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how do you play sharp and flat notes on guitar? ?
I’ve only just picked up guitar, I play an acoustic. I can’t read music or anything but I understand the basic chords C D E F G A B, I know how to play the major chords and the one’s with the 7 next to them [can't remember accurate term] I don’t understand how to play the sharp and flat notes though, for example C# [c sharp right?] Help?
Thanks in advance!
oh and would the word chord be more appropriate than notes?You can play both notes and chords on your guitar. If you picked just the top open string, you have played an E note. You know how to play an E chord and that chord is a a collection of notes played at the same time. From top to bottom string, E, B, E, G sharp, B, E. Played together, that’s the E chord.
To play a sharp or flat note is easy. For example, the top open string is E. If you press your finger on the first fret, the closest to the tuning keys on the fret board, that is F. Move it up one more and its F sharp.
A sharp is a half note higher than a natural note. F is a natural note, F sharp is half a note higher. A flat is half a note lower than a natural note. So F sharp and G flat are the same note, both notes are played on the second fret of the top string.
If you move your finger up the string, you move up through the scale of notes. Interestingly, when you get to to the fifth fret of the top string, it will be the same note as the open string below it. They should sound the same, if not you need to tune your guitar. You may already tune your guitar in this way.
Chords can work in a similar way. You can move a chord up the frets by barring the open strings with your finger or fingers. These are called Barre chords or Bar chords. For example, if you play an E chord with your middle, ring and pinkie fingers, then slide it up one and lay your pointing finger across the frets so all the strings are pushed down, you are playing an F chord, Move it up one more and that is F sharp.
A barre chord allows you to move a chord up the frets allowing you to play sharps and flats. You can move E, A and other chords up the board by barring.
Barre chords take some practice, but one you have them you can play just about any thing.
Some helpful sites below for further info on flats and sharps, barre chord charts and some video lessons.
Happy playing.
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