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Xureal
11-29-2005, 12:18 AM
I read somewhere that one fret is the equivelant to a half-step. True or not?
Jabawanga
11-29-2005, 12:25 AM
um, if you start on say the 1st fret of E and then play 2nd fret of E that would be a half-step..
Xureal
11-29-2005, 12:59 AM
So moving from one fret to the next is a half-step?
Jabawanga
11-29-2005, 01:04 AM
yessir.
neatobassman
11-29-2005, 09:14 AM
one fret=1/2 step
two frets=whole step
12 frets=octave
56 fret=wow!!!
Bitchwax
11-29-2005, 10:34 AM
Some of them can be whole steps I think, right? like B C and E F, or is that just a half step too?
Gun-hippy
11-29-2005, 11:36 AM
still a half step as b# and e# dont exist
neatobassman
11-29-2005, 12:24 PM
Some of them can be whole steps I think, right? like B C and E F, or is that just a half step too?

they are called natural whole steps I think
Gun-hippy
11-29-2005, 02:10 PM
http://www.neiu.edu/~jalucas/muscon/pitch/halfandwhole.htm

should shed some light
Spazzout22
11-29-2005, 02:18 PM
still a half step as b# and e# dont exist

Don't be silly, B# and E# exist, but they're enharmoniclly equivilant to C and F. Every fret on the board is a half step. There are only half steps or whole steps. No other fancy words or such. When you get higher you might as well use names such as minor second and major second. There are whole steps between every note except between B and C, E and F.
Liebensaft
11-29-2005, 03:17 PM
Don't be silly, B# and E# exist, but they're enharmoniclly equivilant to C and F. Every fret on the board is a half step. There are only half steps or whole steps. No other fancy words or such. When you get higher you might as well use names such as minor second and major second. There are whole steps between every note except between B and C, E and F.
Exactly.
chilisauce2727
12-07-2005, 08:41 PM
Maybe this helps....I don't know how related it is though.....The fifth fret is one string higher. For example, the fifth fret of E is D, and the next highest string is D.
Spazzout22
12-07-2005, 10:30 PM
Maybe this helps....I don't know how related it is though.....The fifth fret is one string higher. For example, the fifth fret of E is D, and the next highest string is D.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the fifth fret on the E string is A. That's why a bass is tuned EADG.
PillarFreak
12-08-2005, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by chilisauce2727
Maybe this helps....I don't know how related it is though.....The fifth fret is one string higher. For example, the fifth fret of E is D, and the next highest string is D.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the fifth fret on the E string is A. That's why a bass is tuned EADG.

Wow... :p
Spazzout22
12-09-2005, 01:56 PM
Wow... :p


The hardest part of learning to read music is learning the association between the notes and the english alphabet. It's amazing how you have to spend well over a year with some kids repeating: If this is an "A" then the next note above it is a...? they reply with "D! NO! A! is it C!?"

Note to Chili: This isn't meant to be a diss to you, I've been teaching wee ones to read music and it's a frequent problem. Every fret on the fret board is a half step. if you have an open E string, the next fret up is F (there's half steps between E-F and B-C), next fret after that is F# then G then G# then A. on the A string: A-A#-B-C-C#-D and so on.
bassistuvdoom731
12-09-2005, 04:53 PM
The hardest part of learning to read music is learning the association between the notes and the english alphabet. It's amazing how you have to spend well over a year with some kids repeating: If this is an "A" then the next note above it is a...? they reply with "D! NO! A! is it C!?"

Note to Chili: This isn't meant to be a diss to you, I've been teaching wee ones to read music and it's a frequent problem. Every fret on the fret board is a half step. if you have an open E string, the next fret up is F (there's half steps between E-F and B-C), next fret after that is F# then G then G# then A. on the A string: A-A#-B-C-C#-D and so on.

A word of advice, just for refrence, when teaching someone something, dont call them a "wee one" or "junior" or anything along those lines, unless your trying to piss them off. It pisses then off no matter how old they are(especially when they dont know you). Just for future refrence.:thumb:
PillarFreak
12-09-2005, 10:33 PM
A word of advice, just for refrence, when teaching someone something, dont call them a "wee one" or "junior" or anything along those lines, unless your trying to piss them off. It pisses then off no matter how old they are(especially when they dont know you). Just for future refrence.

That sounds reasonable... ;)
chilisauce2727
12-09-2005, 11:12 PM
Maybe this helps....I don't know how related it is though.....The fifth fret is one string higher. For example, the fifth fret of E is D, and the next highest string is D.

Ok, sorry I messed up. I should write this stuff down and check it first.
Spazzout22
12-10-2005, 07:36 PM
A word of advice, just for refrence, when teaching someone something, dont call them a "wee one" or "junior" or anything along those lines, unless your trying to piss them off. It pisses then off no matter how old they are(especially when they dont know you). Just for future refrence.:thumb:


Well, you never call them "Wee ones" to their faces, of course it would piss them off. And for reference I wasn't talking about anyone on this forum when I said "wee ones" I was talking about the 3rd graders i've been teaching.