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I just watched three other videos on intervals, then I watched this one and realized this is the only one I needed to watch -- as usual with any of Steve's videos. Thank you, Steve.
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Awesome, Dara! Thanks for watching, and thanks for sharing! :-)
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Thank you steve i really learn many things I'm not a professional even though ive played the guitar for 9 years but i dont have a teacher You are a blessing I'm unemployed i cant support you Thank you again
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I usually watch 4-5 videos on a subject like this looking for an explanation that my mind can get around. Very often that ‘aha’ video is one of yours. Cheers.
It behooves me of why music teachers ( those that teach an instrument) don’t mention stuff like this!! While already knew a lot of the theory being shown here, I DID NOT KNOW SOME OF THE TERMS!
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Awesome, Noah! Thanks for watching. Glad Steve's video helped you understand intervals! :-) Just wanted to let you know, if you enjoy Steve’s UA-cam videos, you should definitely check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership → guitarzoom.com/join Members get unlimited streaming of more than 40 of Steve’s best guitar courses, like CAGED Made Simple, Music Theory Made Easy, Play Guitar For Life, Blues Guitar, Rock Licks, Acoustic Guitar, and many more. The courses cover a wide variety of topics, and there are courses designed for all skill-levels. So wherever you are in your guitar journey, you can get to the next level FAST as a GuitarZoom Member. :-) If you want to know more about music theory, Music Theory Made Easy is the perfect place to start. Go here to check it out: guitarzoom.com/products/music-theory-made-easy-2 Make sure you check it out, and no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom P.S. Want to check out video reviews from GuitarZoom Members? Go here → guitarzoom.com/reviews
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Not sure of is related but it reminds me of a theory question I've had for years that I haven't found an answer for. How can we derrive the scale degree chords without having to memorize them? Eg 1st 4th and 5th are major. 2nd, 3rd amd 6th are minor, 7th augmented. Where does that come from?
The chords in major keys follow that "major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished" pattern because they are all derived from the same scale pattern. If you want to work it out, it's easiest with the C major scale pattern, because there are no sharps or flats: C D E F G A B Remember, major chords consist of 3 notes: a root, a 3rd, and a 5th. So, to find any chord in the key of C, start on any note. That's your root note for the chord. Skip over the next note to get to the 3rd. Skip the note after that, and that's your 5th. For example, a C major chord is made up of the notes C, E, and G. Next, start on D and use the same process: start on D, that's your root note for the chord. Skip the next note to get to the 3rd, F. Skip the note after that, and you get A for your 5th. D, F, and A are the root, 3rd, and 5th of a D minor chord. :-) Try it for yourself! Follow that same pattern with each note in the C major scale, and you'll find the chords C major (C, E, D), D minor (D, F, A), E minor (E, G, B), F major (F, A, C), G major (G, B, D), A minor (A, C, E) and B diminished (B, D, F). Also remember, every major scale follows the same pattern. Which means, to play a D major scale (for example) you just move up all the notes in the C major scale a whole step, or 2 frets. Which gives you these notes: D E F# G A B C# And if you do the same process for the chords here, you get D major (D, F#, A), E minor (E, G, B), F# minor (F#, A, C#), G major (G, B, D), A major (A, C#, E), B minor (B, D, F#), and C# diminished (C#, E, G). This works in every major key, because every major key is based on the same scale pattern. That pattern just gets shifted up and down the fretboard, depending on what key you're in. :-) Hope this helps! -- GuitarZoom Staff
@@Guitarzoom Thank you! That makes sense. Seems easy now that is laid out haha. I've never seen any UA-cam guitar tutorial video which has explained it that way. And I've watched most of them! They always just say it. 1 4 5 maj 2 3 6 minor 7 aug and leave it T that.
