Printable Guitar Intervals and Octaves Chart
Intervals are the distances between notes, and on guitar each one is a shape you can see. This chart maps every interval from a root on the 6th string and on the 5th string, lists them with their sound, and shows the octave shapes that help you find any note anywhere.
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What’s inside
- Interval maps from 6th- and 5th-string roots
- A table of all 12 intervals with semitones
- Octave shapes for finding notes fast
How to use it
- Print it and keep it beside you while you practice.
- Learn one position at a time, playing it up and down slowly with a metronome.
- Say the note names or scale degrees out loud as you play.
- When a position is smooth, improvise over a backing track using only those notes.
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Questions
Why learn intervals on guitar?
Chords, scales and melodies are all built from intervals. Knowing their shapes lets you build any chord, find harmony notes and work out melodies by ear.
What is an octave?
The same note, higher or lower. On guitar the most common octave shape is two strings up and two frets up.
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