradleekingston5635

4 жыл бұрын

Ffr. Damn i wish i had learned this stuff so much sooner

@donkkong5551

3 жыл бұрын

25 Year guitar vet practicing basic theory on a daily basis.. I spent a lot of years not paying attention to my theory lesson and just practicing scales and shapes and cord shapes. Within the last 5 years, I have become interested in it... I can't stress this enough everyone if it's boring to you like it was me force yourself to work on it at least 15 minutes a day, and if you are having trouble retaining or understand it read over and over and watch over and over again.

I am Vietnamese, 57, like and love you

Did you know I was looking for such a simple explanation like this for so long. Thank you so much. The british know how to explain things.

@riccardodonato1983

4 жыл бұрын

I'am italiano and you totaly right i can understand all What he says and i dont Need spend Money for lessons

Even coming back to this lesson years later, even for advanced players who know this... still shines a must know lesson for any player at any level. Fretjam is one of the best on YT.

fretjam: The DNA of music. I look forward to extended video presentations explaining the methodology and applications between the Intervals. Thank you.

Love fretjam, I watch all the videos, sometimes twice and always comeback to watch again as a refresher. Please more vids!

thank for the content ! i'm a beginner and this truly helps me ! i struggle to find what would be next video I should watch after this one.

Oh my gosh your videos are helping me so much. I’ve gotten far with things but never fully understood stuff like this thank you.

Wow can't begin to express how helpful this was, thanks so much!

Awesome! I can’t thank you enough for the in-depth explanation of intervals, so far, it’s the best intervals lesson I came across. More power to the creator of this lesson. Please continue creating clear and concise related Guitar theories lessons. More power! Thanks.

This is incredible! Thank you so much for taking the time out of your life to share this knowledge

This is the best channel for learning theory in a very simple and well thought out manner. The explanations with the diagrams makes learning or brushing up on theory so much faster with a guitar in hand. Just want to say thank you for the improvements I’ve made in just a couple of days watching your videos. After studying at a conservatory I had my fill of theory and just wanted to play with feeling but now I’ve realized theory can be fun and exciters when applied to playing especially when in a rut. Great work and thanks again 🙏🏼

This is the perfect lesson for me memorizing all the the seven modes comes to an end. Thanks for the perfect lesson. Love from Nepal

Hands down the best video I've encountered on this subject, big thanks! ❤

M Aybe the best video on intervals I've found anywhere. Thx !!

Thank you sincerely for this video. It explained so clearly many concepts that have been vaguely referred to during my journey of learning guitar.

best teacher on this platform, your videos helped me a lot, I have only been playing for months but you taught me so much thank you sir

Been playing guitar for a few years now and only recently started jamming with other musicians. This, and the ther videos on the play list quickly make you very competent at freestyling.

You have helped me understand so much that i learned back in the day, but now im able to understand and use it. Thanks Voice over person, Keep up the awesome work.

Mike, thank you so much. I've been back playing & learning for just over a year now and this lesson on Intervals finally makes sense to me & is so extremely helpful that I can't believe it took me a year before I could understand it. You other courses have kept me moving forward and I look forward to your latest lesson described in the e-mail I received! THANKS Mike 👍🏽👍🏽👉💯👈.

@fretjamdotcom

5 жыл бұрын

So glad I could help my friend!

dude, you explained something that seemed like sorcery to me in such an concise, easy to understand way. thanks so much.

@fretjamdotcom

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving it your time.

Best lessons I've come across on KZread. Well done!!!

Amazingly clear! teaching is your thing!

I can't thank you enough for this video, it tied everything I've learned together and it all makes sense to me now. Wish I found something like this sooner. This just made learning scales so easy. I feel stupid now, because I always learned scales by memorizing the patterns. Cheers mate!

Thank you! I had a basic understanding but to have it fleshed out and defined helps soo much!!

I've just signed up for a membership which is very , very reasonably priced and I look forward to more of the clarity of exposition and very helpful illustrations. Well worth the small investments. And just fair too. Thanks for the excellent work which helps us immediately.

Very helpful to us self taught players!! Thx!

Nicely done! This is probably the clearest I've ever seen it described, thank you. I've been playing forever but only this year have I taken up actually learning something of value. Love your channel.

This is an excellent lesson on intervals. I’m new to your channel, but subbed and hooked now! Thanks much.

Excellent clear and concise lesson!

very useful and clear . Wonderful way to teach

It couldn’t be any better explained . Thank you so much

This is beautiful. Thank you!

perfect explanation thank you so much, can’t wait to see the chord lesson!

A good skillful means to use fret board in teachings. Very, very useful method.

This is amazing. Wow, now I see intervals on the fretboard and it doesn't even matter what the notes are. I always hated studying/memorizing theory and after 35 years of trying to lean guitar off and on this makes so much sense. I love your diagrams and how easy it all is the way you present it. 1 - 3 - 5 right there at my fingertips and I never saw that before. Bravo!!!! and thank you!!