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Thanks for watching, Michael! To answer the first question, remember, the intervals of every major diatonic (7-note) scale are the same. Which means, every major scale has the same pattern, it just starts from a different note. If you start on C and play the intervals of the major scale pattern, you're playing the C major scale. If you start on D and play the same pattern, you're playing D major, and so on. Each of these scales makes up all the notes in a key. So, if you know the C major scale (C D E F G A B), you can find all the chords in that key. Here's a video where Steve shows you how to do that: ua-cam.com/video/4rwjyCSY5lE/v-deo.html The same applies to minor diatonic (7-note) scales. Every minor diatonic scale has the same pattern of intervals, and you can find the chords in minor keys the same way. For the second question, remember: there are no major or minor notes. Notes don't have a major or minor quality to them, but they can be sharp or flat. There CAN be minor and major intervals (minor 3rd, major 3rd, etc.), and they fit into scale patterns. And if you learn the scale pattern, you already know which intervals to use. Hope this helps! :-) Just a reminder, right now you can get lifetime access to Steve’s Essential Guitar Scales course for 50% off the regular price, plus 8 bonuses (Total Value $827). Go here for details → guitarzoom.com/essentialguitarscales/promo/ Check it out ASAP because this special offer ends tonight (9/13). And no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom P.S. Want to watch video reviews from real GuitarZoom Members? Go here → guitarzoom.com/reviews
If it's a natural minor scale it would be a harmonic 7th or if it's a natural major scale it would be the octave of the root, raised means it has be "raised" in pitch by a half step, lowered means the opposite
It's called a "major" third simply because it's bigger than a minor third. A minor third is one and a half steps from the root (3 frets) and a major third is two whole steps from the root (4 frets). If you're asking why a major third from the scale produces a minor chord, well, just remember that you're talking about the "A major" scale, which is this: A B C# D E F# G# And you are absolutely right, the third *chord* in the key of A major is C#m. But that doesn't change the intervals of the scale. :-) And yes, that is confusing, so let's look at the A minor scale for clarification: A B C D E F G In the A major scale, there are two whole steps between the root note A and the third note C#. Which means, that interval between A and C# is a "major third." But in the A minor scale, there are only one and a half steps between the root note A and the third note C. Which means, that interval between A and C is a "minor third." Just remember, intervals are the distances between notes on a scale. And different scales have different intervals. Hope this helps! Also, just wanted to let you know, if you like Steve's UA-cam videos, you should definitely check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership → guitarzoom.com/join Members get unlimited streaming of more than 40 of Steve's best guitar courses, including Music Theory Made Easy, Play Guitar For Life, Blues Soloing, Rock Licks, Acoustic Guitar, CAGED Made Simple, and many more. And tabs are included for everything. The courses cover a wide variety of subjects, and there are courses designed for all skill-levels. So wherever you are in your guitar journey, you can get to the next level FAST as a GuitarZoom Member. :-) Make sure you check it out, and no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom
I’m kinda confused. I just watched another video on intervals, and instead of calling it a minor 3rd (2 whole steps and one half step) they referred to it as a perfect 4th. Is there a difference, or is one just easier to remember haha
You're right, a perfect 4th is two and a half steps (5 frets)... but a minor 3rd is one and a half steps (3 frets). Steve explains at 4:20 in the video, and at 6:02. :-) -- GZ Staff
steve has got this down. If you want to know or just play songs then skip this. But if your curious enough to watch, study and have the time you'll gain and feel much better if you also want to communicate with real musicians on any instrument not just guitar.
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Steve, you know I love you, you are one of the best teachers and humans out there but, A to D# is not a b5, it is an aug or #4. Enharmonic notes still need to be named based on letters.
At about 2:25 Steve starts talking about intervals and the chromatic scale. To be clear, he's talking about the names of *intervals*, not the names of notes. The distance from A to D# is six frets, or 3 whole steps. That distance between the notes defines what the interval is. In this case, the *interval* is a "b5," or "flatted 5th." This particular interval might be easier to visualize if you think about an A major chord. The notes in an A major chord are: A - root C# - major 3rd E - perfect 5th Now, on your A string, count the frets between A and E. There are 7. That *interval* is called a "perfect 5th," which Steve mentions in the video. And if you flatten that perfect 5th by one fret, you get D#/Eb, which is the flatted 5th when A is the root note. Remember, Steve is just starting on A because that's the first letter of the alphabet. If you started on another note, you can name the intervals between that note and any other note the same way. Let's take E for example, since we have the low E string right there on the guitar. :-) Here's the chromatic scale starting on E: E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab - A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb Intervals work the same way here, you're just starting on E instead of A. So: E to F is a minor 2nd E to F#/Gb is a major 2nd E to G is a minor 3rd E to G#/Ab is a major 3rd E to A is a perfect 4th E to A#/Bb is a flatted 5th E to B is a perfect 5th ...and so on. Because Steve's talking about intervals, the space between notes. But let's look at an E major chord, the same way we looked at the A major chord: E - root G# - major 3rd B - perfect 5th Again, if you go down one fret from your perfect 5th, you have A#/Bb, which is a flatted 5th, when you use E as the root note. Hope this helps! -- GuitarZoom Staff
