RE: Intervals

["Lawrence Pratt" <LPratt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Smith writes: 

When tuning a guitar by ear, I use "sail-ing, sail-ing",
and "swing-low" [as in sweet chariot] to match the 2 different
intervals between the open strings. I believe that "sail-ing"
is a 4th; but what would you call "swing-low"? Do you think
of it as a flat 6th (from B to G)? Or since the interval is
downward in pitch, do you think of it as a 3rd in reverse
(from G to B in reverse)?

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Swing...Low sounds like a major third to me.  Check it out against the
interval tutor site below.

http://www.musicalintervalstutor.info/

Best Regards to all,

Larry Boy Pratt
www.parkhousejam.com