The very basics you need to know is…
The music notes are the letters A through to G, and then the letter A again.
An Octave is a single group of these letters, and then when you start again at the letter A, you’re in the next Octave up, and likewise if your going down in the notes, an Octave lower.
Sharps – #
flats – b
These are on some notes
There are actually 12 “Steps” you could call them, in the Musical Alphabet or Notation, and it is a little bit of a mathematical calculation to remember and work out, but thats for another lesson much later on, we’ll just get you going first!
A B C D E F G A
or
C D E F G A B
Tuning you might notice 3 X E’s – the note E, because of a number of Octaves for the string set up.
I can’t answer the question about why its setup the way how it is, or why the music notation is the way it is either, just accept it and move on, to the music – the next section is Guitar Chords.
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