Understand Intervals On Guitar: Dan's Cheat Code - That Pedal Show
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2019
- Hello, Dan here!
This video is part of a series I'm doing on some basic guitar theory and practice that will help you become a more rounded and creative guitarist. This one introduces the concept of intervals.
A solid grasp of intervals - that's to say the harmonic 'distance' between notes and the names we give to those relationships - and the ability to recall them can really propel your understanding of music forwards. There's a way to do it that is so simple it's almost cheating. The fact is, you already know all the intervals in an octave: all 12 of them.
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Hard time paying attention, between the blue lamp shade and the glorious picture of Mick on the table.
I'm 19 seconds in and I can't stop staring at the pic of Mick. #FindSomeoneWhoLooksAtYouLikeDanLooksAtMick
@@jasonmoore8625 gives off a 'Ducreux' Vibe
came here to say this.
justin heinze I fell on the floor laughing when I saw the pic of Mick
Hilarious!!! Love them!!!!
Can this and one from Dan be offered in the store???
Wait wait wait... King Crimson reference on bass, I'll take it as a step towards the midi fripp/belew extravaganza that is just around the corner!
You sir are now welcome to sit by my fire on a cold evening 🔥
For the 5th, I always think the Christopher Reeves Superman movies. Bounces back and forth on the interval repeatedly, like it’s trying to teach you the interval.
Going to break out the hats and hooters when Josie comes home. I love it. Thank you Dan. You are such a sincere nice good hearted person, a true friend to many, many people. Thanks.
Ah, cheers mate 🤓👍
That Pedal Show Cheers Dan, I have the same 1963 Custom Shop Reissue candy apple red Tele, the neck feels great. I bought it because of the quality, plus Muddy Waters played one just like it.
Good info Dan. But a perfect fifth will always be STAR WARS in my brain ;-*
Gary Moseley Star Wars starts with a perfect 4th mate... as soon as I heard it I thought Star Wars as well! Can’t believe he didn’t play it 😭
I don't know shit from shit... But I think he was right with the fifth... (?maybe! It's a note higher than "here comes the bride", when I hum it anyway...)
@@harrybrain3850 the pick up is a 4th but the main note people sing starts on root to fifth
Yeah tbf it goes perfect 4th and then perfect 5th... depends which part of the song you start on 😀
The minor third is also in alot of the score for Jabba the hut as well.
Love this. Can totally see how it can lead to a better understanding of scales, modes and all that other crazy guitar witchcraft.
“Somewhere “ (There’s a place for us..)from West Side Story also for minor 7th. “Alice in Wonderland” as well as “Over the Rainbow for an octave. For a descending 5th , “The Flintstones”. Miles Davis’ “Jean Pierre” for a descending 3rd. For the rest, I have used exactly the same melodies as Dan.
Awesome!!
Very cool Dan! Great way to visualize the intervals!
Thanks!
Cheers!
What I like most about this video - aside of the theoretical stuff - is that you "write a love letter to guitar" (and guitar related music) in general :) You just love it with every cell of your existence and that comes across :)
Ah, cheers Toni, yep, totally :)
@@ThatPedalShow No thank you! Pleasure is all mine :) My name is Tobi though ;) Cheers Dan!!
Thank you for doing this, Dan. I've played for over 30 years and have a decent understanding of the basics of theory, but trying to apply that academic knowledge into something practical has always been quite difficult for me. After the first vlog I already noticed some improvement in my chops, and I know I'll travel further with this one.
Great lesson! I had a few different songs in mind as you went along. Will put then all down into writing to help myself remember them later. Thank you!
Great usable tutorial, thanks Dan, you're the man!
Love the picture of Mick in the b-ground. Haha!
Dan. This series is absolutely fantastic. Thank you for putting it together. Music theory has perplexed and lost me for years. Just having this simple string example makes understanding what all this minor 3rd, major 5th, and even what a whole 1,4,5 progression truly is all about. This is invaluable. Thank you again.
very well done, with very recognizable examples speeds the retention process
A few of my favorites include the Doctor Who theme for minor sixths and the Star Trek theme for minor 7ths. I once played tuba, so fourths tend to stand out to me without reference courtesy of all the 'oomp ah's I used to do. For minor thirds, I love to think of 'Goodbye Porkpie Hat' by Charles Mingus. Also, a gentle reminder that the theme from '2001 A Space Oddessy' was "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Strauss. The whole work is a masterful tone poem inspired by the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and really deserves a listen, especially from those of us only familiar with the first movement, and I'm so happy you used that instead of Star Wars, Dan, Not because there's anything wrong with Star Wars, but because more people need to go listen to Strauss. Happy hunting!
