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Fourths, and one third
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Two pairs of neighbouring strings, played open.
Each pair is the same distance apart. That distance is called a fourth.
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A fourth is five semitones up.
From A, count every semitone: A♯, B, C, C♯, D. Five steps, and you reach the next string.
Listen: D string, then G string. Same distance as A to D?
One pair is different: G to B.
From G, count: G♯, A, A♯, B. Only four semitones, a major third.
Compare a fourth with G to B.
The second jump is one semitone smaller.
Listen: G string, then B string. How far apart?
The rest are fourths, from low E to high E.
Low E to A is a fourth, and so is B to high E: B, C, C♯, D, D♯, E.
Which neighbouring strings are not a fourth apart?
You know how the guitar is tuned.
What you learned
- Neighbouring strings are a fourth apart, five semitones.
- The one exception is G to B: a major third, four semitones.
- From low E to high E: fourth, fourth, fourth, third, fourth.
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