Guitar and Music Theory - Learning Intervals and Scales

[The7S5]

Please visit my channel to find free videos on intervals and other theoretical topics for beginner to intermediate guitar players.

[TokioHotelLovaForeva]

Can someone explain what the letters on the diagram mean ?

[MWRiff]

Not many teachers are this concise, Ive only watched the first 30 seconds so far and I already know to listen to your words properly, I'm going to get a nice brew and resume, thanks!

[des01700]

When stating that "there is no such thing as a minor/major 4th or fifth", is this encapsulating of all scales?

Aside from that question, thanks for the video, great lesson!

[MWRiff]

@des01700 Not all of them, for example the octatonic a.k.a diminished scale has a flattened 5th, which I assume is called the minor 5th either way its not a perfect 5.

The formulas stay the same in any key if thats what you meant, like the major scale will always be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 in any key and the natural minor scale will always be 1,2,b3,4,5,b6,b7 in any key. Peeeace :)

[MWRiff]

@des01700 And the reason he says there is no minor 4th is because there is only a half step between 3 and 4 so the minor 4th interval is just the major 3rd interval, its similar to saying there is no c flat chord because it is just B major (again because there is only a half step between b and c.

[farleycl1]

sadute



[bSublime187]

David Wallimann, YOU, Are the most well spoken guitar teacher i have ran into, online or off line. This was the single most awesome lesson on intervals ever! 1000 kudos to you, my friend.

[TheGregsmitty]

i mean this not thus

[TheGregsmitty]

where can i watch thus for free i don't have paypal or a credit card?

[DiscipleCJ2391]

His introduction just hit me... Respects given to this guy...

[drjamx]

1:10



[666thrashmaster]

I quite guitar lessons because they irritated me thank you for this

[funkking567]

thanks alot man. :)

[TEZZOR8]

What about the tritone?

ie sharp 4 or flat 5?

Also it would be useful to understand why the intervals are where they are? Why is there a mayor and minor 2nd.......etc?

Please fill in the gaps.

[Knarsens]

@TEZZOR8 4ths and 5ths would be diminished or augmented.

To get the rest of the lesson you will probably have to get a membership at jamplay.com.

I would reccomend doing that. It's a great site :)

[cmartinjr2]

wow... i understood this.. :)

[timberland1108]

what kinda guitar is that

[TheSkaddict]

@timberland1108 Parker Fly

[daiselol]

i knew all this, but still watched because it's nice to watch beginner vids again

[Morbidjeff666]

you have given me hope to learning theory

[Vercingetorix]

There is also another subcategory the "augmented" intervals!!!

[mortu777]

Just a quick question:does JamPlay have bass lessons?I've been playing guitar for about 2 years and I got stuck,and I want to try to learn to play bass the proper way this time.Thanks.

[lizardmaldokill]

my pinky is double jointed, so every time i try and move it, it uncomfortably snaps... i can't fluently move my pinky back and forth... will this effect me doing this?

[Spliffor]

That is the Adam D signature guitar right? Awesome :D

[zhulia]

thank you david. you're a great teacher. i have a very short pinky.

[Lekiwi33]

yo i have a question...ive been learning music theory for a little while now and in standard tuning....ive bought a great book for theory but it teaches in standard tuning...is it possible to change to a lower tuning and still learn the theory? any tips? thanks in advance

[theturkeycrew]

@Lekiwi33 no , in fact your guitar will not work at all, ever, if you drop tune it ..... sike of corse it'll work dummy! you just gotta do the "math".

[jonnyb2020]

@Lekiwi33 yes, just move the notes down the fret board and work out the notes from there and you can apply the same theory :)

[Lekiwi33]

@jonnyb2020 yea the thing is i have a book which teaches theory in standard tuning and if i was in a lower tuning that I wouldnt be able to play the chords without barring them and some of those chords would be reaaally uncomfortable...what a should i do? just learn it like that? with barring and moving the scales up?

