INTERVALS explained by GUITAR GENIUS Tom Quayle! 🧠🎸

[@ForrestWest]

Learning these intervallic functions in one octave is exactly the thing to do along with learning Triads and moving around on the neck. Wonderful lesson and very helpful.

[@cravertom]

best 12 minutes ive spent on youtube in a very long time..thanks for making us all better.

[@kagenotatsumaki]

I'm not always the biggest fan of Tom's style of playing, sometimes he plays something mind blowingly awesome, but most of the time what he plays is usually pretty neutral for me, BUT his explanation of Intervals is literally THE key concept that took me from floundering around the first Pentatonic scale shape, power chords and the 5 cowboy chords, to actually being able to look at the Guitar and figure out how all the seemingly overwhelming scales and chords in a way that let me get most of them down anywwhere within a few days to a week or 2 of practice. Without Tom Quyale, I wouldn't be the Guitarist I am today, which is still a pretty crap one, but people compliment my playing more than they criticize so I'll take it! XD and for that I say thank you for everything Tom! ❤️

[@guitarguitaruk]

Great insight into your playing journey there! It can be such a liberating feeling when you find something, or someone (Tom in this case) that can really level up your playing. We got loads from this video too and glad to hear you got something too! Big thanks to Tom for sure :)

[@lps.444]

Can you please explain to me where I can find all of the interval shapes? I've tried google but there's too much inaccurate stuff to filter through. Thanks!

[@willemsgrahpics]

@@lps.444check out a website called Strings of Rage. Their intervals lesson is killer and shows all the shapes all over the neck for each interval

[@tlkshowhst]

This is like the greatest lesson ever.

[@coffeecupman]

One day the light will come on. Until then I will never know how it is that I can be so smart with everything else and yet so instantly thick when it's music theory time...

[@mckeifus]

Ya I have no clue what this dude is talking about

[@mrelmoresmusiclab]

Don't even stress it. I tried to make a video on my channel about the circle of fifths and there's so much information to break down. Just connect little chunks at a time.

[@smoothcriminal011]

@@mckeifus yea these videos seem to make it way more confusing ngl

[@Danilo8208SS]

This is the single most important concept for getting good at guitar for players that have made it beyond struggling with getting your hands to move right.

[@nateb1804]

Oh my gosh. This is such a better way to approach melodic harmony!

[@jgianan]

Probably more useful if the camera is angled straight on so the frets and fingers are visible. Either that or supplement with some visual. I know - unsolicited suggestion but hopefully something to consider. Thanks much!

[@kevinh4042]

Very interesting approach to studying music...I'm not sure how to start practicing this approach though.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I just got my baritone ukulele and have to learn the fretboard. What a lifesaver.

[@Francisco-Danconia]

This is EXACTLY how I taught guitar to my students many years ago. I think anything in life should be broken down and distilled into its most simple concept to best understand it.

[@tommyredline6432]

This is a phenomenal piece of insight. Wow

[@paullapointe]

glad to know all the chord forms ive been learning with roots and function will some day pay off i legit just learned all the 7th in nat minor and was like whaaaaat thats exactly the stuff i like lol love when you think ya have to be super creative then ya just learn some stuff and it clicks and your like sweet

[@chrisvantassel8867]

Nice job Tom, love the way you delivery the message, great teaching!

[@ThuceeRolls]

There's an app called Solo that Tom made for this exact purpose. I use it daily as an exercise, highly recommend to help with visualization of the guitar through intervallic functions!

[@bentenpeterson]

Thanks for that info.!

[@jankowalski6338]

15 pounds? No, thanks.

[@smalldog1]

@@jankowalski6338 15 dollars is probably the absolute least you could invest in any piece of material to get you better at guitar. Not plugging the app he's involved with (although I have tried it) - but please. 15 dollars is dirt cheap in the world of music and music materials (barring everything out there which is free).

[@manasdas9461]

​@@smalldog1I have an acoustic guitar ..does the app recognise the sound of an acoustic guitar??

