![]() ![]() Then we work our way across the strings to the highest sounding string. When I say low, I mean the lowest-sounding string. In standard tuning, the open string notes are EADGBE. ![]() Let’s take this information and explore the fretboard. Understanding the layout of the fretboard is easy using the information that we learned above. This makes it easier to jump up an octave to notes, chords, and scales using the same patterns. If you look at the fret marker dots, they are in the same configuration above the twelfth fret as below. On each string, the chromatic scale repeats starting at the twelfth fret.įor example, if you start on the Low E string and work your way up the fretboard, you will find the next E at the twelfth fret.Īt this point, the guitar repeats itself. The twelfth fret is very important to the guitar fretboard. The historical reason for this is debated, but I’ve found that this great article effectively describes the reasons: The G and B strings are a Major Third away from each other. Across the FretboardĪlthough each string uses the Chromatic scale, they don’t all have the same starting point.įrom low to high, the open strings on the guitar are arranged in fourths (of the Major Scale), except for one place. Look for two white keys together without any black key between them. You can see these notes easily on the keyboard. These are naturally occurring half steps and the notes are right next to each other. Between E and F and B and C there is no sharp or flat note. Pay special attention to two places on the Chromatic scale. In between each lettered note, you will have a note with a sharp (♯ = one higher than) or a flat (♭ = one lower than). As you move up a string on the guitar, each fret represents a half-step. ![]() The Chromatic scale is another term for a sequence of all twelve of the notes used in western music.Į – F – F# – G – G# – A – A# – B – C – C# – D – D# – EĮach note of the Chromatic scale is a half-step from the next. Unlike the piano, where the notes are separated into white keys and black keys (sharps and flats), the guitar is based on the chromatic scale going up each string. Let’s take a few minutes to learn how the notes fall across the fretboard. That applies to how the fretboard is set up as well. One of the big themes of my podcast is the quote: “Learning the guitar isn’t hard… It’s just not obvious”. If you are ready to know more, learn more, and play more, take the time to read the next few sections and consistently return to them in your daily practice. There is nothing that pushes your playing forward more than finally spending the time to “crack the code” of the guitar fretboard. Guitar Fretboard Notes – It’s Time To Crack The Code ![]()
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