Guitar Tuner Bass
The Secret To Unlocking The Frets on the Neck Of Your Guitar With This Pattern
If you have heard of the CAGED guitar system or you've got an idea of simple music theory then chances are this article won't be overly interesting to you.
However if you're struggling to remember which barre chords are where and you haven't noticed that the same chords shapes we use in the open first position (example A and E) are used as barre chords in other places on the neck pay close attention because what I'm going to share with you in this lesson is going to blow your mind.
I'm going to assume in this article that you know how to play an E shape and an A shape barre chord. If that doesn't make sense to you then you may want to review the basics of barre chords and maybe even consider getting a guitar instruction dvd that covers basic guitar chords.
The Theory Behind Note Spacing
Music has it's own alphabet which you may or may not know. The letters in the musical alphabet are A through G. There is of course a tone associated with each and every letter some are higher then others and because of this pitch we can assign a musical type of space between two tones one of which is higher then the other.
The spacing that exists between notes is measured in terms of whole steps and half steps or tones. On the guitar neck a whole step is two frets, while a half step is only one fret. Using this measurement of guitar frets we can explain more about how this spacing works.
We're going to ignore all flats and sharps for this example to keep things simple and only work with the seven notes A to G. Between every note there is a whole step (that's two frets) except for two places. The first is between B and C and the second is between E and F. Those exceptions only have a half step separating them.
So what exactly do I mean? Let's take a look at a quick example. If we're playing the first fret of the low E string or 6th string that is an F note. If we go up two frets to the 3rd fret we're not playing a G note because we've moved up one whole step or two frets. If we move up another two frets we'll be playing an A note on the 5th fret of the E string. Another two frets and we have a B note at the 7th and here's one of the exceptions, we move up only one fret to the 8th Fret to play a C note. Remember there's only half a step between B and C.
Using Steps on the Neck with Chords
Ok let's take this new found knowledge and apply it to barre chords on your guitar. I'll assume that you know an E shape chord played as a barre chord on the first fret is an F chord. Starting with that F chord how can we get to a G chord knowing what we just learned?So let's find the G chord using the same shape. Well there's a whole step between an F and a G which means two frets so if we slide up from the first fret to the third fret we'll be playing a G chord keeping the exact same barre chord shape.
Let's try another one, from the 3rd Fret G chord we can move up another two frets and what comes after G? it's an A chord right since we moved up another whole step.
I hope you can see how this pattern is working and how you can apply it to notes and chord shapes around the neck.
So how does this help you? There are two ways. First if you know where at least one chord is on the guitar neck in a barre chord formation then you can move upwards and down the neck to find other chords using this pattern I've explained.
The second benefit is that you'll be able to find the notes on the fret board starting from any one particular note as well.
Of course just knowing this is one thing now it's time to practice it and get it under your fingers which is when you'll really start to reap the benefits of this lesson and content.
Quite literally this concept changed my understanding of the guitar neck and my playing ability over night. It was the best guitar lesson I ever learned when I was first starting out and I still refer to it in my mind each and every time I pick up my guitar to practice or jam with others.
Bass Guitar Basics : Standard Tuning for Bass Guitar
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