Which of these notes is an E note found on the guitar fretboard?

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The E note is located on the 1st string, which is the high E string, at the 12th fret. When you fret this string at the 12th position, you are playing the same pitch as the open high E string, but at a higher octave.

On the guitar fretboard, each fret represents a half-step (or semitone) increase in pitch. Therefore, moving up from the open E string, the notes would progress as follows:

  • Open string: E

  • 1st fret: F

  • 2nd fret: F#/Gb

  • 3rd fret: G

  • 4th fret: G#/Ab

  • 5th fret: A

  • 6th fret: A#/Bb

  • 7th fret: B

  • 8th fret: C

  • 9th fret: C#/Db

  • 10th fret: D

  • 11th fret: D#/Eb

  • 12th fret: E (same pitch as open string, but one octave higher)

Thus, the 12th fret is indeed where the E note is found, confirming that this answer is correct. Fret positions above or below this point

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