[jonnyb2020]

@Lekiwi33 hmm i suppose, because the root notes are the same no matter what tuning or positioning on the fret board, but if you seriously are going to learn from this book of yours then it'd be easiest for you to keep it in standard, learn the theories, techniques, scales etc and when you feel comfortable with what you've learnt then transpose it into your chosen dropped tuning. obviously you can still learn the theory in the dropped tuning, its just transposing which will take a little longer.

[williamwolfcub]

that guitar is sic

[Bananu7]

Joe Satriani knows music theory.

[splendiferous7]

Jimi Hendrix did know music theory

[scottleeper]

@24caratJosh short attention span?

[diverdance]

the lowest note is NOT always the root. The interval is a relationship that does not implicitly start on the root of a tonality or chord. If you play a major 6th interval of A to F# over a D tonality A is not the root - it is the 5th. or over B mi it would be the b7 or over a G tonality it would be the 2nd etc. Otherwise this is a nice lesson. Keep 'em coming.

[ehacker39]

@firefirefuneralpyre A "Fly" model I believe.

[ehacker39]

@firefirefuneralpyre Its a Parker.

[Kidnapper89]

what about the interval between the perf 4 and perf 5? How would you call it?

[Kingpin0072001uk]

@Kidnapper89 I've seen it called "Tritone" but I call it augmented 4th, or diminished 5th. everyone knows what you are talking about when you call it that, but wether the terminology is correct, then go with Tritone.

Prime/unison>Minor2nd>Major2nd­>Minor3rd>Major3rd>Perfect4th>­Tritone>Perfect5th>Minor6th>Ma­jor6th>Minor7th>Maj7th>Octave>­Minor9th>Maj9th etc.etc.etc.etc.

In conclusion, fuck the names, who cares. nothing wrong with calling it 1>m2>2>m3>3 etc.etc.

[Invisiblelighter]

Do I find algebra confusing? No. Did I find this extremely confusing? Absolutely.

[tycomeau]

his guitar looks like a hockey stick

[firefirefuneralpyre]

@tycomeau it's a stieneberger,best of luck on you playing mate.

[Igotopieces]

Nice pacing! a little confusing but it was expected.. i do agree with the fretless confusion :P

[wwesagar]

good video but i dont know what video to watch next ..

[LemmyK00pa]

Lovely parker guitar.

[LucasTononTKD]

Bochechas de bulldog véio

[kgp227]

Good video but you lost me this is more confusing than algebra

[pumpkinheadjrb]

wait i thought minors were the things where its like aminor a bminor b c dminor etc? Does someone mind explaining what i am thinking of?

[Aaaaaalbatros]

that's good teaching mate, thanks

[awwbutton2386]

wow , great lesson! thanks man :)

[guitargirl626]

Great video! This kind of thing makes more sense to me now. Thank you!

[guitarguy316]

Hahahahaha......you lied to me! 

[metalfreak4677]

I'm very confused.

[guitarphil11]

I have the exact same guitar, <3 my parker

[tpmbe]

VERY GOOD TNX

[zpim]

I know most of this already, but decided to watch anyways to see how it was all explained. Let me say this is very thorough and great for beginners!

[guitargodthor]

great lesson but i need to know how to apply it.

[mysoukouss]

Thank you for going slow and really making learning intervals very comprehensive, You are a really great teacher. I am a newbie and i really how you make all these confusing things easy, No book can teach easily as you do better .

Please produce more easy and comprehensive sessions and make a DVD, Make life easy for the beginners because the guitar is notes are very crammed and complex, It is easy for the frets to make newbies fret

God bless y and yr great coleagues at Jamplay.

R,

[mysoukouss]

Thank you for going slow and really making learning intervals very comprehensive, You are a really great teacher. I am a newbie and i really how you make all these confusing things easy, No book can teach easily as you do better .

Please produce more easy and comprehensive sessions and make a DVD, Make life easy for the beginners because the guitar is notes are very crammed and complex, It is easy for the frets to make newbies fret

God bless y and yr great coleagues at Jamplay

R,

[NabeeltheThird]

@OrionLong no there isnt idiot...

