TUNING THE GUITAR
TUNING ON A PIANO / KEYBOARD: The SIX open strings of the guitar have the same pitch as the SIX notes of the piano / keyboard shown in the diagram below.
i ) Five of the strings ( 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 ) are below the Middle C of the piano / keyboard.
ii) Guitar music is written One Octave higher than it actually sounds on a piano / keyboard.
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NATURAL NOTES ON GUITAR FINGERBOARD
In the beginning, learn the notes within the five frets of the guitar fingerboard as shown below.
Second step is to learn all the natural notes which are found within 12 frets of the guitar fingerboard, Note that the same notes with the same pitch repeat all along the fingerboard, but on different strings.
OCTAVE: Sound (musical notes) move in a cycle. The same note is repeated in a cycle of after every Seven notes diatonically and Twelve notes chromatically, which is known as OCTAVE. So, every 8th note in a cycle has the same note-name, but One Octave higher or lower. The frequency of the pitches within one octave apart is always in the proportion of 1: 2 - because at this point, the frequency which is expressed in Hertz, or vibrations per second is either increased or decreased by 100 %. For instance, the distance between the pitch A - 440 Hz, ( 5th fret on the Ist string,), and A - 880 Hz (17th fret on the 1st string ) is an Octave higher. Similarly, A - 220 Hz (2nd fret of the 3rd string ) is an octave lower. The frequency of the 5th open string (A note ) of the guitar is thus measured as 110 Hz. Any two octave notes produce the effect of one strong and rich sound.
A - 440 Hz is the standard concert pitch.
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