Musical Notes & the Note Circle

I introduce you to the 12 notes that exist in Western music and methods for finding them on the Guitar.

This isn't a memory test but more a chance for us to become aware of these notes at first and then naturally they all will fall into place.

Firstly, the notes go in alphabetical order: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G - These notes are Naturals, they are not modified by a sharp of flat (# or b) and then additionally those same notes can have sharps and flats versions.

For example, the A note can be A# and Bb - This is called an Enharmonic Equivalent; they sound the same but have a different name.

Another example - the note going up in pitch from C would be a Db or C# and so on! Check out the note circle below to see all the notes.

There are 12 notes in an Octave, we can explore these notes by fretting each note in order until eventually you reach the same letter you started on - only it would be higher pitch (a whole Octave up!)