How do you read chords and electric guitar notes for instance there's letters instead of fret numbers?

Question

Can someone tell me how to read chords and electric guitar notes i can read tabs but how do you read notes example: there's letters instead of frets

Answer 1

Tablature is the great grandfather of notation. A tab is a graphical representation of a string. It tells you one thing, and one thing only. It tells you where to put your finger on which string. If you change instruments, you have to change tabs. This gets difficult after awhile, so Notation was developed. Notation is less graphical but more universal. It tells you three things, where to put your finger, how long to leave it there, and what to do with it while it's down.

Notation looks like tablature, but reads a little more differently. We start from bottom to top. The lines on the treble clef are E - G - B - D - F (Empty Garbage Before Dad Freaks) and the spaces are F - A - C - E (Plain as the nose on my face) I stuck a couple of links on to help you see. LEt me know if you need additional help.

there is a software program that uses both (actually there are several, but this one is free) http://www.power-tab.net/

Might help you sort it all out.

Answer 2

Honestly, I'm pretty sure tab is more often used. The notes aren't quite as helpful because there are at least 12 of each note on the neck, and that's not to mention the sharps. You can study a chart online of the fretboard and the notes. But it's really pretty simple. Each note is a full step up from the one before it, which means that it's two frets up the neck, except between the B and C notes and the E and F notes, when it's only a half step (one fret). So, for example, the notes down the low E string are: open: E 1: F 2: F# 3: G 4: G# 5: A 6: A# 7: B 8: C 9: C# 10: D 11: D# 12: E 13: F etc., etc. Good luck. =]]

Answer 3

EASY!

Just play the chord indicated and change chords in time with the music.

Chords are always written inside the measure lines: the vertical bars.

If you are an abject novice, just do a simple strum.

For a 4/4 piece, strum four times on each chord for each measure.

If you see two chords in a measure, then you probably will strum each chord twice. So long as the number of beats always adds up to the numerator (the upper number) in the time signature, you can stay "in time."

If you do not know how to play all the chords instantly, or have trouble changing in time, just slow down.

Keep the rhythm steady. Do not stop.

With practice, this all becomes second-nature.

Good Luck! Have Fun! Keep reading!

Answer 4

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I was able to improve my skills in just under 4 weeks and I am an intermediate-to-advanced guitar player; I've been playing guitar for the past 6 years and I was on stage with my band a lot of times.

I live in New York City, I wanted to go to a pro guitar teacher but that would have cost me over $1400 per month. Good thing with this internet, $1400 it's a lot of money for me. Good luck!

Answer 5

I can't really tell you in an easy way.

I'm afraid that you are probably going to have to take lessons on reading music, from an instructor who reads traditional notes.

I've had guitar lessons, both ways: from an instructor who taught me to read traditional notes; and from someone who used tabs. I've used and grown more comfortable with tabs over the years, and basically forgotten how to read traditional music notes. But I do feel that learning traditional music notes is a hard enough chore that you're going to need to find a local music teacher to guide you, rather than trying to pick it up yourself.

Answer 6

read chords electric guitar notes instance letters fret numbers

Answer 7

The difficulty in achieving this depends on how far you want to go. If you're a Joan Jett fan and want to play "I Love Rock and Roll", you only need to learn the names of three chords: C, F and G. Which you can learn in short order from any basic chord method book from your local music store. You can also buy a book like "Great Songs Of The Sixties", which give you the fingering diagrams and the chord names in each song. Again depending on how much knowledge you want to develop, that may be enough.