Reading Staff Music

Sharps/Flats:


However, there are still more notes that are not accounted for. Such as the note between a line and space, this note is called a sharp or flat. Playing the note one fret higher can play a sharp. Lowering the note by one fret can play a flat.




Playing from fret to fret on the guitar would give you "a," "a(b)," "b," "c," "c(d)," "d," "d(e)," "e," "f," "f(g)," "g," "g(a)." This is due to the fact that each natural note is not two frets distance from each other. So, "b" and "c" are only one fret apart just as "e" and "f" are only one fret apart.




Notes and the Guitar


Understanding staff music is not only understanding the values of each note, but also understanding how they correspond to the guitar.




This is a drawing of how the notes on that picture relate to the guitar itself. If a fret is skipped that means that there is a sharp and flat there.











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