[@smalldog1]

Hey I'm sorry, I just saw this. Yeah, it just uses your phones microphone - you can use any instrument. You can even sing into it. @@manasdas9461

[@billbeggs1905]

I listened carefully. What do I do with this information? Think I don't know enough yet for this info to be useful to me. Maybe, I'll stick to writing pop songs. I glad the other comments say the light. Best wishes.

[@Hi-Z_Lo-Z]

Learn the same melody in diff octaves to learn the fret board. Then do it again and again with other melodies. Have fun learning all!!!

[@DreamPurpleFloyd]

Yeah it's a good tip. I started doing it with the themes of simple jazz standards and it works great. if you know how to play the theme all over the neck it's way easier to paraphrase it!

[@markslist1542]

Tom is a legend.

[@mikemcsween1847]

Thank you for sharing. One big stumbling block; did I miss where you said what an interval is? Is a 1 to 2 one fret apart, and so on? Feel like strong understanding of theory is prerequisite. Thanks!

[@Francisco-Danconia]

Am internal is any distance between 2 notes.

[@kevinriveraguitar]

If you want to develop a deep understanding of the fretboard and start visualizing harmony learn this. Learn it the hard way. Go through all the 11 intervals one by one through all permutations. You will evolve as a player.

[@andres.igmendez]

been following Tom for a while and this method is amazing once you understand it. it opens the fretboard so much! Are you going to post the rest of the clinic?

[@nedim_guitar]

Tom Quayle is a master of guitar!

[@eduintulcan]

muchas gracias por la informacion! puedo encontrar este material en idioma español?

[@ellic.trudel866]

thanks man and you have a really cool guitar

This guy's always exuded intelligence. Big fan of his.

[@kc8923]

Would be helpful to have a view of the fretboard and his fingers as he's explaining this.

[@andyw6026]

Oh god, how awesome Tom....

[@kangcendolla]

Part two .please

[@Betterthantelly]

Great lesson.

[@handleOfThy]

didnt fall a sleep but half way throught I was lost in my thoughts

[@BlackonBlack-]

Okay, but the question is in what order should we learn them? Chromatic? R,b2,2,b3,3,4 etc or you do major-minor arpegios? or like in this lesson 1,2,3,4 probably a major scale, and after that learn other intervals? 🤔

[@sacredgeometry]

It doesn't matter, you are going to get through all of them anyway. Personally I would do it chromatically because it would force you to learn the function of each note irrespective of functional priority but for most people I would probably recommend do it in the order of chord tones. root then 3rds then 5th then 7ths then 9ths etc. And their variants, minor major, perfect, diminished and augmented.

[@BlackonBlack-]

@@sacredgeometry okay, thank you :) The difficulty is in keeping this routine. I tired learning chromatically couple of times before, and i fail to continue memorizing, because to be able to immediately recognize these intervals without a millisecond of doubt ascending/descending on all strings you have to sit with them for a while.. All the scale patterns we know by memory is just sooo much easier hahaha... so i tried doing only octaves for a week, only b2 for a week , only M2 for a week, m3 for a week all over the neck.. and then i just got lazy and dropped this technique.. Man.. i should try focusing on it again :)

[@DreamPurpleFloyd]

@@BlackonBlack- Quick advice from an experienced player: you don't have to keep practicing a concept until you've totaly mastered it. If you practiced the chromatic scale for a while and you're getting tired of it, you can just stop practicing it and focus on something more exciting instead. You'll come back to it eventually anyway, it's just a matter of time.

[@guitar9310]

I feel like perfect 4th is more monophonic and standard is polyphonic!

[@unislayer50]

here i am waiting for a lesson on my favorite band Intervals...

[@CRP2426]

Great simple concept. Really useful for playing the changes. Thanks for Sharing.

[@danbromberg]

At 2:32 when Tom refers to 4ths Tuning by tuning the top 2 strings higher, is he saying that string 2 (B) should match string 3's fret 5 instead of fret 4 (and similarly for string 1)?

