All About Intervals
Understand intervals and see them on the fretboard
All About Intervals is an online guitar theory course taught by Steve Stine. It explains what intervals are, then shows you how to see each one on the fretboard, from the minor 2nd to the octave. Later lessons cover ear training with intervals and how intervals relate to the major scale, modes, the minor scale, the pentatonic scales and chord construction. The course has 36 video lessons, about two hours in total, including two bonus lessons, plus a 26-page PDF book.
What All About Intervals is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course, explains the chromatic scale, and shows how chord names come from intervals.
Course intro: Introduction · 1:30
Free preview lesson: Understanding the Chromatic Scale · 7:31
Free preview lesson: 2 Chord Names and Intervals · 8:26
Is All About Intervals right for you?
- Players who find theory confusing. The course starts with the chromatic scale and builds up one step at a time.
- Soloists who want to see more of the neck. Lessons show intervals across the strings and one note across the whole fretboard.
- Guitarists who want to know how chords work. Later lessons show how intervals build chords and give them their names.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Explain what an interval is and name all intervals from the minor 2nd to the octave
- Use the chromatic scale, sharps, flats, double sharps and double flats on the fretboard
- Find and visualize one note across the whole fretboard
- Play intervals on the 6th string and move them to other strings
- Practice ear training with intervals
- Use intervals to understand the major scale, modes, minor scale and pentatonic scales
- Build chords from intervals and read intervals above the octave
The course, module by module
The full lesson list is below.
Intervals from the ground up
What an interval is, the chromatic scale, double sharps and flats, fretboard distances, memorizing notes, the root note, intervals on the 6th string and other strings, interval names and ear training. Then shortcuts for every interval from the minor 2nd to the octave, and how intervals relate to the major scale, modes, the minor scale, pentatonic scales and chord construction.
Bonus: intervals above the octave and chord names
Intervals above the octave and how interval names show up in chord names.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 26-page PDF book. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
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Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
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Where to go after All About Intervals
All About Scales
Learn the major scale in seven positions and the minor pentatonic in five, plus relative minor and short jams.
Fretboard Freedom
Learn pentatonic, blues, major and minor scales and modes position by position in C, then use them creatively in solos.
Music Theory For Life 2.0
A 12-week course on notes, reading, scales, chords, progressions, melody, improvisation, modes and ear training.
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