lesson 2: names of the guitar strings and fretted notes

there are 6 strings, from lowest in pitch (fattest string) to highest in pitch (skinniest string), they are…

E, A, D, G, B, E

a great acronym to remember them by is:

Eat A Darn Good Breakfast Everyday

assuming you are playing right-handed,

when you put your left hand on the fretboard/fingerboard

it will create different notes from the musical alphabet (see lesson 1: Musical Alphabet)

so the 1st fret on the E string will yield the note F, the 2nd fret will be F# (also known as Gb), the 3rd fret will be G,

4th fret will be G# (or Ab), 5th fret will be A …etc…etc…

to see the natural notes all over the guitar fingerboard (or fretboard) click here.

to add in the sharps and flats —  click here.

Quick Review:

Eat A Darn Good Breakfast Everyday and then look at lesson 1 and the pictures in hyperlinks to see what notes you can play on the guitar

MOVE ON TO LESSON 3: important notes/pitches on guitar

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