Here are a few terms related to the guitar that you must know before you start playing it.
Notes- The characters employed to indicate musical sounds are called notes.
Semitone - Also known as half tone or half step, is the smallest musical interval between two notes.
Whole Tone - Any two consecutive semi-tones constitute a whole tone.
Octave - The width of 12 consecutive semi-tones constitutes an Octave.
(For example, if one note has a frequency of 400Hz ,the note an octave above it is 800Hz ,and the note an octave below it is 200Hz. The human ear tends to hear both notes as being essentially "the same",due to closely related harmonics.For this reason, notes an octave apart are given the same note name in the Western system of music notation- the name of the note an octave above A is also A.This is called octave equivalency.)
Tone - The interval between one note on the guitar/keyboard and another one,with only one possible sound between as 'C' to 'D'(C#).
Interval - The difference in pitch between any two sounds.
Sharp(#) - The sharp(#) raises the sound of any one note by one fret( or 1/2 tone) lower.
Rhythm - The regular recurrence of accent on the first note of every bar,In other sense - Melodic divisions.
Modulation - To change from one key into another.
Transportation - Musical translation.Changing a piece from a given key to a higher or lower one.
Vibrations- The disturbances or 'waves' in the air that cause sound.
Music - The result of regular and sufficiently rapid vibrations given off from a tremulous or elastic substance or body.
Notes- The characters employed to indicate musical sounds are called notes.
Semitone - Also known as half tone or half step, is the smallest musical interval between two notes.
Whole Tone - Any two consecutive semi-tones constitute a whole tone.
Octave - The width of 12 consecutive semi-tones constitutes an Octave.
(For example, if one note has a frequency of 400Hz ,the note an octave above it is 800Hz ,and the note an octave below it is 200Hz. The human ear tends to hear both notes as being essentially "the same",due to closely related harmonics.For this reason, notes an octave apart are given the same note name in the Western system of music notation- the name of the note an octave above A is also A.This is called octave equivalency.)
Scale - A group of musical notes collected in ascending and descending order,which provides a base for or represents a musical work(Melody or Harmony).
Diatonic Scale - is a seven note musical scale comprising five whole steps and two half steps,in which the half steps are maximally seperated . Thus between each of the two half steps lie either two or three whole steps,with the pattern repeating at the octave.
Major - In the Major scale,the semi-tones occur between the 3rd and 4th degrees and 7th and 8th degrees.
Minor(Natural) - In the Minor scale the semi-tones occur beween 2nd and 3rd degrees and 5th and 7th degrees.
Chord - Set of harmonically related musical notes characterized by a root note.
Tonic(1) - The first note of a diatonic scale.
Sub-dominant(4) - The 4th note of a diatonic scale.
Dominant(5) - The 5th note of a diatonic scale.
Key - The definable pitch as regards a particular scale from which a song or scale is evolved.
Melody - A pleasing progression of single musical sounds generally accompanied by a harmony.
Tempo - The degree of movement or the pace at which a composition takes place.
Tone - The interval between one note on the guitar/keyboard and another one,with only one possible sound between as 'C' to 'D'(C#).
Interval - The difference in pitch between any two sounds.
Sharp(#) - The sharp(#) raises the sound of any one note by one fret( or 1/2 tone) lower.
Rhythm - The regular recurrence of accent on the first note of every bar,In other sense - Melodic divisions.
Modulation - To change from one key into another.
Transportation - Musical translation.Changing a piece from a given key to a higher or lower one.
Vibrations- The disturbances or 'waves' in the air that cause sound.
Music - The result of regular and sufficiently rapid vibrations given off from a tremulous or elastic substance or body.