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		Music Alphabet



		12 Tones There are twelve different names for all of the notes found in music. The alphabet begins with A and continues to G#, after which the cycle starts over again. You can move forward and backwards, up and down the tones. They continue in either direction indefinitely (or at least until you runout of notes on the string). Here they are: .... A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab.... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The notes with two names are known as enharmonic. A# is the same note as Bb, it just has two names, both mean the same thing. If one plays all the notes, moving from A to A, it is known as a chromatic scale, moving up or down a half step each time. G to G or F# to F# etc. are also chromatic scales. Half Step: moving from one note on the guirar to the next higher or lower one. This is one fret on the fretboard. Playing A and then playing A#/Bb is moving a half step. Whole Step: moving from one note to the second note higher or lower. This is equal to moving two frets on the guitar. Playing C and then D is a whole step. Sharp: denoted as # one half step higher Flat: denoted as b one half step lower



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