Root Notes And Scales.

Root Notes And Scales

1st string    2nd string  3rd string  4th string  5th string  6th string
0    E             A           D           G           B           e
1    F             Bb          Eb          Ab          C           F
2    F#            B           E           A           Db          F#
3    G             C           F           Bb          D           G
4    Ab            Db          F#          B           Eb          Ab
5    A             D           G           C           E           A
6    Bb            Eb          Ab          Db          F           Bb
7    B             E           A           D           F#          B
8    C             F           Bb          Eb          G           C
9    Db            F#          B           E           Ab          Db
10   D             G           C           F           A           D
11   Eb            Ab          Db          F#          Bb          Eb
12   E             A           D           G           B           E

The numbers at the top represent the string you are on and the numbers on the left represent which fret you are on. If you notice, When you strum an open string it is the same note as the 12th fret. For Ex. If you play a song such as "Come As You Are" it would look like this.

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------0-------0---------------------2-----2-----------------
E--0---0---1----2--------2-------2---1---0--0--0------0--------------------

That is what the tabs look like on a normal scale. But if you move it up to the 12th fret it is the same song just higher pitch.

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------
F--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------12-----12----------------------14----14-----------------
E--12--12--13--14-----14------14--13--12--12--12-----12----12--------------

After you have learned the notes on your guitar you can start learning about root notes. A Root note is The root note is the note that the music is centered on or built from. For EX. If you make a C Chord on your guitar the root note(s) would be your first finger on the B string 1st fret and your third finger on the 2nd string 3rd fret. If you check the chart those are both C notes.

e|------|-------|-------|-------|
B|--1R--|-------|-------|-------|
G|------|-------|-------|-------|
D|------|---2---|-------|-------|
A|------|-------|---3R--|-------|
E|------|-------|-------|-------|

The numbers on this char represent which finger is most comonley used to make the chord and the R represents the root note.

A Scale is a group of notes that work well together. The easiest scales come from walking down the alphabet. Refer to your scale chart above in the article. Start at A and make it to G in the easiest path possible. In a scale it doesn't matter how many strings you use. it's all up to the kind of scale you want to make it. Here is a basic scale I made up going from A-G A-G and back again.

e|------------------------------0--1--3--1--0------------------------------|
B|-----------------------0-1--3---------------3--1--0----------------------|
G|------------------0--2-------------------------------2--0----------------|
D|----------0--2--3-----------------------------------------3--2--0--------|
A|--0--2--3---------------------------------------------------------3--2--0|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------

SAFE SOUND - MercyMe

SAFE SOUND - MercyMe

Asus2
No more boarding up my windows,So that I can lay low
Dsus2
Nobody's home
Asus2
No more trying to run away from,Tired of being afraid of
Dsus2
What I can't control

E----------Gbm--------------Abm-------------D
The hardest part I'm always told Is letting go

CHORUS:
Asus2
Safe and sound knowing that you're big enough to
D
Rap around my heart completely
Asus2-------------------------------------- D - Bm
Safe and sound just knowing that you know me

VERSE: 2
Asus2
I can finally set my heart free, Lost within the mystery
Dsus2
Of this love I've found
Asus2
There is nothing that can pull me, From the hand that holds me
Dsus2
I'm safe and sound

E----------Gbm--------------Abm-------------D
The hardest part I'm always told Is letting go

(REPEAT CHORUS X2)
ADDLEAD: D Bm D Bm D A E
Bridge:
Gbm Abm D
The greatest part now I know, Is letting go
ENDING: (REPEAT CHORUS X2)

Psalm 139 (You are there). MercyMe. Capotraste 1.

Psalm 139 (You are there). MercyMe. Capotraste 1.

Eb-----------------------Bb    
You?ve searched me and You know me,
Eb-----------------Bb    
You're familiar with all my ways
Eb----------------Bb    
You?ve placed your hand upon me
Eb----------------Bb    
With such knowledge I can't attain
Eb-----------------Bb    
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Eb--------------------Bb    
Where can I flee from your presence?

Eb--------------------Bb    
If I make my bed in the depths
Eb---------------Bb    
If I go up to the heavens
-------C
You are there

Refrão:
-------F
If I rise on the wings of the dawn
Bb--------------------------------Gm    
If I settle on the far side of the sea
-----F
Even there your hand will hold me fast
Bb----------------------------Gm
Even there your hand will guide me
-----C
You are there
----F
You are there

Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I make my bed in the depths
If I go up to the heavens
You are there
     
 Bb
I will sing
 F
Sing a new song
 Eb
Because you love me
--------Eb
Because your there