This is the 'secret'.It is dubious if you could master it in 60 minutes.
Quote:'The notes of the (western) musical scale are named A, B, C, D, E, F and G. After G, you start at A again. Ths list can be memorised with a simple tune named "the ABC song".
There is a note between each pair of these, except for B/C and E/F. Yes, this is somewhat arbitrary.
These in-between notes don't have names of their own. The note between D and E, for instance, is named "D sharp" (D#), or "E flat" (Eb).
This is just a feature of the way the note-naming system works. The in-between notes work the same as any others for playing purposes.
So the full sequence is A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, and then A again.
Or A, Bb, B, C, Db, D, Eb, E, F, Gb, G, Ab, and then A again. Same diff.
This list corresponds to the frets on a guitar. Or a bass.
The question is: where do you start counting? The answer is that the six strings (from heaviest to lightest) are E, A, D, G, B, E.
The lowest-toned, heaviest string on the guitar is the E, in the sense that if you sound it without fretting it, that's the note you get.
Fingering the first fret of the E string and hitting the note make it play an F. The second fret is F#, then G, G#, A, A#, B, C and so on.
The next most heavy string is the A string. The first fret on the A string is A#, then B, C, and so on.
figure this out for the other four strings D, G, B, E.
You owe me a million bucks for teaching you my fantastic system.
Addendum for bass players
A bass does not have the top two strings: just E, A, D and G. The frets work the same as on a guitar, they are just further apart.
A 5-string bass has a low B string: B, E, A, D, G
A six string bass has a low B string and a top C string: B, E, A, D, G, C
If you own a six string bass and need a page like this to tell you what the notes are, then you are a wanker and should give me your bass, because I can put it to better use than you.'
2006-06-12 11:35:21
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answered by stratmanreturns 5
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