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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6426159" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>Every Adult Dog Growls, Barks, Eats is also good.</p><p></p><p>And yes, the lowest note in the chord is essentially the root note. When playing power chords, that's where you are anchoring your index finger.</p><p></p><p>When a song's key is set, that's likely the lowest note.</p><p></p><p>When you play a scale for a solo for a song in a key, that's the root note for the scale.</p><p></p><p>For chords, where it won't hold anymore that the lowest note is the root is because the notes wrap around. And because of that, lower versions of the same valid notes for a given chord can be used (rather than always choosing higher ones than the root).</p><p></p><p>This becomes more obvious when you learn what notes are in a scale for a given key (how to compute that), and then see those notes can be hit from all over, relative to the root note. This becomes the shopping list of what notes to can be used for a Chord.</p><p></p><p>What I did to help reinforce the notes and numbered positions was an mental exercise when I was laying in bed waiting to fall asleep (the musical equivalent of counting sheep).</p><p></p><p>visualize the guitar neck from the headstock to the 12th fret (the 12th fret is just a repeat from the top, so ignore it for now).</p><p></p><p>Now go through the EADGBE to identify which string is which. This helps reinforce what string to pluck when somebody says "A String or Play a D.")</p><p></p><p>Then, mentally identify where each note is on each string. Start with the big fat E string (string 1).</p><p>E is open</p><p>F is 1</p><p>F# is 2</p><p>G is 3</p><p>G# is 4</p><p>A is 5</p><p>A# is 6</p><p>B is 7</p><p>C is 8</p><p>C# is 9</p><p>D is 10</p><p>D# is 11</p><p>E is 12</p><p></p><p>Notice how E/F and B/C are adjacent (no Sharp/Flat between them). That's important as it forms an important component of what notes are in scales relative to what key you are in.</p><p></p><p>Also notice how Fret 5 is A, which is the next string. When you perform the count-down on the A string, you'll see how D is at the 5th fret.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, if you work through that exercise every night, you'll know where everything is on the fret board when somebody calls out to do something. On Bass, this is very handy, because I can look at the Chord progression of a song, and just bang out those notes on a 4-count and play along while keeping time without really knowing anything else. All because I know where the notes are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6426159, member: 8835"] Every Adult Dog Growls, Barks, Eats is also good. And yes, the lowest note in the chord is essentially the root note. When playing power chords, that's where you are anchoring your index finger. When a song's key is set, that's likely the lowest note. When you play a scale for a solo for a song in a key, that's the root note for the scale. For chords, where it won't hold anymore that the lowest note is the root is because the notes wrap around. And because of that, lower versions of the same valid notes for a given chord can be used (rather than always choosing higher ones than the root). This becomes more obvious when you learn what notes are in a scale for a given key (how to compute that), and then see those notes can be hit from all over, relative to the root note. This becomes the shopping list of what notes to can be used for a Chord. What I did to help reinforce the notes and numbered positions was an mental exercise when I was laying in bed waiting to fall asleep (the musical equivalent of counting sheep). visualize the guitar neck from the headstock to the 12th fret (the 12th fret is just a repeat from the top, so ignore it for now). Now go through the EADGBE to identify which string is which. This helps reinforce what string to pluck when somebody says "A String or Play a D.") Then, mentally identify where each note is on each string. Start with the big fat E string (string 1). E is open F is 1 F# is 2 G is 3 G# is 4 A is 5 A# is 6 B is 7 C is 8 C# is 9 D is 10 D# is 11 E is 12 Notice how E/F and B/C are adjacent (no Sharp/Flat between them). That's important as it forms an important component of what notes are in scales relative to what key you are in. Also notice how Fret 5 is A, which is the next string. When you perform the count-down on the A string, you'll see how D is at the 5th fret. Anyway, if you work through that exercise every night, you'll know where everything is on the fret board when somebody calls out to do something. On Bass, this is very handy, because I can look at the Chord progression of a song, and just bang out those notes on a 4-count and play along while keeping time without really knowing anything else. All because I know where the notes are. [/QUOTE]
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