On a bit of a tangent, but in the realm of pedals and sort of related. I have found using a harmonizer pedal (in my case the TC Quintessense) has been a super fun way to get a few modes in to my head, because when you hit a wrong note it sounds awful it almost acts as a guide rail. And if you want to lose an afternoon, stick the Hudson Broadcast into its most aggressive position into a harmonizer like the Quintessense or a Boss Harmonist, on the 3rd + 5th setting and you feel like a 70s synth god. I own all of these pedals thanks to you, and I can't thank you enough...and niether can HSBC.
Lessons from Dan The Man. Gotta love it. I'm following along as long as they're made
EXCELLENT Dan, simply excellent...as usual! You are a gifted man indeed!
Nice, Dan! I had a music theory teacher in high school who used the same method. Very useful for ear training. Same childish minor 3rd, LOL. I still use this trick to this day and I've been out of high school for more years than a care to say. Enjoying the VLOG, thanks.
Great vid! Nice to see the ‘Bogan Bothy’ gradually improve in decor also 👍🏻.
This series is awesome!! Thank you for making this
Great lesson Dan, thank you!
Dan simply brilliant cheers and thanks for these tips .
Really helpful info. Thanks!
It's a very brilliant approach to intervals! Great Compliments!!!
Ultimate cheat code for octave and tri-tone: Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath" from Black Sabbath.
The classic one for the octave is probably "Over the Rainbow"'s "some- *where* ". For the major seventh, the "a *world* " from "Pure Imagination" ua-cam.com/video/SVi3-PrQ0pY/v-deo.html is one of the few candidates. Dan already mentioned the "Maria" tritone (and Danny Elfman's Simpsons theme is obviously a pastiche of the Bernstein musicals, too). /West Side Story/ also has another famous interval example, "Somewhere"'s "there's *a* " major seventh.
When you start looking for catchy examples of weird intervals, a lot of them are in show tunes! My hunch is that there's a reason for that: I think it's likely that songwriters like Bernstein and "Pure Imagination"'s Bricusse and Newley latched onto the unusual use of the octave in the middle of "Over the Rainbow"'s melody and started trying to build their own songs using strange intervals as a hook. Harold Arlen had likely lifted it from Dvořák: ua-cam.com/video/hzgQPjbDTMM/v-deo.html
Meanwhile John Williams is a reliable source of catchy uses of very common intervals: both the "Superman" and "Star Wars" themes for the major fifth, and Leia's theme ua-cam.com/video/UtkuZbcZORE/v-deo.html for the minor sixth.
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from album Black Sabbath, yeah ...
@@stanislavmigra *cut to man in record store* "I'm looking for the album with that song, can't remember the name now ... Purple something, I think."
@@stanislavmigra Yeah, I don't think he said Black Sabbath enough..
Nasty Habits, by Oingo Boingo
We need a TPS shirt of that picture of Mick and something that states, Guitar+Pedals+Tube Amps = Winning
1:13: Was seriously thinking "Big Jaws, Little Jaws" the moment you played that :D
Great tip. Utilising something that is already in most people's memories.
It's like music theory class, but it's free and it's not so boring I want to cry!
I have that same picture of Mick on my table too!
My cheat for the perfect 4th is "Here Comes the Bride"
it is worth noting that this exercise is the stepping stone for ear training and developing a good relative pitch
This video is the shit! Thank you Dan!! Adding in the reference that most people know is such a huge thing.
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Sehr gut gemacht. Danke. Endlich mal eine offensichtliche und verständliche Art und Weise diese Infos zu vermitteln. Echt jetzt, soo cool. Glückwünsche und alles gute weiterhin.
Pauses vid to go listen to Josie again... cracking tune.... (some minutes pass) and we’re back in the room ;-)
Feeling grateful and embarrassed at the same time.
