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M us ic is made up of half steps and whole steps. Ea ch fret. on your guit.ar equa:s
on e half st.ep. Whe n a song requires a not.e t.o be only a half st.ep higher or lower, a
symbol is placed by t.hat. not.e.

One half st.ep higher is ca ll ed a sharp and looks like a t.ic-t.ac-t.oe board: #
One half-st.ep lower is called a flat and looks li ke a backwards not.e wit.h no a ir in it.: ~

EXCEPTION TO THE RULE: From E t.o F is only a ha lf st.ep; from B t.o C is only a half
st.ep. (Look at. t.he wh it.e keys on t.he piano d iagram on page 3.)

Since you only got two notes in Lesson :3 ...

We'll give you not. one but. t.wo more not.es! And t-hey're bot.h s harps!! Ret.urn t.o st-rings 1 and
2 a nd check 'em out..

I@# On st.ring 1, press fret. 2 wit.h finger 2

and hea r yo ur f irst. sharp:
II
F#

On st.rin g 2, press fret. 2 wit.h f inger 2

.(§) II
a nd yo u'll hea r C-sharp:
C#

Try t.hi s s hort. exerc ise wit.h yo ur new "s ha r p- looking" (cou ldn't. resist.) not.es:

F F#
+I Know Two Sharps
+ ~+
~~ F E E E I r E ~E E I r E ~E E I ~ ~
c C#
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~r #r E r r #r E r r #F E r r
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I I I II

Now you know why we skipped fret. 2 earlier...

On st.ring 1 (E), one fret. higher t.han F is F-sharp.
On st.ring 2 (B), one fret. higher t.han Cis C-sharp.
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