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If you think about logically, its a whole note step E to F and B to C, so why are these two sets not spaced like the others, they are whole notes so why not two frets like other whole notes, I gots ta know.
A little trick I discovered by accident, I left my snark on after I’d “chuned up” Its like hey its showing me the notes as I play them. Kinda like the note finder game. I did some noodling around with the Star spangled banner, I eventually found all the notes, seems like the Key of G maybe. I want to learn some blues. How how how have mercy.
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Hi Vernon, actually, the EF are only a half-step apart, hence one fret. Same with BC. These half-steps in the major scale give it its characteristic sound. This is, of course, in the key of C major. In other keys the half-steps are between different notes. This is just the structure of the scale and how the notes are named. No need for # or b in the key of C.
In the major scale the half-steps are always between the 3rd and 4th notes, and the 7th and octave. If you play the scale CDEFGAB, and stop there, you can feel the tension this creates as your ear wants you to keep going to the next C, up just one half-step. If you stop on F, there is less tension, but it tends to want to resolve down a half-step to the more stable E.
Hope this helps explain things. You can be sure, if notes are only 1 fret apart, they are a half-step apart. The guitar neck always gives you the straight scoop.
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It does sort of, its western music, its just that way. Too deep for me to understand, Today I realized where the circle of fifths came from, take these fom the major scale 1 3 5……2 4 6……3 5 7…….4 6 8…..5 7 2…..6 1 3…..7 2 5, make chords with those note triads, voila! 3 major, 3 minor and 1 dim. Some theory helps.
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This is best understood in terms of piano keys instead of guitar. At the end is a great explanation of why having such a thing as B# in sheet music is a good thing.
Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.
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