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Guitar music sounds lower
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Guitar music is written one octave higher than it sounds.
Every note on the page sounds the same letter, one octave lower, when you play it on the guitar.
The open high E: what the page shows, and what sounds.
Guitar music writes it in the top space of the treble staff. The string sounds one octave lower, on the bottom line.
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The open A string is written two ledger lines below the staff.
That is the A just below middle C. The string sounds the A one octave under it.
Written E on the bottom line: what does the guitar play?
The open A string: written, then sounding.
The same letter, one octave apart.
Why? To keep the guitar on one staff.
Written where it sounds, the low E string would need seven ledger lines below the treble staff. One octave up, it needs three.
Why is guitar music written an octave higher?
Some music shows it: a small 8 under the treble clef.
That 8 means the notes sound an octave lower. Many guitar books leave it off, and the rule still holds.
Guitar music shows G on the second line. Which G sounds?
You know why guitar music sounds lower.
What you learned
- Guitar music is written one octave above the sound.
- That keeps the whole guitar on the treble staff.
- A small 8 under the treble clef says the same thing.
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