The minor 2nd is 1 semitone (1 fret on the guitar). Listen to it below, then test yourself with the trainer.
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See Mentorship PlansThe smallest step in Western music: just one fret. Played together it's tense and crunchy, and going up it sounds sinister. In a scale it's the pull from the 7th up to the root, and it's what gives the Phrygian mode its dark, Spanish flavour.
A minor 2nd is 1 semitone, so from A it goes to Bb. Turned upside down it becomes a major 7th.
With the root on the low E string at the 5th fret, the minor 2nd is on the same string, 1 fret up; on the A string, 4 frets lower.
Major 2ndMinor 3rdMajor 3rdPerfect 4thTritonePerfect 5thMinor 6thMajor 6thMinor 7thMajor 7thOctave
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A minor 2nd is 1 semitone, which is 1 fret on the guitar.
Turned upside down, a minor 2nd becomes a major 7th. The two always add up to an octave.
Going up, Jaws starts with a minor 2nd. Coming down, Für Elise does.