3rd Intervals
Another common sound in Country music, particularly in melody playing, is the use of 3rd intervals. The distance between the root and third of a chord is a 3rd, as is the distance between the third and the fifth. These intervals are shown in example 60 for the chords C, F and G. If you are not familiar with intervals, see Progressive Music Theory .
This example demonstrates the C major scale harmonized in 3rds. The whole example can be played with the second and fourth fingers of the right hand.
Listen to the sound created by moving between blue notes and major scale notes with 3rds.
This solo combines the sound of a melody harmonized in 3rds with another typical Country left hand pattern. Practice each hand separately at first if necessary.
Class Sessions
1- Other Keys, 16th Notes, Putting it all Together
2- New Rhythms, Chords and Sounds
3- The 12 Bar Blues
4- The Triplet
5- Swing Rhythms
6- Blue Notes
7- 3rd Intervals
8- Seventh Chords
9- Using Seventh Chords
10- Basic Country Sounds
11- The Key of G
12- Bass Runs
13- The Major Pentatonic Scale
14- Sixteenth Notes
15- Grace Notes
16- Putting it all Together
17- Notes on the Piano
18- Inversions and Arpeggios
19- Using Chords for Accompaniment
20- Chord Inversions
21- Left Hand Variations
22- Alternating Bass Style
23- Eighth Note Rhythms
24- Two Handed Accompaniment
25- INTRODUCTION
26- The Chords C, F and G
27- The C7 Chord
28- The C Major Chord
29- D Major Chord Inversions
30- Broken Chords
31- Syncopation
32- Enharmonic Notes
33- The Shuffle
34- C Major Chord Inversions
35- Chord Charts
36- Easy Chord Table
37- The G Major Chord
38- The Blues Scale in G
39- The D7 Chord
40- G Major Chord Inversions
41- The F Major Chord
42- The F7 Chord
43- F Major Chord Inversions