So how did you finally get around to playing the basic notes for the tabs (F major, F minor, etc.) without having to pause between each switch? Because I don't want to be stuck on Guitar Basics forever...
Memorizing the notes <.<
So, I know about the notes like F major and F minor, but I can never remember how to play them on the guitar. I recently just got back into playing after stopping around the time I started high school and lost everything I knew about the guitar in terms of playing notes and such. Anyways, I was wondering if anybody else is in the same camp where they took a while playing the notes for tabs and the like... I just came to the site earlier week, but so far I'm liking what I'm seeing, which helps me big time. :P
So how did you finally get around to playing the basic notes for the tabs (F major, F minor, etc.) without having to pause between each switch? Because I don't want to be stuck on Guitar Basics forever...
So how did you finally get around to playing the basic notes for the tabs (F major, F minor, etc.) without having to pause between each switch? Because I don't want to be stuck on Guitar Basics forever...
# 1
I'm actually totally confused about what you are telling here, sorry.
F Major or F Minor aren't notes by any means, those can be either keys or scales. Talking about notes you have F sharp (F#) or E (since F flat doesn't exist).
And playing the notes for the tabs? You mean like reading from tab and then knowing what kind of note you are playing?
JJ
F Major or F Minor aren't notes by any means, those can be either keys or scales. Talking about notes you have F sharp (F#) or E (since F flat doesn't exist).
And playing the notes for the tabs? You mean like reading from tab and then knowing what kind of note you are playing?
JJ
# 2
Originally Posted by: JJ90F Major or F Minor aren't notes by any means, those can be either keys or scales. Talking about notes you have F sharp (F#) or E (since F flat doesn't exist).
And playing the notes for the tabs? You mean like reading from tab and then knowing what kind of note you are playing?
JJ
Oh, okay. I guess I had them confused, but yeah, I did mean, like, playing the notes for the tabs and then knowing what kind of note I'm playing. Sorry if it came out weird in the original post.
# 3
You can get familiar with fretboard notes, as each fret has a note asigned to it. Then you can relate tab numbers to the notes on the fretboard. Just google "fretboard notes" and you'll get an idea. Good luck!
# 4
Hi angelinavpino..
If you click on the help page you will find a section on how to read tabs..
You may have skipped some section in the 1 and 2 fundamentals..
I hope this pointed you in the right direction
good Luck
Gordon
If you click on the help page you will find a section on how to read tabs..
You may have skipped some section in the 1 and 2 fundamentals..
I hope this pointed you in the right direction
good Luck
Gordon
# 5
Well I'm going to try to explain here how you can know what notes you are playing when fretting a note. As the others said above, most GT lessons have TABS with notes above it. I'm sure there is a lesson for reading from the normal/universal music notation here on GT, but I'm going to focus here on the guitar only.
To begin with, as you may know, the guitar has six strings each with a name. From low/thick to high/thin it is.
E/6th
A/5th
D/4th
G/3rd
B/2nd
E/1st
Easily to remember by the phrase: Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie. This ofcourse only applies to normal tuning.
In musical language you have 7 normal notes: A,B,C,D,E,F,G and after that you start again on A, only it is an octave higher then the previous A. In between most of these notes there are half notes higher or lower which with most notes result into having a sharp/# (if you go up a half note) or a flat/b (if you go down a half note).
All notes in the musical language are: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F# and G. Or going down: G, Gb, F, E, Eb, D, Db, C, B, Bb and A.
Between B and C and E and F you don't have those sharp or flats. These are still a half step apart but a whole note apart, remember that. Now returning to your guitar.
When you hit your open string, for example your sixth/low E string, your note is E. When you go up one fret on the guitar you go up a half step. So going to the first fret on your low E string the note will be F. If you go up one more fret your note will be F# and so on.
When you do this on a different string this principle will apply as well ofcourse. When you are tuned differently from the standard tuning you start counting from the note your string is tuned to.
A good way to quickly get to know all notes on your guitar neck is to learn Cycle Five. I'm sure Guitartricks has a lesson for that. Apply Cycle Five on every string and practice it for a week and you should know a whole lot.
