What octave is open low E on guitar?
It's E2, which is two octaves below the E above middle C (so a 13th below middle C) Guitar is a transposing instrument though. Notes sound an octave lower than written.
How do octaves work / how many octaves are there on a guitar?
I know that one octave is equal to 12 half steps and know that a half step on guitar is equal to one fret, but what I do not understand is, how many octaves are there on a guitar? Is each string an octave? Guitar is awkward as there is something like 20 frets. I am doing the perfect pitch course by david lucas burge and on one of the exercises he says to choose any two tones close/wide and defines this as within an octave/greater than an octave, but I do not understand how octaves work on guitar.
My 11th fret on my guitar is an octave?
I was building a guitar with some extra parts I had sitting around. The neck has 22 frets and the 11th one is an octave higher than the open strings. How would I make it to where the 12th fret is an octave? Would making the distance between the locking nut and the bridge 25 inches fix this problem? If so then could I drill new holes in the neck and slide it back a little bit? I rather be sure of this before I try it. Thanks.
Octaves don't match on bass Guitar?
Just cleaned the strings and corrected the action on my bass, but now i realize that on my 12th fret on my G-string is to high but the open G is tuned perfect, any help to correct it? If you think i'll have to take it to a music store give me a price range.
How to play guitar chords one octave higher?
I'm trying to learn this song on guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HW31f7nR... and so far I have it all down except I have NO idea how to play it one octave higher (I know it has nothing to do with a capo). I want to know how to play it one octave higher so I can play both the lower and higher octaves together to make the song sound right. I've only just started playing the guitar seriously since a couple of months ago, so I'm no good at knowing how to do this kind of thing. I would really appreciate it if you took the time to answer my question (: Here are the chords in this song: Bsus4 E C G Bsus/A G#m13 F#m11 A F#m E5 A5/E B
How do i play an octave higher on the guitar?
I am a beginner on the guitar and enjoy playing random chords to pass the time. I know chords like main staff E and B and A but would like to jump a higher octave on the B and A. I have heard as of this morning that I should be able to jump an Octave by moving towards the body 12 frets because of the fact that each fret is one half step and one octave consists of 12 steps. Is that logic correct?
How do you play guitar chords one octave higher?
i am learning to play guitar for a few weeks now and i would like to know how to play guitar chords one octave higher, on keyboard this is a lot easier... so for exaple an E-chord, this would be x221xx would that make it an x997xx if it is an octave higher? so you just place your hand to the 7th fret?
Unlike the piano, why is there no first octave in a guitar?
The answer to this question is almost the same as the answer to the question “Why is a female vocalist not able to sing in bass or a low pitch voice like a man?”Simple. Both have a different pitch range. However, the pitch range of a piano is more than that of the guitar and it pretty much covers the pitch range of almost all the playable melodic instruments.The guitar has strings and in order to play in the lower octaves, the strings need to be much thicker and wound. This would change the entire design of the instrument from the choice of keys to the weight balance. Not to forget the fact that it will be extremely hard to pick such a thick string.A bass guitar will be able to cover the lower octave that a guitar can’t cover.Hope this helps!Cheers!
Why is guitar music transposed up the octave instead of being written in Bass Clef?
So, I've been learning about transposing instruments in my Music History course, and I finally understand why instruments like the Bb Clarinet transpose. But now, I'm wondering why some instruments sound up or down the octave... In the case of the glockenspiel, which sounds two octaves higher than written, it makes sense: to avoid excessive ledger lines. But when I consider the guitar, I have to wonder. It's perfectly possible and practical to notate guitar music in bass clef, which is where it sounds. Some later pieces by Fernando Sor rarely used the treble clef and were notated exactly as they sounded. So why is it standard to write guitar music in treble clef? The only reason I can possibly come up with is that the person who made the decision way back when (whoever he was) simply liked reading treble clef more