[@javierfoo993]

Yes, so essentially your B is tuned to C and your high E is tuned to an F

[@wmc128]

Circle of Fifths FCGDAEB in reverse is the circle of fouths BEADGCF.

[@fastilafuska]

How to do it without breaking my string?

[@danbromberg]

@@javierfoo993 Thanks for verifying!

[@TomSounds]

He is a master in playing but also a grandmaster in tuition!

[@undriftedpop788]

So I have learned the definition of Intervals and each one like a thousand times, but i have no idea how to use them and I cant find any video that explains, its all just telling me what each interval is and the note gaps

[@DavidETrotman]

Nice break down

[@j.p.7708]

You’re miss a few zeros from the views, this is absolute gold👍👍👍👍

[@xwhite2020]

I'm just going to make a cup of tea.

[@danielhenneberry7445]

I literally fell asleep while watching this 😇

[@nahkubnah]

superb

[@Crema59]

I fell asleep before it ended zZzz

[@alanwhite4809]

Bruh started dipping his toes into the Mandalorian theme song for a second there.

[@Joe_Grant_music]

Where can we get access to the full video

[@FretboardMaestro]

One thing he's missing, is the person learning scales/ intervals, would have to know all the formulas for said scales if he/she would reproduce them based on intervallic knowledge

[@yakzivz1104]

exactly

[@ItsJustRyan89]

You can learn it whatever way round you want. Knowing the intervals, means you can apply it to the scale formula. I’d say it easier to learn intervals first, than the formula.

[@seankenneally6369]

God guitarist and god teacher. I will be seeking out as much tom quayle lessons as google can provide me.

[@georgecaplan11]

Would have been better if the camera angle focused on the notes he was actually playing - it’s a talk about intervals .

[@wanton_chips3638]

BEAUTIFUL QUESTION at the end, man asked exactly what I was needing clarification on

[@PopovSB]

I don't understand why Tom is contrasting intervals and boxes/CAGED? After all, the same intervals or degrees work in boxes, CAGED or 3NPS, they just need to be understood. He talks about intervals and degrees like it's some kind of discovery. In fact, his fingers move through all the same patterns of scales and arpeggios plus passing chromatic notes. Any box is a graphic representation of intervals and steps. You are not going to find the steps of the R M2 M3 P4 etc. in real time every time. Boxes, CAGED, 3NPS give you a ready made chart of intervals. The ingenious trick is to sell something long known as a unique invention.

[@yakzivz1104]

actually the way that he is explaining it, is more difficult to understand than the way I learned. Most of the time, the 1st and 2nd note are 2 frets apart- whole step. Intervals are not hard to understand- it's just how people explain it

[@Kyrelel]

The subtitles could do with a couple of tweaks

[@Dodzee.44]

ive come a long way on guitar over the last 30 years but just don't understand theory for the life of me absolutely no clue

[@mohitrahaman]

ggwp mr quayle

[@TimotheeLee]

Why does every "lesson" on musical theory have to be dumbed down for guitarists? Intervals are the basic building blocks for all of music. What do we we get in this? This is a C and two frets up I the next note?

[@procarpenter1788]

Serious question: is it Tom-brah? Tambour? I don’t know!

[@danielhadida3915]

Timbre

[@Kyrelel]

It's more like Tamber or Tambuh, depending on your accent.

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

timber

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

american detected

[@sacredgeometry]

In English: tam-buh In French: Taum-bra

[@anthonyjohnson4734]

Just remember the 5 is never major or minor but always above the root. The 6th note of any major scale is the root of the glorious nasty pentatonic scale that you should know all 5 positions.

[@juan3268]

This could have been an e-mail. Guitar frets, 1/2 step. Learn how to count fast and you know all the scales

[@Steve-wz5pz]

Just do this.

[@Free_Falastin2024]

TL;DW use the number system

[@screamingjimmy]

well done

[@anthonykinrade8642]

With a name like Quayle, is there a Manx connection?