I've never thought how helpful would be to create a cheat code of my own, although I've been playing the guitar over 30 years.
Thank you Dan!! =)
Ambassador you are spoiling us.
Tank for this reflection.
This is great Dan. Thank you!
You’re most welcome :)
This is good stuff, Dan.
Love Mick's picture!!! :D
They taught this in music school. My favorite for the octave is interval on "some-where" in Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
I loved Split enz too....good times back in Q'ld......nice one Dan
Loving this series and it proves to me again that with instruments there is no point at which you can say "I have nothing further to learn" . I learned 4 new chord shapes just last weekend from rehearsing with John Hackett :)
You all say together: Thank you Master Dan
Thanks for doing the practice vlog, Dan! Getting insight into your approach is really helpful. I wish I had a really good question. Oh wait here's one: Stay awesome, won't you?
I love how you had to play all of Josie 🤣🤘🏼
Had to ;)
Most Steely Dan songs make you do that, they're just soooooo good!
Great video. It's been in my head all day. More childish song/riff references PLEASE. It really works.
Major 6th is the theme from The Natural for me. Those two notes really ring out in that tune.
Cool stuff. It would've been useful to flash up the intervals, as a reminder, as you worked through your improv.
Good one
Minor 6th is slow dancing in a burning room for me
Ha ha. Just spotted the picture of Mick. You guys crack me up.
Start with the Sex Pistols Pretty Vacant intro. It's a pattern that repeats so easy to hear in you head. Tonic, octave and fifth. Then go to more difficult to remember intervals.
Great tip! One additional thing, you were doing it you but never mentioned it, you should sing the intervals while playing them to really get them in your head.
the information presented, presumes a level of understanding that most beginner, and possibly intermediate players don't have.
.. but could acquire very easily with about half an hour on Wikipedia. Mick here. Come on Colin, if anybody wants to play they have to be prepared to do a tiny bit of work, no? Mick here.
How am I supposed to focus with that picture of Mick on the table. Seriously.
Yes sir, that was helpful
Dan, the importance of interval ear training can't be stressed enough but could you possibly provide some advice on learning to better hear chord changes too? I find that, for me, I can distinguish chords a bit easier when they aren't perfect intervals. Sadly after all these years I still struggle occasionally with descending 4th's and 5th's, depending on the inversion. Other diatonic chords just seem less ambiguous, at least to my "broken" ear. Regardless, thanks for the great lessons and taking the time to prepare them.
Love Mick's photo on the right
Thanks from perth
...wow...thank you...
"You really got Me" with Jaws, Sharona ;-)
Dan, you have established a strong start... I will be waiting with bated breath for next weeks' installment. .....Will I be waiting in vain for "Pool-Dan" to return, though?? Lol. Me thinks you may've unwittingly set a tough precedent on yourself with that one! Hahaha!
Great lesson, mate, cheers from the homeland 👍
And here I was thinking the minor 6th was the Mamma mia intro... dan is a big ABBA fan?! Well, there's *my* minor 6th reference i guess.
Haha , perfect 👌
That Tele is just beautiful :)
I just can't stop thinking "poor Dan", he doesn't have a lot of pedals for his wall, a friend like Mic or even a sleeve. Good ear training stuff!
Amazed you could resist the first two notes of “Airbag” for E-to-F. Some explaining to do to Ed I think ;-)
guitarmoog Figured someone MUST have made this comment already, so I read a few before posting it myself. Totally “Airbag” ❤️
Thanks Dan, what's your rig for this? The notes are very clearly articulated - perfect for the intended purpose.
i love the picture of Mick in the corner behind you. Did he sneak that in there as a goof?!?!? :)
Great stuff, Dan., Wish I had this lesson yea’ years ago before I had to figure it out for myself, however, maybe doing it that way was best after all
‘Anyroad, the “Tri-Tone” interval (sharp 4th or flat5th) is the darkest most menacing one (and D minor is he saddest key😊). Léonard Bernstein used the tritone to frame the music of “West Side Story”. We hear it in the opening phrase and throughout when hatred and bigoty is the message. However, he resolved it upward in the third note of “Maria” to indicate a different feeling, one of peace and love where former prejudices have been overcome. Unresolved, we have the Jets’ song, “Keep Cool Boy”, “Officer Krupke”, the pre-rumble finale at the end of the first act, Anita scolding Maria and Maria’s harsh “You were in love, or so you said…” then completely gone in her further loving reply, the dissonant, ominous bass notes in answer
to the tragically hopeful “Somewhere” phrases in the final scene as Tony is dying and where all other violent and dark feelings are portrayed in the show.