[FadlanEffendiMusic]

Sorry I'm just asking but... Are you Scandinavian, I'm absolutely SURE I can hear a slight accent!

[Bluemage50]

This is great.... thanks for posting this

[Robtron3030]

@OrionLong u got me man. what the hell am i talking about? i can barely carry a tune

[snackeater45]

I DIDNT FIND THE NEXT VIDEO ??? HELLLP please !

[kunalross]

Man, it's really detailed. But a tad bit confusing.

[VitoStudiosXD]

OMIGOD I HAS THAT SAMMEEEE GUITAR STRAP HOLY SHITTT

[Wiltonibanez]

i played guitar for about 8 years (i'm 16 now) and i didnt know any theory, but i got to a point of learnin eric johnsons' "cliffs of dover". if you don't know theory (in my case) it would take A LONG TIME to know the guitar to improvise and stuff, but i taught myself theory through the internet and now i know how to play anywhere and keep a blues sound, like in cliffs of dover, i understand how he come up with that insane intro. i'm now startin to learn modes etc....

[greenholic123]

i think we are both right yes, but just one thing.. you said that there are 12 notes in music, there are 7 notes.

[Robtron3030]

5:44 "there are 12 frets between the root and the octave." WRONG!!! 11 frets dude... there are 11 frets "in between" a root and octave

[greenholic123]

@Robtron3030 i would strongly recommend you to try that again, because there are indeed 12 frets between the root and the octave.

[Robtron3030]

@greenholic123 I strongly recommend that u think a little harder. There are only 11 frets "BETWEEN" a root and octave, 12 notes total, 11 in between two octaves

[greenholic123]

@Robtron3030 that would only be true if the root was played on the first fret and the octave on the 12th. For example, if you play the E note on an open string you will find the octave on the 12th fret.

[Robtron3030]

@greenholic123 ok so like you're saying, imagine the E note on the open string. If the root is at the 12th fret, how many frets are "in between?" 11!!! There are 12 notes in music. If you play the open string and play up to the 11th fret, you have played all the notes. The 12th fret would be the octave, the first note all over again... i think we're both right just looking at it differently

[Arrivald]

Where is the rest of the video lessons on theory? You mention that there is series of them, but I can't see any....

[armthehomeless199]

i watched it twice. the first time i didnt get it. the second time i took notes on the terms like intervals, octaves etc. and its actually really easy.

[MrRockmeister1]

This lesson isn't bad but I can't understand why you would use a guitar with no fret markers. For beginners, that will make it very confusing.

[borquezu]

@MrRockmeister1

the guitar has fret markers but is above the frets

[thekoda]

@MrRockmeister1 b/c it's about the relationship between the notes, not what fret the note is on.

[MrRockmeister1]

@thekoda I understand that it is about the relationship between the notes but I am a guitar instructor myself and I know that beginners (which it seems this lesson is aimed at) would be very confused taking instruction from a teacher with no fret markers. You have to put yourself in the shoes of the beginner. Even guitars with no marker on the 3rd fret cause confusion for some of my students. They see that on my guitar the 1st dot is the 3rd fret but on theirs, the 1st dot is the 5th.

[GRtKBrandon]

@MrRockmeister1 Except that he tells you exactly what frets to play and on which strings. -_-

[fonnix11]

@MrRockmeister1 beginners can count :P not like its sloppy video quality :)

[guitargirl626]

@MrRockmeister1

But if you listen to what he is saying, he tells you what fret to play on.

[MetallicA00789]

great video! helped me a lot! thanks

[anathema199201]

this is really complicated for me !! i didnt get anything!!!!

[Dennizzz119]

Just as At Guitarmasterclass i hate his attitude,

And his lessons, Jamplay get other vids over here without him!

[gbastow]

Great lesson man! Thanks for posting.

[schecterman123]

apparently H note does exist but only for a traditionalist group of classical composers. Im not sure who it was exactly but there was a certain piece where the B2 was written to be the H note; the reason for which Im not sure at all so I apologise but I cant answer about that. All I do know is that the probable man to ask is the maker of octave4plus guitar strings. I spoke with him about it while ordering my A440hz string, which btw was incredible and opened up the use of my 8 & 7 stringer fully

[GreenwooddPop]

Great lessons, great teacher!

