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Hi! I’m Paul Woof from how-to-play-bass.com. And this is the first and a serious video____ that will explore the topic of intervals. Now today, we’re going to look at three topics. First topic is “What is an interval?”. Second topic is “Why are intervals important?”. And the third topic is “How intervals are measured”.
According to Wikipedia, an interval defines the relationship between the pitches of two different notes. And that’s a good definition to start with. It’s important also to know that every musical interval has a unique name. So if two notes are a tone apart, the interval difference is called a major 2nd. Similarly, if two notes are two tones apart, that interval difference is called a major 3rd. Now we look at each unique interval in further videos in this series.
Intervals are important because they are a part of the language of music. They form the basic building blocks of music. Each interval has a unique sound. Unknown as unique sound along with the theoretical construction of the interval is information that helps s you play baselines and melodies. And learning the sound of different intervals is part of what is called ear training.
Intervals are measured in semi tones. A semi tone is the smallest pitch unit in Western music. It corresponds to notes on your bass that are a fret apart. So if you play from your first fret to the second fret on your base on any string, the difference between those two notes is the semi tone.
And we can see this representation on a keyboard too. C to C# is a semi tone. As a C# to D and so on. And the interval of the semi tone also has its own unique name. And it’s called the minor 2nd. Please see the videos on minor 2nd‘s for more specific information on this interval.
So in this quick video, we’ve looked at what an interval is which is the distance between two notes. We’ve looked at why intervals are important and that’s because they are fundamental building blocks. And we’ve looked at how we measure intervals and that’s in semi tones. For more information on intervals, please see the glossary on my website which is www.how-to-play-bass.com.
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