Someone please prove me or him wrong Here's my argument :he says that the distance between A and A# is a II, here's where my problem lies, he says it's a minor second, even though a minor second is a half step, and so is a major second. I was testing my theory so I played this video and before he answered something, I would stop the video, say it out loud then play it and see if I was right, when I stopped at that part, he said A to A# is a minor second, which isn't true, it's a flat second or a phrygian second, so one of us is wrong, do your research and tell me where me or him made a mistake
Beginning at about 3:29 in the video, Steve explains that the distance from A to A#/Bb is a minor second. After that, he explains that the distance from A to B is a major second. A "minor second" is an interval of one half step (one fret on the guitar) and a "major second" is an interval of one whole step (two frets). Remember, he's talking about starting on A in both instances: if you start on A and move up to to A#/Bb, that's moving up 1 fret. And if you start on A and move up to B, that's 2 frets. He's not starting on A and going to A#, THEN starting on A# and going to B. For both the minor and major second examples, Steve starts on A. Re "Phrygian second", the Phrygian second is a half step interval, which means for A Phrygian, the second note would be Bb. That's a minor second. :-) Just to be clear, here is the A major scale: A , B, C#, D, E, F#, G# ...and here's the A Phrygian scale: A, Bb, C, D, E, F, G The A major scale has a *major* second, because the distance between the root (A) and the second note (B) is a whole step, or 2 frets. And the A Phrygian scale has a *minor* second, because the distance between the root (A) and the second note (Bb) is a half step, or 1 fret. In other words, the Phrygian second *is* a minor second. But it doesn't make sense to call a minor second a "Phrygian second" unless you're in the Phrygian mode. Take the A Locrian scale for example: A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G In this scale, the distance between the root (A) and the second (Bb) is a half step. That's a minor second, just like in A Phrygian. But since we're talking about A Locrian here, it wouldn't make sense to call that interval a "Phrygian second." You could call it a "Locrian second" if you want, but the point is that both the "Phrygian second" AND the "Locrian second" are minor seconds, in terms of intervals. Hope this helps! -- GuitarZoom Staff
Its just a tad more tricky when you get into scale shapes. On a guitar, each Fret is a half step. Example: 5th fret of the E string is an A note. 6th Fret is A#/Bb. 7th is C. Etc. So horizontally (all on one string) its visually simple to see the intervals. The tricky part is visualizing those intervals between strings. There are videos you can find that can show you some of the different intervals across strings but memorizing your scale shapes (and the names of each note in the shape) is a good jumping off point to working it out yourself.
Hey you know I would feel like I was cheating you if I skipped out on you because I know this is accurate teaching it's about where I left off when I stopped taking lessons
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Major second .major third
Perfect fourth . Perfect fifth major sixth
Perhaps the best singular lesson ever. This and the major scale shape is where everyone should start
I just watched three other videos on intervals, then I watched this one and realized this is the only one I needed to watch -- as usual with any of Steve's videos. Thank you, Steve.
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ive always found intervals confusing but this is the best explanation ive seen yet. many thanks
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Best explanation of intervals since the pyramids were built!
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ouch my head *replays the video again*
Understood the purpose of making intervals for the first time. Thanx
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Great tuition,I’m a drummer of many years, learning to play guitar and I think these videos are brilliant 👍
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To be more precise, an interval between A and A# is an augumented unison ;)
Awesome Steve. Great material here. I learned something new today. Thanks so much
Very informative lesson
Cool stuff
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I usually watch 4-5 videos on a subject like this looking for an explanation that my mind can get around. Very often that ‘aha’ video is one of yours. Cheers.
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Sure did make such a must know concept much easier to grasp, and remember. Thanks!!!!!!!
It behooves me of why music teachers ( those that teach an instrument) don’t mention stuff like this!! While already knew a lot of the theory being shown here, I DID NOT KNOW SOME OF THE TERMS!
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Enjoy your videos, you made intervals very easy to understand. Thank you.
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that's actually quite good explanation
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great lessons Steve, as usual
Thanks Steve..big help man
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Not sure of is related but it reminds me of a theory question I've had for years that I haven't found an answer for.
How can we derrive the scale degree chords without having to memorize them?
Eg 1st 4th and 5th are major. 2nd, 3rd amd 6th are minor, 7th augmented.
Where does that come from?
The chords in major keys follow that "major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished" pattern because they are all derived from the same scale pattern.
If you want to work it out, it's easiest with the C major scale pattern, because there are no sharps or flats:
C D E F G A B
Remember, major chords consist of 3 notes: a root, a 3rd, and a 5th.
So, to find any chord in the key of C, start on any note. That's your root note for the chord. Skip over the next note to get to the 3rd. Skip the note after that, and that's your 5th.
