4.7 Detailed Explanation Of Strings And Notes
This Section Of The Beginner Guitar Course Covers The Following:
Music theory explains how notes are formed. In music there are seven “Natural” notes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, then A again, but an octave higher. On a piano keyboard, the white keys are natural notes. An octave is the group of eight notes. The black keys on a piano are “Accidental” notes. Accidentals are sharps and flats. There are no accidentals between the B and C, or between the E and F. Plucking the high (bottom) E string without pushing on a string produces is the highest note.
First string: Plucking the first – High E- string without pushing on any strings creates an “Open” E. The notes consecutively are open (E), F, F♯, G, G♯, A
- Second string: (B), C, C#, D, D#, E
- Third string: (G), G♯, A, A♯, B, C
- Fourth string: Open (D), D#, E, F, F#, G
- Fifth string: Open (A), A♯, B, C, C♯, D
- Sixth string Open (E), F, F♯, G, G♯, A
The same note of the same octave can be created in different positions on stringed instruments with a fretboard. For example, the sixth note on the fifth string (D) can be created by plucking the open fourth string . This is unique open note on the first string.