Amazing! Thanks :)
Thanks Dan. This is really helpful. Appreciate your putting this together. Love the lamp. Next time a pipe and smoking jacket with a full set of encyclopedic Britannia’s shelfed alongside you would blow the doors off this place.
*brittanicas - damn spell check!!
"It's deceptively easy!" - CUT! :-)
Good memories of freshman ear training. Is the photo of Mick the new db meter? It's distracting...I love it....can you move it?
Hahahah!!!! Mick here. Cheers!
I love how you have a framed picture of Mick enjoying a glass of wine there. Bromance much?
perfect fifth Is easy with star wars theme or twinkle twinkle.. Also star wars Han Leia love theme is up major 6th . imperial march is down major third although its not gonna feel "major in context
Daniel. I have a question about my recently purchased D&M drive (unrelated to video but it makes for a great platform for questions)...I used to be a high gain player (back when I was using solid state and digital multi effects)...you have opened my eyes to the world of tone ane I have been tone crafting and learning for two years now...I would like to balance a variety of high gain shred leads and low gain blues leads...I found the best happy medium with the Dan side of the D&M drive set low gain into a VoxAC15 with preamp volume all the way up...however this eliminates any hope for a clean tone for me (even rolling volume back)...I have tried running boosts and an OCD before the D&M drive to help boost volume before I roll it back on guitar but I am struggling...With my Vox I have always loved it clean (master volume dimed but pre amp volume just slight up until it is loud enough for gig)...with the D&M drive this forces me to turn Gain on pedal up sooo high for the appropiate amount of sustain I am looking for...any tips you have for running into a vox style amp woulr be appreciated...you have said that love playing into "clean amps"...how clean is clean?
It’s tricky with the amp’s preamp turned all the way up. Everything that hits the front end will be compressed and gainy. Try the amp on the edge of break up, that way when you roll off the volume on your guitar you should still have some clean in there
@@ThatPedalShow i will try pulling back again and seeing if i can make it work...love the pedal though...don't know which side i love more i keep changing my mind...havent found a stacked sound i like yet but thats ok...id rather have two different lead boosts haha
Wonderful lesson, per ususal :) Burning question however. When you improvise (playing chords, single note lines, etc.) or even when playing songs/licks you know by heart, do you thick PURELY in intervals, disregarding the note names? What i mean by this is are you thinking (1 --> 4 --> Flat 7 --> Flat 6 --> 5 to 1)...OR are you thinking (Amaj --> Dmaj --> GMaj --> FMaj --> Emaj --> Amaj)?? I have a very strong grasp on playing intervallicly, but I have only recently (with then last 6 months or so) took on the painstaking task of knowing where ALL the named-notes are all over the fret board. I know both viewpoints have their own advantages over the other, but i wanted to see how you think personally. Keep the vids coming sir! Love the content ,
Talking on childish examples, my perfect fourth has always been "on ilkla moor baht 'at". And et having been taught that some how never expanded this to all the other intervals, I just used it as a tuning technique.
Hot Cake! Best Pedal Ever!
For the maj6 I also suggest "Brindiam nei lieti calici", from Verdi's "La Traviata"
Minor third cheat is the Lullaby song you sing to a kid.
Nice! :)
Thanks! What about the lovely intervals in octonic scales?
Ah, that’s how I play. Alternative Universe Mick here.
1:07 I just immediately recognize that‘s the first song from OK Computer of Radiohead ;)
There may be others in this boat with me ... I've known this trick for 20 years and I still can't hear the intervals well enough to name them, but I can still play solos, hit the right notes, play the right chord just by listening to the rest of the band and outline chords. For some reason ... I can't name the intervals on hearing them except the really obvious ones like octaves, minor 2nds, maj 3rds (most of the time) ... confusion begins here for me until we get to the 7ths both minor and major. I can hear those. Perfect 4th ... Major 6th ... many times I'm stumped on those. Ear training has always stumped me and here I am 35 years into playing guitar. But you know what ... I can still play guitar. If you can't name intervals on hearing them, don't despair ... you can still play great guitar. Ear training is great, and if you brain takes to it that's great. Don't lose hope if, like me, it never quite comes to you! Thanks for the video Dan! You are a Legend!!