For example, a C major chord is made up of the notes C, E, and G.
Next, start on D and use the same process: start on D, that's your root note for the chord. Skip the next note to get to the 3rd, F. Skip the note after that, and you get A for your 5th.
D, F, and A are the root, 3rd, and 5th of a D minor chord. :-)
Try it for yourself! Follow that same pattern with each note in the C major scale, and you'll find the chords C major (C, E, D), D minor (D, F, A), E minor (E, G, B), F major (F, A, C), G major (G, B, D), A minor (A, C, E) and B diminished (B, D, F).
Also remember, every major scale follows the same pattern. Which means, to play a D major scale (for example) you just move up all the notes in the C major scale a whole step, or 2 frets. Which gives you these notes:
D E F# G A B C#
And if you do the same process for the chords here, you get D major (D, F#, A), E minor (E, G, B), F# minor (F#, A, C#), G major (G, B, D), A major (A, C#, E), B minor (B, D, F#), and C# diminished (C#, E, G).
This works in every major key, because every major key is based on the same scale pattern. That pattern just gets shifted up and down the fretboard, depending on what key you're in. :-)
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That makes sense.
Seems easy now that is laid out haha.
I've never seen any UA-cam guitar tutorial video which has explained it that way. And I've watched most of them!
They always just say it. 1 4 5 maj 2 3 6 minor 7 aug and leave it T that.
Great content! Thank you!!
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I'm a bit confused, how does this to apply a major and minor key?
How do I know what should be a major or minor note?
Thanks for watching, Michael! To answer the first question, remember, the intervals of every major diatonic (7-note) scale are the same. Which means, every major scale has the same pattern, it just starts from a different note.
If you start on C and play the intervals of the major scale pattern, you're playing the C major scale. If you start on D and play the same pattern, you're playing D major, and so on.
Each of these scales makes up all the notes in a key. So, if you know the C major scale (C D E F G A B), you can find all the chords in that key. Here's a video where Steve shows you how to do that: ua-cam.com/video/4rwjyCSY5lE/v-deo.html
The same applies to minor diatonic (7-note) scales. Every minor diatonic scale has the same pattern of intervals, and you can find the chords in minor keys the same way.
For the second question, remember: there are no major or minor notes. Notes don't have a major or minor quality to them, but they can be sharp or flat.
There CAN be minor and major intervals (minor 3rd, major 3rd, etc.), and they fit into scale patterns. And if you learn the scale pattern, you already know which intervals to use.
Hope this helps! :-)
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Interval between c3 and g3 is perfect fifth.what about the interval starting from g3 and ending at c3? Is that the same perfect fifth??
Flat 5 and diminished 5 are desame right? Sorry to bother I'm just a beginner
Yes
what is the next lesson for this topic?
Actually A to A# is not a minor second, it's an augmented unison... but essentially your right...
Thanks, this really helped me :)
What is a raised 7th or something like that
If it's a natural minor scale it would be a harmonic 7th or if it's a natural major scale it would be the octave of the root, raised means it has be "raised" in pitch by a half step, lowered means the opposite
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why is it called a major third? but if you play in a key of A its a C#m?
It's called a "major" third simply because it's bigger than a minor third.
A minor third is one and a half steps from the root (3 frets) and a major third is two whole steps from the root (4 frets).
If you're asking why a major third from the scale produces a minor chord, well, just remember that you're talking about the "A major" scale, which is this:
A B C# D E F# G#
And you are absolutely right, the third *chord* in the key of A major is C#m. But that doesn't change the intervals of the scale. :-)
And yes, that is confusing, so let's look at the A minor scale for clarification:
A B C D E F G
In the A major scale, there are two whole steps between the root note A and the third note C#. Which means, that interval between A and C# is a "major third."
But in the A minor scale, there are only one and a half steps between the root note A and the third note C. Which means, that interval between A and C is a "minor third."
Just remember, intervals are the distances between notes on a scale. And different scales have different intervals.
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I’m kinda confused. I just watched another video on intervals, and instead of calling it a minor 3rd (2 whole steps and one half step) they referred to it as a perfect 4th. Is there a difference, or is one just easier to remember haha
You're right, a perfect 4th is two and a half steps (5 frets)... but a minor 3rd is one and a half steps (3 frets). Steve explains at 4:20 in the video, and at 6:02. :-)
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didnt learn playing intervals on guitar at all, nly what they are
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If you are Serious. This is very important to learn. Thank you Jesus! Ha ha ha
Steve, you know I love you, you are one of the best teachers and humans out there but, A to D# is not a b5, it is an aug or #4. Enharmonic notes still need to be named based on letters.
