GUITAR: The Fretboard Connection
"the secret to learning all the notes on the neck"

by Mark John Sternal

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Lesson 3, Track 3: Accidentals or Sharps & Flats

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Accidentals, or Sharps & Flats

Sharp Accidentals #

In the musical alphabet, sharps comes after a natural note.

The sharp symbol looks like a pound sign, or a tic-tac-toe grid.

 

3. Write #, (sharp) symbols in the spaces below

A____ C____ D____ F____ G____

 

4. Fill in the blanks below to change each note to sharp based on the rule that a sharp comes after a natural note.

After A comes ____.

After C comes ____.

After D comes ____.

After F comes ____.

Flat Accidentals b

In the musical alphabet, flats come before a natural note.

The flat symbol looks like a small slanted b.

 

5. Write b (flat) symbols in the spaces below:

A____ B____ D____ E____ G____

 

6. Fill in the blanks below to include flat notes before each of the natural notes.

____ comes before A.

____ comes before B.

____ comes before D.

____ comes before G.

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