[thatguyhrrs]

This was a very good lesson, you appear to be a very confident teacher. I think that if you are aiming this lesson at beginners, you should have used a guitar with fret markers to make things easier

[jholmes45]

@thatguyhrrs Agreed, that would be very helpful.

[THEGUYD0WNTHESTREET]

cool and all but i learned all this crap in band 2 years ago!!!!i could teach tis but i didn't, teach me solos!!!!

[monkeys350]

@THEGUYD0WNTHESTREET most people already do know this stuff, but it's for beginners who don't know it, obviously.

[cr4zymob]

This is just amazing...

[xhotshot12]

AAAAMMMAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZING

[Paisa5990]

Can anyone provide the link to the next lesson? This was very helpful.

[vishalquake3]

Someone finally managed to sit me down & understand music theory ^_^

[tmib92]

wow what a great teacher.. I really really appreciate this. Thanks alot!

[xThePerFectCriMe]

great lesson

[metalisbetter1o00]

Do you need theory to get famous? No (unfortunately). Do you need it to make GOOD music? Yes, yes you do.

[prmchuk]

@metalisbetter1o00 im gonna have to disagree with u on that one.....

[metalisbetter1o00]

@prmchuk Why's that?

[prmchuk]

@metalisbetter1o00 with the outmost respect u dont rlly need to kno theory to make good music. music can either can to you a naturally if u feel for it or you can study ur instrument and figure it out. i doubt players like slash and paul gilbert know that there are 3 flats in the key of Eb or that there are 6 sharps in F#

[metalisbetter1o00]

@prmchuk Well see, if you don't know music theory, you don't know chord progressions. That's a pretty important concept to a guitar player.

[prmchuk]

@metalisbetter1o00 umm well not rlly....i knew a bunch of progressions before i knew any theory....

[bbryant0620]

@prmchuk

Yes and in a Stevie Ray Vaughan interview he said he didn't even know what an Am or Am7 was (or something like that, I don't remember).

You can know a lot and not know what it is that you know, and certainly not know the technical names for what you know, you know?

[Twixgtx]

@metalisbetter1o00 ACTUALLY you are WRONG! you are so wrong, but everyone wants to believe you are right. To get famous really all you need is EXTREMELY GOOD PROMOTION! unfortunately, there is a lot of crap out there that people like because it's been driven into their heads, that doesn't mean that its good by any means at all, people just like it. if you have an awesome producer and promoter, then you're basically set for life. SELDOM do you see GOOD music make it without promotion.

[bbryant0620]

@metalisbetter1o00

Actually a lot of the greatest guitarists of the past didn't know theory. So that "theory" is out the window. While I do think it will change how you think about the guitar, all the sounds can still be played on the guitar without knowing theory. I'm not saying theory is bad, but it isn't "necessary". And I still think "GOOD" music can be made without theory. I played without learning theory for years and I think my playing was more creative then than it is now.

[metalisbetter1o00]

@bbryant0620 Maybe some people don't need it as much as others. I know that until I started learning just some basic theory it was hard to really "make" the sounds and melodies I could hear in my head.

[bbryant0620]

@metalisbetter1o00

You are quite right metal, and I'm not arguing. I'm just saying that good music is indeed possible without music theory is all. I would actually suggest learning music theory to all. I only played by ear for about 10 years and learning theory did broaden my musical "toolkit", but do I play better? I don't know.

I understand completely what you are saying about translating the mind's sound into guitar sound.

[SultansOfSwing11]

@bbryant0620 Thats all crap. Every great guitarist of the past knows at least some theory pretty damn well, weather they want to call it theory or not. They also all have great aural skills

[bbryant0620]

@SultansOfSwing11

First of all, that was rather rude. I don't appreciate your attitude and choice of words Sir. Second, not every great guitarist of the past knows theory, some only played by ear. Hendrix is a great example. He did not know any theory, just played all the time by ear. Third, you are mistaken when you say it's all "crap", because what SRV said is true. And you can't disprove my second paragraph, so even though you say it matter of factly, that's still just your opinion.

