Friday, April 20, 2012

MUSICAL ALPHABET (NOTES)

Seven notes 
There are seven letters (notes) in the musical alphabet; each fret position on the guitar has a letter name or an accidental attributed to it.
Starting on the open A string the letter names are A  B  C  D  E  F  G.

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Accidentals 
Notes that don’t have letter names attributed to them are known as accidentals. For example on the A string the note between the first fret open A, and the second fret B is referred to as A sharp B flat. The symbol for a sharp is # and b for flat





When moving from the open "A" to the first fret the note is referred to as A sharp.








When moving to the first fret from the second fret "B" the note is referred to as B flat.








Below is a listing of all the notes on the A string including accidentals. The same pattern of notes repeats an octave higher starting at "A" on the twelfth fret. Note that there are no sharps or flats between B/C and E/F.



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