![]() ![]() More on this below, as we move on to the chromatic scale. In either case, you wind up with the same note. The two different ways of notating it are basically saying “move up a semitone from C” or “move down a semitone from D”. For example, the two notes shown above (C# and Db) are the same pitch-the note that you hear is exactly the same. One important thing to understand about sharps and flats is that the same note that you hear (the same pitch) can be notated in different ways. But all we have to worry about for the guitar is the treble clef, which I explain here. Other instruments use other clefs, like bass clef or alto clef, in which case the lines and spaces on the staff indicate different notes. The clef tells you what notes are indicated by the lines and spaces on the musical staff. Notes are placed on the five-lined musical staff and, together with the clef, let the musician know what notes to play.Īll of the notation in this lesson assumes we’re using the treble clef, which is the clef used for guitar. A musical note is a symbol that indicates what pitch to play and how long to play it. Some of this may be obvious, but let’s start at the very beginning to make sure nothing gets missed. For more details about musical notation, check out the Musical Symbols lesson. I’m just going to explain the parts that are relevant to guitar players who are new to music theory. Keep in mind that that I’m not going to into thorough, exhaustive detail about each concept because then the lesson would be really long and would read like an encyclopedia article. You’ll learn the following concepts in this lesson: Think of it as learning a foreign language: before you learn simple sentences, you should first learn some of the most common vocabulary words. But it’s important to know some key concepts to answer the larger musical questions that beginners often have. Common questions are “What should I learn first?”, “How do I know what scale to play?”, and “How can I identify chords?”Īll of these questions are easy to answer but they require a little bit of basic musical knowledge first. Many guitarists want to be able to go beyond just strumming chords and want to understand the music theory behind what they’re playing.
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