The minor 3rd is 3 semitones (3 frets on the guitar). Listen to it below, then test yourself with the trainer.
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See Mentorship PlansThree frets. This is the interval that makes a minor chord minor, so it sounds a little wistful or sad. The minor pentatonic is full of minor 3rds, which is a big part of why it sounds so bluesy.
A minor 3rd is 3 semitones, so from A it goes to C. Turned upside down it becomes a major 6th.
With the root on the low E string at the 5th fret, the minor 3rd is on the same string, 3 frets up; on the A string, 2 frets lower.
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A minor 3rd is 3 semitones, which is 3 frets on the guitar.
Turned upside down, a minor 3rd becomes a major 6th. The two always add up to an octave.
Going up, Greensleeves starts with a minor 3rd. Coming down, Hey Jude does.