Q. im trying out for the church band and the paper they gave me a piece of paper with cords like B/D#
E2(no3) and F#sus. i am a very experienced player but i have never dealt with it before.
A. B/D# means just a regular D# with a B base, F#sus is F# suspended, meaning it's an F# chord, F# A# and E, but instead A# is B (if it's F#sus2) or a D (if it's F#sus4). i don't know what E2(no3) is though, I've never seen this before
What's the difference between playing the same note on a different string?
Q. For example, what's the difference between A on the bottom string and A on the string above it? What about A on the bottom string and A on the top-most string? Just need an explanation of the music theory behind how the notes are laid out on the strings.
A. Guitar is unique in that it is one of the only instruments that allow you to play the exact same note in multiple spots on the instrument. This makes it very challenging to read sheet music on the guitar because the sheet music does not tell you "which" version of the note to play!
The piano has 88 keys and they are all a different note. Yes there are multiple octaves of the note, but only one version of it in each register. However, on the guitar you can play most notes in more than one spot. You have already pointed out the example of the note of A on the 6th string at the 5th fret which is identical to the open A string. We even use this multiple note option to help us tune the guitar!
As we move higher in register we get to a point where there are several versions of the exact same note For example; on a 24 fret guitar there are 6 versions of the high E note (E2), one on each string! This is an issue of "mechanics" not theory. This allows us to play chords, melodies, etc. without having to "jump" all over the guitar neck.
The mechanics of the guitar dictate that we can use several "positions" on the neck to play a specific note or collection of notes. This is very helpful since we are technically only using the left hand to play all of these notes. (will leave finger tapping out for now). By using different positions we are able to adjust our playing register of lowest and highest notes in a particular piece of music. Quite often in guitar music we will move from one position to another to accommodate changing registers within a piece of music.
As guitarists it becomes valuable to understand that each position has a unique set of fingerings and possibilities within that position. As you get better as a guitarist you will also come to appreciate the subtle differences in tonality between say, the open E string, and the same note played at the 9th fret of the G string.
You can also use this multiple note factor to help you memorize the names of the notes on the entire fingerboard. Try this simple exercise. Find every E note on the fret board. Which ones are identical? Which ones are octaves? Hint; there are more Es on the fretboard than any other note. By learning them all you will be able to zero in on any note much faster.
Why were different key signatures created and how were they discovered?
Q. Basically you can play the same music piece in any key and it will relatively play the same except higher or lower on pitches. How were different key signatures created and discovered? Why do were choose to play in some key signatures more and not others?
thanks, Matt
I meant transposing from whatever key signature the composition is already in to another key signature. Doesn't matter if it's already in a major or minor key.
A. Hi Matt,
I am trying to answer your question thoroughly but precisely. But it may be long! Sorry!
Since, each instrument has its nature range, for example, violin cannot play lower than the G below middle C, Viola is not cannot play an octave lower than the middle C, Cello cannot play two octave lower than the middle C, etc... Because of the physical limitation and the convenience to the player, each instrument has its own native keys. I don't know what instrument you play, if you are a violin player, G, D, or A scale will not be strange to you, or if you are a piano player, I believe you like to play flat keys music more than the sharp keys music. Including vocal voices, they do have their ranges. Soprano sings from A3 (A3 is a minor 3rd below middle C) up to C6
Alto sings from G3 to F5, Tenor usually sings from C3 to C5, and Bass usually sings from E2 to E4. Then the music needs to be written with different keys to accommodate the main soloist physical limitation.
The key signatures are discovered by the nature of major key structure. From C to C', separates these eight notes into two groups: C, D, E, F, and G, A, B, C'. Each group of four consecutive notes is called a tetra-chord. They are with the same Whole Whole Semi structure (C-D is a whole tone, D-E a whole tone, E-F a semitone, G-A a whole tone, A-B a whole tone, and B-C a semitone)
Then musician started to build the next major scale above C from the second tetra-chord which means starting from G to build the second major key. G A' B' C' already have the Whole Whole Semi structure, in order to make the D' E' F' G' to have the same structure, musician created the sharp symbol to raise the seventh notes F to be semitone below G'. Look at the following table:
C D EF | G A BC
G A BC | D E F#G
D E F#G | A B C#D
A B C#D | E F# G#A
E F# G#A | B C# D#E
B C# D#E | F# G# A#B
F# G# A#B | C# D# E#F#
C# D# E#F# | G# A# B#C#
If starting by the descending major scale:
CB A G | FE D C
FE D C | BbA G F
BbA G F | Eb D C Bb
Eb D C Bb | AbG F Eb
AbG F Eb | DbC Bb Ab
DbC Bb Ab | GbF Eb Db
GbF Eb Db | CbBb Ab Gb
CbBb Ab Gb | FbEb Db Cb
These two tables show how/why the notes need to have the accidental sharps and or flats to build the scale, and group all of the accidental signs to form the key signatures.
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