@fretjamdotcom

6 жыл бұрын

+DrumminDrew0 Wonderful comment to read! This is exactly the response I was hoping for. Of course, this lesson only gives you a mere glimpse of the potential from understanding intervals. But I look forward to expanding on it in more practical ways. Cheers!

This is so helpful and so well explained! Thank you a lot!

This is such a good video. My goodness you are the greatest teacher ever

33K views aren't enough for this wealth of knowledge. Thanks for all you do

The best explanation of intervals I’ve found ... 👍

Absolute legend for this thanks mate

Great content... very helpful... clear and concise... love your channel...

Crash course for many guitar players. Thank you for this!

I always like to apply your lessons on piano or midi keyboard. Thanks Mike, another solid fundamental to work at understanding, then applying somehow.

@fretjamdotcom

6 жыл бұрын

+MT Mals Great that the lessons can be applied to keys! I'll follow up this lesson with application (harmonic and melodic). Something more practical.

An absolutely fantastic lesson. Nailed it.

best video out there on this subject!!

No better teacher on the web .. god bless

Gracias fretjam ,excelente,saludos desde Argentina !!!

Great video! Made things a bit clearer, thank you, I've saved this one!

I'm still a little confused but I'm learning. Fretjam is without a doubt the best teacher I've found and I've been looking at a lot of channels. It's like Fretjam read my mind because those squares with the numbers were bugging me because I didn't understand the concept of intervals. Thanks Fretjam (I don't know the guys name who's speaking).

Thanks for your great tutorials.

Great lesson for beginners ... I wish it had been around when I started. Thanks.

Amazing lesson. Thank you! 👍👍👍

Your a great tutor mate! 🤘

Thank u bro....it helped me a lot ....God bless you

Another great lesson. More please.

Amazing lesson

Very useful information ,thanks a lot ,stay melodic

Amazing. Good job

Fretty J you are the mannnnn!

Wonderful...... thank u.... this will be very helpful in learning songs for our band.... :-)

Another quality video!!

absolutely beautiful lesson!!!!! thank you so so much for this!

@fretjamdotcom

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your time Brian. Glad I could help!

fretjam great.. please do more :)) from Vietnam

great lesson... thank you

Thank you its so helpful ♥️

fantastic video

More about intervals please!

you are a great instructor indeed. very interesting, sharp, easy to understand and flowes well. thank you very much! do you have any books published?

You could incorporate solfege to communicate interval relationships on a more syllable- based level, which sticks more to the communicational level of perception and memory of the brain. I can feel a do- sol more than a fifth. Try it

thank u very much for your reply

Wow that picture at 1:24 clarified so much... i kept getting intervals mixed up with scale steps some how...

Feel a a thickie till I listen and learn thank you

Thanks!

What would you call the kind of music played at the end of the video. It sounds amazing.

Bloody mind boggling

Damn, that's so good.

Grateful

Great Lesson..... There's some weird modes in the Hungarian Major...but it's actually simple. You get what you get. Just dont use the numbers twice...7 notes = 7 numbers. Hungarian Major = Mix #2 #4 or Lydian dominant #2 or Ion #2, #4, b7 The last mode 1........2.........3...4...........5.........6...........7...1 1........2............#3 ..#4........#5...6..........7....1 ( lydian augmented #3) The second mode loc b4, bb6, bb7 1........2.........3...4...........5.........6...........7...1 1 b2 b3 b4 b5 bb6 bb7 1 The 5th mode ion b3, #5 1........2.........3...4...........5.........6...........7...1 1........2...b3.......4................#5..6...........7...1

Very useful😃

You say Major 2nd/3rd/6th/7th but Perfect 4th/5th/octave. Make a major interval smaller by a half-step, it becomes a minor interval. Make a perfect interval smaller by a half-step, it becomes a diminished interval. Make a perfect interval larger by a half-step, it becomes an augmented interval. So major/minor/perfect/diminished/augmented is the vocabulary to be implemented.

what's a "nooooomba". Nah just joking. These are the best videos I've come across. I've never learnt so succinctly from any other video. I'm learning so much, so please keep up the great content. G'day from Australia

The #5 interval augmented the you showed the flat 6 I could not figure it out then enharmonic that's was when the light when on man what a lesson get stuck go and step back it like reading a new language but it's nit new its been around maybe 2000 years but I stay in the present...RocknRollFlat5

thanks bro.....

謝謝！

Hi your last example of phrygian dominant puzzles me Is there not a flat 3rd in this mode ? Or am i missing something here? Otherwise excellent lessons

Salute :)

Hi very nice

I don't really understand becouse my English language to bad. But i think this really important to understand. And i will watch till i understand

You don't have another lesson for right handed? This one is confusing me but like like the way you teach

I think it's so much easier to understand scales and the fretboard when the intervals are numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 instead of letters. What program are you using where you're able to do that?

Absolute best guitar coach (for me) on the web ! Hey Mike - your guitar here sounds DOOOOPPEE !! Can you share what it is and the whole chain? It sounds like some kick-ass hollow body to my ears...

hi . i dont know if it is right or wrong? phrygian dominant not 1 *2 *3 4 5 *6 7 i use *as the flat