The major 3rd is 4 semitones (4 frets on the guitar). Listen to it below, then test yourself with the trainer.
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See Mentorship PlansFour frets. The interval that makes a major chord major: bright, stable and happy. Telling a major 3rd from a minor 3rd is the single most useful thing you can train your ears to do, because it tells you whether a chord is major or minor.
A major 3rd is 4 semitones, so from A it goes to C#. Turned upside down it becomes a minor 6th.
With the root on the low E string at the 5th fret, the major 3rd is on the same string, 4 frets up; on the A string, 1 fret lower.
Minor 2ndMajor 2ndMinor 3rdPerfect 4thTritonePerfect 5thMinor 6thMajor 6thMinor 7thMajor 7thOctave
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A major 3rd is 4 semitones, which is 4 frets on the guitar.
Turned upside down, a major 3rd becomes a minor 6th. The two always add up to an octave.
Going up, When the Saints Go Marching In starts with a major 3rd. Coming down, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot does.