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Guitar Notes – How to learn the notes on 6th, 5th and 4th strings and have more fun playing your Guitar
By Mike Hayes | July 2, 2009
Guitar players who have been playing for an number of years
generally get to know the names of some of the notes on the sixth
string as they use these notes as reference points for bar
chords and basic scale patterns.
However, as far as knowing the names of the notes on the other
strings that’s a totally different story. To bring everyone up to
speed here’s a quick reminder of the names of the notes and their
fret location on the sixth string.
Sixth string notes:
E = open sixth string/ F = 1st fret/ F# or Gb = 2nd fret/ G = 3rd
fret/ G# or Ab = 4th fret/ A= 5th fret/ A# or Bb = 6th fret/ B =
7th fret/ C = 8th fret/ C# or Db = 9th fret/ D = 10th fret/ D# or
Eb = 11th fret/ E = 12th fret
Above the twelfth fret the notes repeat exactly as we have
indicated above only one sounding octave higher in pitch e.g., E = 12th fret, therefore F = 13th fret, F# or Gb would be found on the 14th fret and G would be on the 15th fret etc.
A really neat thing about knowing the names of the notes on the
sixth string and their respective fret locations is that the
names of the notes and fret locations of the notes on the first
string are exactly the same as the sixth string.
In a nutshell when you know the notes on the sixth string you
also have learned the notes on the first string!
The key to learning and remembering information is to use a
process of connected learning, this is simply a matter of linking
things you want to know to information you already know.
Let’s say you already know the circle of fourths which would be:
C – F – Bb – Eb – Ab – Db – F# – B – E – A – D – G
Now, using our connected learning system we could …
(a) play this note sequence on the sixth string using the fret
location marked above.
(b) link the note sequence in pairs of notes by using string six
and string five as follows.
C = 6th string, 8th fret, F = 5th string, 8th fret then by moving back two frets you can play the next two notes Bb on string six, 6th fret and Eb string five, 6th fret this process of playing two notes then moving down two frets can be repeated over and over until the circle of fourths sequence is complete.
(c) link the note sequence in groups of three strings: the six,
fifth and forth strings.
The string code for the three string combination would be “up” three frets.
Here’s an example …
C = 8th fret, sixth string / F = 8th fret, fifth string / Bb =
8th fret, fourth string.
Next, move “up” three frets to play the next three notes in the circle of fourths beginning with Eb on the sixth string, eleventh fret.
Eb = 11th fret, string six / Ab = 11th fret, string five / Db =
11th fret, fourth string.
Again, move up three frets for the next three notes, if you find
this too difficult to play on your instrument remember to
subtract twelve from the intended fret location to make the notes
more playable on your guitar.
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