What would be the best method to learn Notes on guitar?
..Classical
alright…i’ve waited long enough…I started learning guitar on classical/flemenco and something none of these posters have touched on is that the classical guitars and flemencos usually don’t have fret markers…maybe a 12th fret marker and that’s about it…some have the little dots on the side of the neck..but not too helpful..the rest is pure knowledge and the practical/technical relationship between the guitar/fretboard and your hands…
so my advice is this…if you know EADGBE start there on every string..with your index finger only go up the neck one fret at a time saying the note(singing it would be better)
open string= E…F…F#…G…G#…A…A#..etc. all the way till you get to E again (or whatever root string your playing) then you know you have hit the 12th fret..continue if you wish then reverse back down string (ugh!glad i don’t do that no more)…that is about the only way to learn your way around a classical fretboard..and brother it’s gonna take you some time…after maybe 3 months you’ll start recognizing where the notes are more rapidly..then break your pattern up into the scales or anything to challenge yourself…i liked the Hungarian minor scale
A Hungarian minor scale in the key of C would proceed as follows:
C D Eb F# G Ab B. Its scale degrees are 1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7
..after a few more months of this..you should be popping the notes no prob…that damned G string always threw me for a loop..still does too, dammit…man i wish i never sold that guitar..she sounded so good.
Best Wishes
This is the Note Circle. It shows all the 12 notes that exist in Western music.
Notice that A# and Bb are the same note (called enharmonic if you want to be clever). They sound the same but have different names. Also notice that there is no note in between E and F or B and C. This is where the white notes are right next to each other on the piano keyboard.
Moving clockwise around the circle makes the notes higher in pitch.
The interval of a semitone (shown on the left) is the smallest step on the guitar, and is one fret. Two semitones make a tone (shown on the right), and these two intervals make up scales.
The note circle can also be used to work out any note on the fingerboard by knowing only the note names of the open strings. Simply count clockwise around the circle, moving up one step for each fret, starting from the note of the open string.
It is theoretically possible to have a B#, it would have the same pitch as C, and would be played the same way on the instrument.
This table should be memorised as it is the foundation of all music.
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/TB-006-NoteCircle.php
http://www.justinguitar.com/
References :
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/TB-006-NoteCircle.php
http://www.justinguitar.com/
you can use this website for reference:
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php
It’s a very comprehensive site.
However…if you are considering learning to play "classical music"
on your guitar, you’d better take lessons from a classical guitar teacher.
If you just want to play "folk " music on it, or just learn the notes and chords without all the difficult music reading necessary and finger picking techniques to play classical music then go ahead and see what you can do using the website’s info, plus watch and learn some of the video lessons.
Google "classical guitar lessons" , too. there’s probably video lessons for that too, but that kind of guitar playing is REALLY tough.
I took one semester of it in college..EEEK.!!
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40 yrs guitarist/former pro musician
Considering that all guitar music involves the same notes, my guitar teacher made me buy Mel Bay’s Complete Modern Method for Guitar book. It’s expensive, but it’s good. It teaches you the notes, put them into practice (scales, songs, duets, etc.), and teaches you different positions.
Classical is a tough genre of music to play. I suggest lessons.
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Guitar player
Learn the positions of the fingers to the notes. Then practice by playing scales. This also helps reading and comprehension. If you can play the scales without thinking about it then you are good.
I personally like the chromatic scale which is basically every note starting on one and ending an octave up.
References :
That’s how I learned the ‘fingerings’ for Tuba.
alright…i’ve waited long enough…I started learning guitar on classical/flemenco and something none of these posters have touched on is that the classical guitars and flemencos usually don’t have fret markers…maybe a 12th fret marker and that’s about it…some have the little dots on the side of the neck..but not too helpful..the rest is pure knowledge and the practical/technical relationship between the guitar/fretboard and your hands…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11961323@N02/1207853065/
so my advice is this…if you know EADGBE start there on every string..with your index finger only go up the neck one fret at a time saying the note(singing it would be better)
open string= E…F…F#…G…G#…A…A#..etc. all the way till you get to E again (or whatever root string your playing) then you know you have hit the 12th fret..continue if you wish then reverse back down string (ugh!glad i don’t do that no more)…that is about the only way to learn your way around a classical fretboard..and brother it’s gonna take you some time…after maybe 3 months you’ll start recognizing where the notes are more rapidly..then break your pattern up into the scales or anything to challenge yourself…i liked the Hungarian minor scale
A Hungarian minor scale in the key of C would proceed as follows:
C D Eb F# G Ab B. Its scale degrees are 1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7
..after a few more months of this..you should be popping the notes no prob…that damned G string always threw me for a loop..still does too, dammit…man i wish i never sold that guitar..she sounded so good.
Best Wishes
References :
eons ago I pretended to be a great guitar player….
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