| Well for instance on the E string your open note (0) is obviously an E. Equal Temperament (what almost every instrument plays in at this point) has the 12 note chromatic scale starting at whatever root, in this case, root E goes like this: E, F, F#/Gb, G, G#/Ab, A, A#/Bb, B, C, C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, and then E is the octave above. So there's a skip between E and F, as well as B and C. Also every sharp is the same as the flat above it as mentioned above. You can count out the frets using the scale I just mentioned to find any note and figure out the fretboard. Here's the E string's first scale of notes written out, with the fret # in parenthesis: (0) E (1) F (2) F# (3) G (4) G# (5) A (6) A# (7) B (8) C (9) C#(10) D (11) D#. At the 12th fret, it returns to E at one octave above and you can repeat the same layout all the way to the 24th fret. Hope this helps, if it's too confusing with the theory just look at the fret numbers and memorize the pattern of sharps and skips.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by John Wentzien  You know you play too much bass... When you pee and you think "That is about a 105 gauge" maybe 110 would be better... |
Last edited by Tim Sevenfold : 01-27-2009 at 03:18 PM.
| 