Edit: I did a bit of research and saw that Christopher Schlegel has a lesson on this. It is called the circle of fifths. You can find it here: http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=13697
In my opinion knowing the note you are fretting is more valuable then reading it from the normal notation above a TAB. In this way you won't get stuck when you have no music sheet or TAB only without the normal notation above it.
Hope that helps!
JJ
To begin with, as you may know, the guitar has six strings each with a name. From low/thick to high/thin it is.
E/6th
A/5th
D/4th
G/3rd
B/2nd
E/1st
Easily to remember by the phrase: Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie. This ofcourse only applies to normal tuning.
In musical language you have 7 normal notes: A,B,C,D,E,F,G and after that you start again on A, only it is an octave higher then the previous A. In between most of these notes there are half notes higher or lower which with most notes result into having a sharp/# (if you go up a half note) or a flat/b (if you go down a half note).
All notes in the musical language are: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F# and G. Or going down: G, Gb, F, E, Eb, D, Db, C, B, Bb and A.
Between B and C and E and F you don't have those sharp or flats. These are still a half step apart but a whole note apart, remember that. Now returning to your guitar.
When you hit your open string, for example your sixth/low E string, your note is E. When you go up one fret on the guitar you go up a half step. So going to the first fret on your low E string the note will be F. If you go up one more fret your note will be F# and so on.
When you do this on a different string this principle will apply as well ofcourse. When you are tuned differently from the standard tuning you start counting from the note your string is tuned to.
A good way to quickly get to know all notes on your guitar neck is to learn Cycle Five. I'm sure Guitartricks has a lesson for that. Apply Cycle Five on every string and practice it for a week and you should know a whole lot.
Edit: I did a bit of research and saw that Christopher Schlegel has a lesson on this. It is called the circle of fifths. You can find it here: http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=13697
In my opinion knowing the note you are fretting is more valuable then reading it from the normal notation above a TAB. In this way you won't get stuck when you have no music sheet or TAB only without the normal notation above it.
Hope that helps!
JJ
# 6
Originally Posted by: JJ90I'm actually totally confused about what you are telling here, sorry.
F Major or F Minor aren't notes by any means, those can be either keys or scales. Talking about notes you have F sharp (F#) or E (since F flat doesn't exist).
And playing the notes for the tabs? You mean like reading from tab and then knowing what kind of note you are playing?
JJ
F flat does exist, it's E. It's like Superman and Clark Kent :)
# 7
Originally Posted by: sierscseF flat does exist, it's E. It's like Superman and Clark Kent :)
Well if you look at it that way. But officialy, no. Between E and F it's a half step apart. Officially there is no F flat at all... you can't even call it that way. Nor can you call F an E sharp.
Same goes for B and C. B sharp doesn't exist nor does C flat.
This is because a flat or a sharp officialy is between two notes. But since there are no notes between either B and C or E and F you can't call it by that name.
# 8
Originally Posted by: JJ90Well if you look at it that way. But officialy, no. Between E and F it's a half step apart. Officially there is no F flat at all... you can't even call it that way. Nor can you call F an E sharp.
Same goes for B and C. B sharp doesn't exist nor does C flat.
This is because a flat or a sharp officialy is between two notes. But since there are no notes between either B and C or E and F you can't call it by that name.
Actually....there is such a thing as Fb or E#, etc. Depending on the key you are in, you would have to use certain notes. Otherwise you won't be able to correctly fill out a scale.
Take a look at the Fb major scale.
Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb, Db, Eb and Fb
You have to call it an Fb or else you would be repeating E with an Eb then another E.
# 9
Thanks for all the replies. I'm currently on Chris Schlegal's lessons on these notes, and finally got to memorizing them!
Now that I know where they all are, things got so much easier. xD
Thanks for the help, though, all!
Now that I know where they all are, things got so much easier. xD
Thanks for the help, though, all!
# 10
Originally Posted by: hunter1801Actually....there is such a thing as Fb or E#, etc. Depending on the key you are in, you would have to use certain notes. Otherwise you won't be able to correctly fill out a scale.
Take a look at the Fb major scale.
Fb, Gb, Ab, Bbb, Cb, Db, Eb and Fb
You have to call it an Fb or else you would be repeating E with an Eb then another E.
Interesting! Haven't even thought about that way. Thanks for your reply hunter, learned something new today :-)
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