But that statement doesn't say anything about finding them across strings.
Then he moved on to a new point which was that you should understand that going 7 frets up one string, gives you the same note that can also be found by going down a string and up 2 frets, or down 2 strings and back 3 frets.
In any of these cases it will be the same note, which is always a "fifth" away from the starting note. So if you wanted to know what the "fifth" of a certain note is, one way would be to simply go up 7 frets on the same string as the starting note. When he says "fifth" he is referring to a scale degree. He is playing a A minor scale in the video which is: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A ... when you are looking for the "function" of another note in this scale you simply count up starting at the first note. This means B is the "second" of A, C is the "third" of A, etc., in the A minor scale.
Don't get too caught up in "fifths", "seconds" etc. right now (you will just don't overwhlem yourself). He just wants you to see that if you move 2 frets, we'll call that a whole step, if you move one fret we'll call that a half step. I suspect in a future lesson he'll show you the pattern for the A minor scale in terms of steps instead of frets. Whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step if you start on the 5th fret low E string would give you A, B, C, D, E, F, G or frets 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15. And then of course you could play that on 3 strings as:
E|-5-7-8----------
A|-------5-7-8----
D|-------------5-7
hope this helps?
Originally Posted by: yahtzee101at the end he said:
"If you take nothing else away from these lessons in intervals, remember this: A half step is a distance of one fret and a whole step is a distance of two frets.
A half step is a distance of one fret and a whole step is a distance of two frets
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I am wondering how this help me locate the notes on different strings since he placed so much emphasis on it..
so he showed how to play the notes A to E from the 5th to the 12th fret on the first E string..and then he goes on to play the same notes A to E using the first two strings (E and A)..
but he does not show why he played it that way with the first two strings...is there some half step counting I am missing..can someone throw some light on this
this is the video I speak of
http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=10663&c_id=2&ch_id=10&s_id=362