Here are the names of the notes as they are
written on the staff in bass clef and as the same notes appear on
the four-string bass:
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The difference between E and F and between B and C
is a half step, or a single fret apart. The rest of the notes are whole
steps and separated by a fret (sharp or flat) between them. These
sharps or flats between whole steps are called “accidentals”.
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We use a natural sign to cancel an
accidental previously used:
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Accidentals, including the natural sign,
only apply to the bar in which they are used.
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I made the statement back in
lesson #1, “we say "G#" instead of "Ab"
and "C#" instead of "Db", don't we.”
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