[@ronswary]

Tuned to 4ths on a guitar is awful , works great for a bass bc of single notes . Like he said all chords are gone tho .. don’t tune to 4ths save yourself the headache

[@quantmajor]

great video, bad camera placement

[@vizzlybear3691]

Great guitarist and teacher, shame about the camera angle.

[@markauckland666]

Genius is a bold claim

[@sacredgeometry]

There is an easier way to teach this but it would be less useful in the grand scheme of things. Learn your major scale everywhere and then work relative to the major scale. That way you only have to learn one scale (and its modes or rather its other positions). Then you can work relative to it. i.e. he used dorian as an example, you could look at that as a major scale but moving two notes (the 3rd and 7th notes down a semitone/ fret), although you could also think of it like a major scale where the 2nd is now the root. The only problem that, whilst it will make learning any scale or chord easier you will still need to learn your intervals to improve in any sophisticated way. Invariably you are going to learn both methods eventually *shrugs*.

[@tubingforever]

My brain hurts.

[@gitarbangsatchanel8036]

Genius

[@michaelwallace1189]

Is there a lesson with tabs? You know, visual...

[@curtisnewton895]

ok but how's this gonna help me play that song where is the rest of the video for god sake

[@aljoschahunger]

..well, i literally fell asleep after 5 minutes..

[@gregorydorrell5543]

If you understood any of that then you’re cleverer than I am😂

[@ElTravis]

I’m good.

[@morrisbartlett5513]

I would have liked this a little better if I could see his fingers better.

[@zachjohnson9512]

I just took 2 melatonin. Is this a promise?

[@ngc-ho1xd]

It's 3:16 in and I still don't know where he's going this. His guitar isn't even in standard tuning. Before anyone says it, It's not that I don't have the attention span to watch the whole thing, it's just that the nature of the KZbin algorithm, there's millions of basically what amounts to spam videos by so called geniuses. If you really are good, give your audience a reason to stick around.

[@G_Demolished]

It’s funny because you couldn’t be bothered to watch the video but found the time to type out a complaint.

[@valebliz]

Eh, being superficial isn’t anything particularly novel, don’t flatter yourself.

[@emersonherrmann6106]

Wasn't sure if I was crazy but I feel you. I learned how to move up one tone and I'm 5 minutes in 🙄

[@ChristopCo]

He's obviously very skilled and very intelligent, but this is easily one of the most confusing videos I've seen on the subject. This would have been infinitely easier if he had just mentioned that the intervals are different note relationships between the root and other notes in a major scale. What I got out of it is that he's emphasizing using your ear and knowledge of notes on the fretboard to pick up the note intervals rather than memorizing scale patterns, but I'm just not seeing anything groundbreaking about this concept and it's terrible as an introduction to anyone new to learning the concept of intervals.

[@BalticBuffalo]

Who is the guitar genius?

[@Mikkeyboyy]

who you looking at

[@vtatai]

Not sure how this makes it easier to know "all" scales, you still need to have a rote memorization of all the intervals in each scale. The argument there sounds a bit disingenuous.

[@anthonybochichio4548]

DO YOU KNOW WE CANT SEE YOUR HANDS?? BE NICE TO SIT IN FRONT OF THE CAMARA!!

[@Mike-pv3hg]

Lol remember the guitar grimoire books? Esoteric, overcomplicated, unmemorizable blocks of dogshit. This type of approach is so much better

[@wretch1]

If this is aimed at beginners, why does he go on to jazz comping? If it's aimed at advanced players, why is he explaining intervals? Also, why is he teaching using that tuning? This was a train wreck.

[@ninamarqueznelson9174]

y cuando tu disco pues tom solo hay enseñanzas nomas no mames jajajaj

[@waytospergtherebro]

You really can't trust people who sit like this.

[@latedriver9019]

Great video, horrible captions.

[@konjfful2963]

"without falling asleep" ironically they got the most boring guitarist to do this

[@Betterthantelly]

Ok cloth ears.

