If you are just starting the mandolin or the guitar or any string instrument You might know nothing about music, I think this article will help you. If you read music and play some piano or have had played a horn or something in high school. I think this Article will help you also. This article will help you make sense of the fret board and after reading this hopefully you can find notes on your fret board, *Note* (you do need to know what note the strings are)
So if you don't here they are: for the Guitar (standard tuning) From bottom to top:(1st string E)
(2nd string B)(3rd G)(4th D)(5th A)(6st E) for mandolin from Bottom to top:(1st E)(2nd A)(3rd D)(4th G)
Most of you might already know this. Anyway Now that you Know for sure,
I want to start out by saying that I don't read Music at all. So if you don't, Don't let that discourage you. This is a way that you can look at music that might not be correct but , I feel will be very easy to remember for you
Here it is Music is a Alphabet That go's from A to G then repeats So Here is Your alphabet * note *(the b stans for flat and the # stans for sharp) I Think of Flat being before the note and sharp being after the note
Ab A Bb B C C# D D# E F F# G.
Ok now for some of you that read music or know music might have noticed I left out some b's and #'s note that's OK then that just means you know what I' m talking about. If you don't know then I will explain Some times a Flat (b) note may be called a Sharp(#) note depending on what key your playing in. for example Ab maybe called a G# or a Bb Maybe called a A# or a D# maybe Eb
But don't worry about that for right now just learn the alphabet and you should be fine .Once you use this for a little while you will be able to figure it out. So how is this going to help you? ok you know the notes of your strings on your instument So lets just use the E string for example. and let's just say you want to find a G note on your E string, so that means your E note is Open , meaning your not pressing any fingers on the fret board, now by counting. Put your finger on the first fret.now look at your alphetbet. What Note is that ? your right that is a F. Now your looking for a G note So to get to the G you will have to Go 2 more frets thus making your fingers be on the 3rd fret . So now that you've got there lets just say you want to play a A note on your E string( remember what I saidA-G then repeats) so the next note on the figer board(4th fret) will be a Ab which making the A note on your 5th fret. Now you can practice this on a different strings by using your alphabet. Also by using this you will be able to figure out what notes are in the chords you already know and use that for a refferance and be able to make your own chords
E String: open E 1st fret F 2nd FretF#3rd fret G 4th fret Ab 5th fretA 6st fretBb 7th freatB 8th fret C 9th fretC# 10 fret D 11fretD# 12fret E. then repeats
I hope this has been helpful
Ab A Bb B C C# D D# E F F# G.
Ok now for some of you that read music or know music might have noticed I left out some b's and #'s note that's OK then that just means you know what I' m talking about. If you don't know then I will explain Some times a Flat (b) note may be called a Sharp(#) note depending on what key your playing in. for example Ab maybe called a G# or a Bb Maybe called a A# or a D# maybe Eb
But don't worry about that for right now just learn the alphabet and you should be fine .Once you use this for a little while you will be able to figure it out. So how is this going to help you? ok you know the notes of your strings on your instument So lets just use the E string for example. and let's just say you want to find a G note on your E string, so that means your E note is Open , meaning your not pressing any fingers on the fret board, now by counting. Put your finger on the first fret.now look at your alphetbet. What Note is that ? your right that is a F. Now your looking for a G note So to get to the G you will have to Go 2 more frets thus making your fingers be on the 3rd fret . So now that you've got there lets just say you want to play a A note on your E string( remember what I saidA-G then repeats) so the next note on the figer board(4th fret) will be a Ab which making the A note on your 5th fret. Now you can practice this on a different strings by using your alphabet. Also by using this you will be able to figure out what notes are in the chords you already know and use that for a refferance and be able to make your own chords
E String: open E 1st fret F 2nd FretF#3rd fret G 4th fret Ab 5th fretA 6st fretBb 7th freatB 8th fret C 9th fretC# 10 fret D 11fretD# 12fret E. then repeats
I hope this has been helpful
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