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This is the first video in a new and exciting fivepart series on Playing Solo Guitar by ear.

Most of us guitar players started on the instrument by just grabbing the guitar and noodling around. Maybe later down the road, we took a few lessons or picked up a couple of books and put a name to those discoveries we made earlier.

This lesson is about reconnecting with that organic way of learning. We are going to work on ear training and putting names on things that you probably already know. This is an important process because once you put a name on a concept, that concept becomes clearer.

There is a worksheet accompanying this lesson that is going to come in pretty handy when we start working on these concepts.

First, we need to talk about intervals. Intervals are the distance between two notes. A note by itself it's just a sound, but if we play it in relation to another sound it gets a meaning, a feeling or emotion.

We are going to approach intervals in a different way. We will use a master shape that corresponds to a major scale in one octave and we'll name every note with the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight. This is the "code" we will use to name intervals.

Try to sing those intervals matching the pitches with the notes played on the guitar. It is really important to do this for a while as a basic ear training.

All these notes now get a meaning because they have been played in relation to the first note.

We are using the major shape because it contains all the possible intervals in its major or natural state. Intervals can be major, minor, augmented, diminished or perfect. But, in their natural state, they are either major or perfect.

All this talking about numbers and names can be confusing, but keep in mind the end goal: being able to express yourself musically. I promise you that this training will be so rewarding.

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