Interval Workout Chapter Three Guitar Lesson
Interval Workout Chapter Three
In the third interval workout chapter, Brendan discusses and demonstrates the perfect fourth interval.
Taught by Brendan Burns in Theory & Improv with Brendan Burns seriesLength: 6:30Difficulty: 1.5 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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Great lessons Brendan.
Great lessons Brendan - you are a natural teacher. Awesome job!
Rob, It's been a big challenge finding the right pace for these lessons. As you get more familiar with these ideas, they get faster and faster. I ended up using a medium pacing so that it's just a bit quicker than what a beginner can handle, but just right if you are reviewing the material. When first starting out, these can take a while to get under your fingers. Keep in mind that all of this material is order meaningfully. Take your time on the cycle, then make sure your octaves & fifths are in order before you tackle 4ths. Once you know where your fifths are, the fourths are just a full step below. And once you have your fourths down, a major 3rd is just a half-step below. Take your time, be thorough.
Thank you for a great lesson. It will help if you perform the changes slower or put it in tab as part of supplemental content.
I don't think any tabs will be added. I think adding tabs would defeat the point of the lesson. These exercises are supposed to improve your knowledge of where specific intervals are located on the fretboard. In order to play through the exercises, you must first learn where all of the notes are located on the fretboard. If you know that piece of information, and you understand the circle of fifths, then you should be fine.
If you cant see where he is placing his fingers, it makes it harder to learn. I would like an example on one note, then I can figure out the rest.
It can make it harder to learn if you cant see what he doing. At the same time this is an incredible way to learn intervals. Once you learn cycle 5 on the E and A string its a matter of learning where your intervals are. I have found that working out things like this on paper away from my guitar has been very helpful. The intervals are not giving me a hard time, playing cycle 5 on the G,B and high E string is killing me! but I love the challenge. keep at it you'll get it!
Matt is correct, this lesson set requires a finger/eye/ear/brain experience that you can't get with TAB. Take your time with it, and recue the video if needed. Each interval lesson in this series should take a least a week to get together. Keep at it!
This is an amazing set of lessons! I love exercises like this. It takes some of the thought out of what and/or how to learn something. I know i have to learn intervals but I would have never thought to doit this way. I love the practical aspect. The intervals I think are easier than the single string exercises ( cycle 5). Thanks Brendan! P.S. NO TABS! lol! I'd rather learn how to write them in standard notation.