Good workshop today and thanks to all that came out. Take your time with this material and let's discuss during lessons. Eventually, it does make sense ... I promise!

My award for best student - Stephen Best !!! Good job! He was answering questions left and right.

Here are some notes from the workshop....

Interval - the distance between one pitch and another

Half-Step - 1 fret
Whole-Step - 2 frets

Diatonic Intervals - notes within the diatonic major scale
C D E F G A B C

Chromatic Intervals - All notes
C   C#/Db   D   D#/Eb   E   F   F#/Gb   G   G#/Ab   A   A#/Bb   B

5 Interval Types
Major
Minor
Perfect
Diminished
Augmented

Simple intervals
Intervals within one octave

Compound Intervals
Intervals greater than an octave

Counting Simple/Compound intervals
R/1 - 2/9 - 3 - 4/11 - 5 - 6/13 - 7 - R/8
or
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
   9   11  13

Intervals C - C

C=Root
Db = minor second
D = Major second
Eb = minor third or D# augmented second
E = Major third
F = Perfect forth
Gb = diminished fifth or F# augmented forth
G = Perfect fifth
Ab = minor sixth or G# augmented fifth
A = Major sixth
Bb = minor seventh or A# augmented sixth
B = major seventh
C = Octave