At about 2:25 Steve starts talking about intervals and the chromatic scale. To be clear, he's talking about the names of *intervals*, not the names of notes.
The distance from A to D# is six frets, or 3 whole steps. That distance between the notes defines what the interval is. In this case, the *interval* is a "b5," or "flatted 5th."
This particular interval might be easier to visualize if you think about an A major chord. The notes in an A major chord are:
A - root
C# - major 3rd
E - perfect 5th
Now, on your A string, count the frets between A and E. There are 7. That *interval* is called a "perfect 5th," which Steve mentions in the video. And if you flatten that perfect 5th by one fret, you get D#/Eb, which is the flatted 5th when A is the root note.
Remember, Steve is just starting on A because that's the first letter of the alphabet. If you started on another note, you can name the intervals between that note and any other note the same way.
Let's take E for example, since we have the low E string right there on the guitar. :-)
Here's the chromatic scale starting on E:
E - F - F#/Gb - G - G#/Ab - A - A#/Bb - B - C - C#/Db - D - D#/Eb
Intervals work the same way here, you're just starting on E instead of A. So:
E to F is a minor 2nd
E to F#/Gb is a major 2nd
E to G is a minor 3rd
E to G#/Ab is a major 3rd
E to A is a perfect 4th
E to A#/Bb is a flatted 5th
E to B is a perfect 5th
...and so on. Because Steve's talking about intervals, the space between notes. But let's look at an E major chord, the same way we looked at the A major chord:
E - root
G# - major 3rd
B - perfect 5th
Again, if you go down one fret from your perfect 5th, you have A#/Bb, which is a flatted 5th, when you use E as the root note.
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Someone please prove me or him wrong
Here's my argument :he says that the distance between A and A# is a II, here's where my problem lies, he says it's a minor second, even though a minor second is a half step, and so is a major second.
I was testing my theory so I played this video and before he answered something, I would stop the video, say it out loud then play it and see if I was right, when I stopped at that part, he said A to A# is a minor second, which isn't true, it's a flat second or a phrygian second, so one of us is wrong, do your research and tell me where me or him made a mistake
Beginning at about 3:29 in the video, Steve explains that the distance from A to A#/Bb is a minor second. After that, he explains that the distance from A to B is a major second.
A "minor second" is an interval of one half step (one fret on the guitar) and a "major second" is an interval of one whole step (two frets).
Remember, he's talking about starting on A in both instances: if you start on A and move up to to A#/Bb, that's moving up 1 fret. And if you start on A and move up to B, that's 2 frets.
He's not starting on A and going to A#, THEN starting on A# and going to B. For both the minor and major second examples, Steve starts on A.
Re "Phrygian second", the Phrygian second is a half step interval, which means for A Phrygian, the second note would be Bb. That's a minor second. :-)
Just to be clear, here is the A major scale:
A , B, C#, D, E, F#, G#
...and here's the A Phrygian scale:
A, Bb, C, D, E, F, G
The A major scale has a *major* second, because the distance between the root (A) and the second note (B) is a whole step, or 2 frets.
And the A Phrygian scale has a *minor* second, because the distance between the root (A) and the second note (Bb) is a half step, or 1 fret.
In other words, the Phrygian second *is* a minor second. But it doesn't make sense to call a minor second a "Phrygian second" unless you're in the Phrygian mode.
Take the A Locrian scale for example:
A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G
In this scale, the distance between the root (A) and the second (Bb) is a half step. That's a minor second, just like in A Phrygian. But since we're talking about A Locrian here, it wouldn't make sense to call that interval a "Phrygian second." You could call it a "Locrian second" if you want, but the point is that both the "Phrygian second" AND the "Locrian second" are minor seconds, in terms of intervals.
Hope this helps!
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@@Guitarzoom yeah in summary, I was almost right but not right
It makes sense on an accordion and a piano but it makes no sense of a guitar kind of
Its just a tad more tricky when you get into scale shapes. On a guitar, each Fret is a half step. Example: 5th fret of the E string is an A note. 6th Fret is A#/Bb. 7th is C. Etc. So horizontally (all on one string) its visually simple to see the intervals.
The tricky part is visualizing those intervals between strings. There are videos you can find that can show you some of the different intervals across strings but memorizing your scale shapes (and the names of each note in the shape) is a good jumping off point to working it out yourself.
Hey you know I would feel like I was cheating you if I skipped out on you because I know this is accurate teaching it's about where I left off when I stopped taking lessons
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