How to play an F note on bass guitar

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Note Positions on the Bass Guitar
Each of the individual notes that you have just played have a specific note value attached to them (i.e. the "Open" E string has a note value of E). Also, each time you moved your finger up or down a fret, the note value changed as well. Note values are what musicians use to let themselves know where on the neck they need to play in order to produce a certain note. Without getting too deeply into musical theory, we will use the diagram below (and a description of the basic musical alphabet) to help you learn to identify where every note falls on your bass guitar.

The Musical Alphabet: In Western music, there are 12 different notes that can be played. They are:

A | A# | B | C | C# | D | D# | E | F | F# | G | G#

Each note is a half-step higher than the one proceeding it and a half-step lower than the one following it. In terms of the bass guitar, a half-step is equal to one fret, meaning that every time you move your finger up one fret - the note value increases by a half step (i.e. If you start on an A and move up one fret, then you have moved a half-step higher to an A#). For a visual representation of how this plays out along the fretboard of the bass, see the diagram below.

As you can see, as you move higher up on the fretboard, the note values increase by a half-step for each fret. This makes it easy to find any note you want to on the fretboard. All you need to do is to figure out which note you are on - and you can then move up or down the neck until you reach the note you're looking for.

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[charlzm]

Thanks for the feedback! While I could mention every note/fretnumber I'm playing, there's no substitute for a clear, printed neck chart you can refer to at your own leisure. Learning the names of the frets/notes is essential! If/when I make another series, I will be more thorough with the explanations. If you want to see these theories in action, check out my video page for me playing with my band, Final Gravity.

[dayshapaola]

Where is "here"? Please name the frets for us beginners!

[charlzm]

Hiya!

[Therustmiester]

Hi Charles!