I can’t name them quickly either. Mick here. I agree that being able to hear it in your head and play it is the most important thing, if the alternative is knowing the names but not being able to play them. But... the real enlightenment - and the very greatest players - are those people who can do it all. Keep learning, keep listening, keep training. Always better. There’s never any end!
Hello, Dan. Slav here. I've got a question: which GigRig should I use to power my TC Electronic PolyTune Mini, the Distributor or the Isolator?
Should be fine from a Distributor but as a rule of thumb I always isolate everything, so if you have a spare Isolator output, power it from that 🤓👍
Genius! Loved it. Also, I feel poo head deserves a cameo.
Haha, done!
haha! mic's pic! was it there before? just noticed it now.
Bass? Yes please!!!
The framed portrait of Mick is hilarious.
Interesting lesson. I do not really understand what he's on about. But still interesting.
It's about training your mind, ears and fingers together, so eventually, when you hear something in your head, you instinctively know what the interval is and your fingers move there.
There is a great app for iOS called "Functional ear trainer" that I'd recommend if you want to practice intervals. It's a good way to be able to practice interval recognition while away from your instrument.
Amazing, thank you!
Wasn't expecting king crimson as an example. Go minor 7h
If anyone is thinking, “Why bother?” To me, the most important reason to learn theory is because it gives us a proven & common language for talking about music with other musicians. It’s always frustrating when watching musicians who haven’t studied theory trying to communicate & having to come up with ad hoc ways of doing so. Especially when I’ve also experienced working with musicians who have learned at least the basics, where thing become so much easier. “What’s the second-to-last note in that lick?” “The minor sixth.” (And, if you’re playing with someone who is playing a “transposing” instrument-like many horns & woodwinds-that can be better than just saying “A flat”.)
Almost as frustrating as when I used to ask a keyboard player what key the tune was in and got told "Its in three flats", as if that meant anything to me.
Very slowly starting to get my head around this but it can be soooo confusing and frustrating at times. For example, Dan calling the tritone the "flat fifth", while I see other people calling it the "augmented fourth". Anyhoo, thanks Dan. This, along with hours of other videos, and my brain will eventually get it, I hope. Cheers.
Don’t worry, we’ll get there :)
@@ThatPedalShow Cheers Mick (I assume), I hope so. Just to add to my confusion, I found another source that names it twice, once as the "augmented fourth tritone" and once as the "diminished fifth tritone". I seem to remember having an easier time understanding calculus at school, but then again I had a young, untarnished mind back then, ho hum. :)
www.guitarlessonworld.com/content/lessons/images/intervals-notation.gif
No, that was Dan. This is Mick. I say call it whatever you want - they’re just meaningless words. Much more important is to understand the sound and be able to use them. If you don’t like Perfect Fifth, call it ‘Dave’ or something easier to remember. Or Trek, or Jaws or whatever. Welcome to my world.
@@ThatPedalShow lol. Well thank you both for replying. How about ... "I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him ...".
More seriously, from the little I've learned, the different names seem to be related to the key that it is being played in, but I get your point. I am aware that I often obsess over the little details too much, which sometimes stops me from seeing the bigger picture. Being a little OCD has pros and cons. Cheers. :)
@@fishypaw This has always been a mystery to me as well, but recently I've come to understand it could be either depending what it resolves to. It's a bit like the note between C and D. Is it C# or Db? Answer ... it depends on the key and context.
Oh, and have fun with "George" :-)
riff in 5 to 1 by the doors makes minor 3rd easy
I read the comments and hoped I'd understand a little better, sorry. I'm a bit confused. Is our homework to use the root and each interval to make a recognised song using different parts of the neck and eventually string them together as an improv?
I think he means find songs or parts of songs that you know that use each interval for yourself. This will mean that you will learn to hear those intervals when learning or creating new songs. I don't think where it is on the neck or to able to improvise using those songs is as important though you could do it if you want.