[@Tstdycgyr]

What

[@billyarsenault1970]

Lol. Your a total joke. Did you really come here to be entertained or learn about intervals. Whatever- anyone who can hate on TQ clearly has significant issues.

[@Hadri_ART]

Boring?

[@georgeapostolakos1234]

Lol. In the unlikely event you're not just trolling around, please do humanity a favor and give up your rights to express unintelligible opinions.

[@otimelyofficial8146]

Am i the only one who thinks this guy is a terrible teacher?

[@jawneetest]

this is a horrible way to teach intervals. the Root to the fifth the ROOT to the maj and mnor 3rd the ROOT To flat seven.... the octive..... In that order. the 2 as you call it, the snd degree os the scale,Its better to visual this way because if you now where your root your 3rd and your 6th are is i say to wheres the 4, will its betweem the 3rd and the 5th as opposed to having to look at it in a linear fashion

[@Zastrophysics]

So, just to be clear, you're recommending: Learn in order: 1. The root to the fifth 2. the root to the maj 3rd 3. the root to the minor 3rd 4. the root to flat seven 5. the octave For each scale memorize the intervalic pattern of that scale and then you'll know all the scales in all the keys?

[@johnp.johnson1541]

*Genius?! Say what?!* Yes, every guitarist ought to learn how to express intervals on two adjacent strings. Thus, R1, m2, M2, m3, M3, P4, A4 / D5, P5, A5 / m6, M6, m7, M7, P8 Yes, every guitarist ought to learn that in nearly all scales, adjacent tones are either Major 2nds (M2) or minor 2nds (m2) most often. Yet, this far easier and deserves the label of genius far before the waste-of-time 12 plus minute video of babbling above. Behold! Nearly all seven tone scales (i.e., hexatonic) fall into two families: Major 3rd (M3) scales and Minor 3rd (m3) scales. All anyone needs to do is learn Ionian, a M3 scale, and Aeolian, a m3 scale, and then derive from either one the rest. Ionian is the natural major scale with these intervals: R1, M2, M3, P4, P5, M6, M7 Mixolydian = Ionian m7 Lydian = Ionian Aug4 Ionian #5 = Ionian Aug5 and so on Aeolian is the natural minor scale with these intervals: R1, M2, m3, P4, P5, m6, m7 Dorian = Aeolian M6 Dorian #4= Aeolian Aug4 M6 or Dorian Aug4 Harmonic minor = Aeolian M7 Phrygian =Aeolian m2 Locrian = Aeolian m2 dim5 G Hungarian = Aeolian Aug 4 or Harmonic minor Aug 4 and so on.

[@bunnytracks55]

what a mess.

[@robertloggins8253]

You have a buzz in your frets

[@abgonzalez5459]

Guitar genius jaaaajaaa... What a joke!!

[@jan_07]

This guy has taught a lot of great modern day guitar players including Jack Gardiner. If you didn’t get what he just said in this video, then you need get your brain checked, it lacks comprehension skills. Do that before even continuing with your guitar playing😂

[@abgonzalez5459]

@@jan_07 come on little Perseus!! Tom is a good guitarist and a nice teacher no doubt! But it does not make him a genius!! Sorry Perseus!!

[@jan_07]

@@abgonzalez5459 oh don’t tell me sh*t about geniuses, grasshopper - I work with many geniuses with high amounts of IQ every f**king day of the week. there’s levels to being genius, if you don’t know that already. The fact that he’s in that musical level and technical ability right now makes him one of them. Even if it’s not the level of “genius” that rocks your boat.

[@abgonzalez5459]

@@jan_07 again little Perseus!! Genius are known for change the order of History!! Stay with your Genius!! Baby Perseus

[@rocker8692]

This guy is annoying 😂

[@kojam1]

😳? I don't get it! Wished I had time to pay attention. Wished. KZbin was saying when I had 8rs a day to play as a youth! FREE GREAT LESSONS FROM THE ABSOLUTE BEST! FREE!