Interval Workout Chapter Two Guitar Lesson
Interval Workout Chapter Two
Brendan Burns focuses on the fifth interval in chapter two of the interval workout.
Taught by Brendan Burns in Theory & Improv with Brendan Burns seriesLength: 6:58Difficulty: 0.5 of 5
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Theory & Improv with Brendan Burns
Found in our Beginner Lesson SetsBrendan Burns talks about the circle of fifths, intervals and more to help you in your playing.
Lesson 1
Cycle Five
Brendan Burns explains the circle of fifths and how to navigate it on the neck of the guitar.
Length: 11:22 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter One
Brendan Burns demonstrates an exercise that will help you locate and play octaves on the guitar.
Length: 12:35 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Two
Brendan Burns focuses on the fifth interval in chapter two of the interval workout.
Length: 6:58 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Three
In the third interval workout chapter, Brendan discusses and demonstrates the perfect fourth interval.
Length: 6:30 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Four
In chapter four of his interval workout series, Brendan discusses and demonstrates the major third interval.
Length: 3:43 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Five
In chapter five of his interval workout, Brendan demonstrates the minor third intervals.
Length: 4:10 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Six
Brendan Burns demonstrates the tritone intervals.
Length: 3:51 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Seven
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major second intervals.
Length: 3:02 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Eight
Brendan Burns demonstrates the minor second intervals.
Length: 2:42 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Nine
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major sixth intervals.
Length: 3:15 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Ten
Brendan Burns demonstrates the minor sixth intervals.
Length: 2:54 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Eleven
Brendan Burns demonstrates the major seventh intervals.
Length: 2:26 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
Interval Workout Chapter Twelve
The final interval workout from Brendan Burns features the flat seventh or minor seventh interval.
Length: 4:46 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
About Brendan Burns
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Brendan has been passionate about music since childhood. He began his studies on trumpet, in elementary school, and then moved to guitar as a teenager. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Berklee College of Music, and has studied with Norm Zocher, Joe Stump, Bret Willmott, Bob Pilkington, Jay Weik, Tim Miller, & Charlie Banacos.
While at Berklee, Brendan was a member of the Music Mentoring Program, teaching private lessons to gifted high school students. He is currently teaches, and is chair of the guitar department at Brookline Music School. Brendan also teaches guitar for Tune Foolery & privately at his home in Cambridge, MA.
Along with educating, Brendan plays out often as a Solo Guitarist, performing standards, pop, and classical repertoire. He has recorded and played with the chamber-fusion band Ra Quintent, and as well as Vessela Stoyanova's Eastern Stories Under Western Skies Project. Brendan also performs as a leader, director and sideman for various Boston art-rock projects, and is former member of MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Brendan thanks for these lessons matey there class. Just wondering did you ever use an acronym to helo you remember the circle 5? Also what is the importance of learning them in order? Thanks man. Matt
I never learned an acronym, I just played it over and over and over and over. This order just happens to very common in pop/jazz/rock/folk music, but the truth is, it's just a pattern for moving through all twelve keys. There are also Cycle 2, Cycle 3, Cycle 4, etc. It's just a device for thoroughness.
I am really enjoying this so far. But at the end of it all what will be the overall point of it all. To be quite frank with you I don't understand the circle of fifths and what it does. Could you explain this for me? I hope this makes sense to you. Thanks.
When it comes down to it, this a primer for a deeper application of playing anything anywhere on the guitar. The Cycle 5 exercises work to build your understanding of the notes, intervals and shapes on the fretboard. When you have that in shape, you can take ideas (licks, riffs, etc.) and move those around cycle 5. The end result is to play anything anywhere; regardless of key or positioning.
I am starting to understand. So once the cirle of fifths is understood how does it relate to lets say for example major scales. Why does the circle go from F to Bflat and then B to Gflat. Thank you.
Once you have Cycle 5 under your belt, you can then apply major scales to it. Start on C major scale, then move through F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, B, E, A, D, G. Depending on what you are studying, you can use cycle 5 to make sure your work is thorough.
ok. So the circle 5 is just for the major scales?
No, I was just using your example. Cycle 5 is commonly used for "licks." Say you like the sound of the b3 going to the major 3rd and resolving on the root. Try playing it Cycle 5 off of every string, and soon you'll have that sound ready for you at any moment. Cycle 5 is just tool.
So why are the minor keys in the center and major on the outside of the circle? And what are the differences? The order of the notes seem to be the same. Thanks again.
Sorry for missing this post sidk. Dash Rendar is correct, the inner circle is for the relative minors. Don't even worry about that. Cycle 5 in this situation is just used as device to work through all the keys. We are just trying to be thorough.
sidk, the centre of the circle shows the relative minor for every key on the outside. For example, the relative minor for C major is A, the relative minor for G major is E, and so on. The inner circle is therefore just a 'helpful' tool for remembering which minor goes with each major scale. But understanding the theory for how scales are assembled is much more useful than just memorising the circle. E.g. if you take the key of C major... C D E F G A B Now, if you take the fifth note of this scale (G), then write out the same scale STARTING with G, but sharpening the fourth note (F), then you end up with: G A B C D E F# This is the scale for G major. If you do the same again with this scale, i.e. sharpen the 4th note which is C, but start on the fifth note which is D, then you get: D E F# G A B C# So, this is the scale of D major. See how we've just assembled the scales for C, then G, then D? This is where the circle comes from and why it works.
I listened to this lesson several times and still can not tell if you are teaching 5ths to 5ths on separate strings (C to G, G to D, D to A etc.) or teaching one octave to another octave or even worse, are you mixing them up, 5ths then octaves then 5ths etc? Or are you playing C to G on each string, then G to D on each string, etc.? If you're demonstrating 5ths, it would really be helpful if you said the notes so we know what notes you're playing.
It's a very simple concept. Know your octaves, and then play every interval through those octaves. In this series we are looking at fifths. Stick with it, and it should open up for you.
Brenden, I somewhat understood the Circle of 5ths in lesson one and playing one octave to another in lesson 2, but it is unclear what you're doing in lesson 3. You seem to be mixing up octaves with 5ths and I'm confused. In this lesson are you playing from one note on the Circle of 5ths to another, C to G, G to D, D to A, A to D etc.?
It sounds like you got it! We are playing 5ths in every octave through cycle 5.
Brendan do you do any lesson sets on aural training?
I don't have any Ear Training lesson sets up yet, but try some classic exercises by Mick Goodrick in the meantime: http://books.google.com/books?id=atImsISqYCsC&pg=PT63&lpg=PT63&dq=mick+goodrick+ear+training&source=bl&ots=sev7TyuBwz&sig=pqgnLQIgQnasrvegOBgg9JH_ub8&hl=en&ei=w-B2TKjuFoH-8AaewvSNBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Brendan it would help if you can put an example on tab. Thanks. Great lesson.