[SultansOfSwing11]

@bbryant0620 Rude??? What I said wasn't rude in the slightest. I've heard SRV interviews where he says he only plays with his heart and doesn't know any theory. What I'm saying is just because he can't name an AM7 doesn't mean he doesn't know what it is. Like you said you can know a lot and not know what it is that you know, all in all it's still theory. He still knows these chords and knows his scales and blues scales etc.

[bbryant0620]

@SultansOfSwing11

I don't appreciate someone saying what I said is "all crap", that's what I think is rude. But what I'm saying is that he isn't "educated", for lack of a better term, in music theory. You do not need to "learn" music theory to play well. My point being, you do not need to take a class named "Music Theory" in order to be a great guitarist. All you need to know is what sounds good. I don't think we are really disagreeing, just mis-communicating.

[SultansOfSwing11]

@bbryant0620 oh harden the fuck up lol

[bbryant0620]

@SultansOfSwing11

Learn to have a civilized conversation.

[BiologicalBreakOut]

@metalisbetter1o00 Nope. No you dont.

[maneatingtoilets]

@metalisbetter1o00 Comment = wrong. So much great music has come from people who know no theory. Most obviously Hendrix. Although I think in the modern age, theory is !almost! essential in order to expand the horizons of your musical capabilities.

[BonjourRich]

@maneatingtoilets Hendrix knew his guitar fretboard inside out and upside down (and on fire)! I'd say he knew his guitar music theory very well indeed, although perhaps not in the conventional way that it is taught ...

[messerJ4H]

@metalisbetter1o00

Tell that in front of all of great blues players, musical fathers of modern jazz, blues and rock.

[Stingerfan4ever]

@metalisbetter1o00 not all the times .... i mean most of the greatest guitarrists in the world like david gilmour, eric clapton , jimmy hendrix and so many others didn't have deep knowledge in music theory and they still made great music

[rutledge123]

i have 2 years of theory, but always watch these videos for refreshers and to see how others view it themselves, but my only problem with this is that he uses the key of a and keeps them all natural, thats just going to confuse beginners as they progress, it would be best to start with the key of c

[Kingpin0072001uk]

Agreed, I spotted that straight away too. I can see that really screwing a lot of people up.

kudos for you being the first person to mention it though.

Heh.... didn't realise you posted this a year ago, guess you are probably quite good at theory now. y'know with 3 years under your belt.

[westboarder]

this dude looks like athene

[Crea80r]

some much helpfull thatnk you thank you thank you.

[SeanathenII]

I've been playing guitar and bass for about a year and a half now and this video is really good. I managed to figure alot of this out through likes of guitar pro and tuxguitar but for people without that or who prefer to have a teacher this is an excellent video

[noyearold]

Way to go, David!

[piggassos]

PERFRCT WELL DONE!!!

[Arrivald]

It's great! Keep it up!

[Carlijawan]

I have been playing guitar for 5 years now and I completely understand this. But I think this video is leaning toward intermediate players. If somebody would have gone up to me and tried teaching me this when I only had 6 months or 1 year into playing guitar, I would have most likely ended up selling my guitar at a pawn shop and would have gone along and bought some dope.

[kietey14]

excellent video

[RcUniverseGuy]

i dont get it

[z0mgzt0m]

@RcUniverseGuy what dont you get?

[MoRRisoNRisiN]

@z0mgzt0m everything

[Lehhog]

this is the real deal guys. use this , keep an open mind .

whats even better its FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done

[chechevsky]

yeeaa!!!!

3rd

[bloc01]

Awesome vid, just what I needed.

[Akalack]

what guitar is that?

[Lehhog]

@Akalack parker

[AK47ashnikov]

@Akalack Parker Flyer i think.

[puertoricankicks679]

4th n ty jam play

[chidorimendo]

3rd

[firegeek22]

second

[MetalUpYourAss441]

First