Demonstration Photos Of Guitars That Have Their Fretboards Modified With Stuck On Labels To Show A Keyboard Pattern
Demonstration Photos Of Guitars That Have Their Fretboards Modified With Stuck On Labels To Show A Keyboard Pattern
Notice that for these sample acoustic and electric guitars the stings are tuned to either Note G or Note E, although any note could be chosen, and that the keyboard pattern starts with a white stripe before the nut, on the guitar headstock itself, sometimes called Fret 0.
When the open strings are tuned to Note G, marked with a white stripe on the headstock at Fret 0, then Fret 1 is black for Note G#, Fret 2 is white for Note A, Fret 3 is black for Note A#, Fret 4 is black for Note B, Fret 5 is white for Note C, and so on down the fretboard toward the body of the guitar.
When the open strings are tuned to Note E, marked with a white stripe on the headstock at Fret 0, then Fret 1 is white for Note F, Fret 2 is black for Note F#, Fret 3 is white for Note G, Fret 4 is black for Note G#, Fret 5 is white for Note A, and so on down the fretboard toward the body of the guitar.
The closer the frets are to the headstock the notes that are produced have lower pitches, and the closer the frets are to the body the notes that are produced have higher pitches, so that from the player's perspective, looking down at the guitar in front of him or her, the order of the notes corresponds perfectly to the perspective one has when looking down at a piano keyboard, with the lower notes toward the left and with the higher notes toward the right.
Notice that for these sample acoustic and electric guitars the stings are tuned to either Note G or Note E, although any note could be chosen, and that the keyboard pattern starts with a white stripe before the nut, on the guitar headstock itself, sometimes called Fret 0.
When the open strings are tuned to Note G, marked with a white stripe on the headstock at Fret 0, then Fret 1 is black for Note G#, Fret 2 is white for Note A, Fret 3 is black for Note A#, Fret 4 is black for Note B, Fret 5 is white for Note C, and so on down the fretboard toward the body of the guitar.
When the open strings are tuned to Note E, marked with a white stripe on the headstock at Fret 0, then Fret 1 is white for Note F, Fret 2 is black for Note F#, Fret 3 is white for Note G, Fret 4 is black for Note G#, Fret 5 is white for Note A, and so on down the fretboard toward the body of the guitar.
The closer the frets are to the headstock the notes that are produced have lower pitches, and the closer the frets are to the body the notes that are produced have higher pitches, so that from the player's perspective, looking down at the guitar in front of him or her, the order of the notes corresponds perfectly to the perspective one has when looking down at a piano keyboard, with the lower notes toward the left and with the higher notes toward the right.
