Guitar notes
| Guitar notes are formed by holding down a
string against the neck of the guitar at a fret. The frets are the metal
strips on the fret board (neck of the guitar) that intersect the strings. A good knowledge of notes is very important. Playing
the guitar well comes from knowing where the notes are and the different
patterns of notes that sound good when played together. Quite literally if
you spend enough time practicing note patterns you will be able to play
solo's all over the neck of the guitar.
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Learning the notes on the guitar
When each of the 6 strings on the guitar is played a note is
created. When in standard tuning they read from thickest to thinnest
string:
E A D G B E
When you play the 6th string open you will
get an E
note (this is your E string), when you play the 5th string open you will get an A
note
(this is your A string) and
so on.
Natural notes
In total there are 7 natural notes, which
make up the musical alphabet. They are:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
As you move down the fret board (away from the head
of the guitar) these notes get higher in pitch. Each natural note is a full
step apart from the next. Since each fret is a half step, most notes have a
fret left out between them.
Sharp and flat notes
Sharp and flat notes are what are called half
steps. This means that they occupy the frets in between the natural
notes.
Notation for these are:
Sharp =
#
Flat =
All a sharp or flat is, is just a half step either higher or
lower than the natural note.
A sharp is a half
step above and a flat is a
half step below. The sharp of one note
is the same as the flat of the note
above it.
E.g. A# and B
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