Guitar Tuning Problem (Or guitar Problem)?!
Question: hi i got a squire strat pack for my first guitar and im a beginner, now i tuned it
e,A,D,G,B,E (standard way) with a chromatic tuner
but i think theres something wrong because
this link shows the right notes on the frets
http://guitarsecrets.com/images/ALLNOTES...
but when i play those frets some dont match up
Here is what i get from my guitar (recorded with tuner)
*= sharp
Open.....E A D G B E
1st.........F B* E* A* C F
2nd.......G* B E A D* G*
3rd........G C F B* D G
4th........A* D* G* B E* A*
5th........A D G C E A
6th........B* E* A* D* F B*
7th........B E A D G* B
8th........C F B* E* G C
9th........D* G* B E A* D*
10th......D G C F A D
11th......E* A* D* G* B* E*
12th......E A D G B E
(repeats)
can you please help me, i dont know why my guitar isnt producing the notes correctly
so how am i suppose to remember the notes on each fret if my guitar plays the wrong ones.
Answers: hi i got a squire strat pack for my first guitar and im a beginner, now i tuned it
e,A,D,G,B,E (standard way) with a chromatic tuner
but i think theres something wrong because
this link shows the right notes on the frets
http://guitarsecrets.com/images/ALLNOTES...
but when i play those frets some dont match up
Here is what i get from my guitar (recorded with tuner)
*= sharp
Open.....E A D G B E
1st.........F B* E* A* C F
2nd.......G* B E A D* G*
3rd........G C F B* D G
4th........A* D* G* B E* A*
5th........A D G C E A
6th........B* E* A* D* F B*
7th........B E A D G* B
8th........C F B* E* G C
9th........D* G* B E A* D*
10th......D G C F A D
11th......E* A* D* G* B* E*
12th......E A D G B E
(repeats)
can you please help me, i dont know why my guitar isnt producing the notes correctly
so how am i suppose to remember the notes on each fret if my guitar plays the wrong ones.
The others are correct. You are not reading your tuner correctly. If you take your A string, for example, when played open it is an A. If you play the note on the first fret, the A becomes an A sharp, or B flat. The next fret takes it to a B, then C, C sharp or D flat, D, D sharp or E flat, E, F, F sharp or G flat, G, and then at the 12th fret you are back to A. These notes are the same progression no matter which string you use. Your guitar is producing the correct notes. Your tuner is using the flats instead of sharps. Hang in there. It does get easier.
Here is a good site that might help you work through the different scales you will encounter while playing your guitar:
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_...
It looks to me like you're confusing the sharps "#" with flats "b". When you play sharp, you're moving up the neck one fret. When you play flat, you're moving down the neck a fret.
This means some notes have two names:
C# = Db
D# = Eb
F# = Gb
G# = Ab
A# = Bb
Your saying that as you move up the fret board, ie from 2nd to 3rd, that the note goes down a semi tone? That is physically impossible... The only notes out of place seem to be the sharps... I think you are reading the tuner incorrectly. Where it says 2nd fret and G* (sharp) it is really going to be a G (flat). Either that or you have a physically defying guitar.
Like the first dude said, I think you're confusing flats (b) and sharps (#). Sharp is higher, flat is lower. But anyway, it looks good. You have to understand that the notes don't just go
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
...
They go
A
A#/Bb
B
C
C#/Db
D
D#/Eb
E
F
F#/Gb
G
G#/Ab
You see, there's a note between every letter except B/C and E/F. I noticed that that pattern held true in what you posted. If you're wondering about the notes that have two names, as I said, flat(b)=lower and sharp(#)=higher. So if you look at it from the F perspective, it would be F# (a semitone above F). If you look at it from the G perspective, it's Gb (semitone below G)