Lesson | Practical Intervals in Guitar Improvisation | 3 semitones - Minor 3rd

165 fingering positions you should know for guitar improvisation
by Salim Ghazi Saeedi, Feb 2011

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3 semitones - Minor 3rd

Starting finger

non B-G strings

B-G string

var #1

var #2

var #1

var #2

index

middle

ring

NA(*)

(**)

pinky

(**)

In most of times it is preferable to play this interval with ring finger's jump. But this is also possible with a jump between ring and pinky fingers. Below 7th fret, hand cannot easily strech between these two fingers while maintaining perfect fingering.

This position is more prevalent than one may expect at first sight. Actually it lets hand's position more relaxed in semi-45 degree "electric guitar left hand position"; as opposed to semi-90 degrees angle left hand position that is more prevalent in classical guitar. These fingerings could also be seen as parts of chord fingerings.

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