This is a bitter pill for most of the guitar players in the beginning phase. Unless you are already music notes reader, you will not like to learn music notes since it takes time and commitment. Beginners want to be able to play it in a short time. However, you will need to know guitar notes if you want to progress well in your playing. This article will give you some of the information on how to play guitar notes.
You don't have to be afraid of the notes.
Right, it is not that complicated and it is learnable. It doesn't require much of the intelligence but it does require your consistency in practice. Here are some of the notes for guitar playing.
The notes are labeled by the following alphabets.
A = La
B = Ti
C = Do
D = Re
E = Me
F = Fa
G = So
Can you relate to what you have known before? Every body should be able to sing the scale from one C to the next C without any trouble. The interval between one C to the next higher C is called an Octave.
Now, you will have to know that between each notes, there is a small note. For example from C to D, there is a small note called C#. It can also be called Db. Both are the same note. In pronunciation C# is Do Sharp and Db is Re Flat. There are two exceptions. There is no note between B and C. Also, there is no note between E and F.
If you look closely to the notes, it will go like this:
A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G# A (next octave )
Please notice that A# is equal to Bb, C# is equal to Db, D # is equal to Eb, F# is equal to Gb and G# is equal to Ab.
In addition, there is no such note like B# or Cb. And there are no E# and Fb.
I hope you get a picture now. The good news is if you learned above notes correctly, you can be able to relate them to guitar chords. Above are also the names of major guitar chords that you will have to know when you really play guitar.
Now, you will have to learn how you can use this knowledge to the music notes you see. The most popular music note is with the G key. This means you will have the center of the head music symbol at the second line from the bottom.
The notes will go like this:
F-Top line on the note sheet
(E)
D-Second top line
(C)
B-Third top line
(A)
G-Fourth top line
(F)
E-Bottom line on the note sheet
The dot lines represent the line on the music sheet you see.
I hope this gives you enough basic for learning guitar notes. Once you know this, you can step up to learn further guitar notes which will be more interesting.
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