Members Grant Harding Posted October 12, 2017 Members Share Posted October 12, 2017 What say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted October 12, 2017 Members Share Posted October 12, 2017 I'm a wussy. I mostly never go above the octave E (that would be E4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted October 12, 2017 Members Share Posted October 12, 2017 I don't know the proper name for it. When I'm playing for fun I like to play around the 10th and 12th frets and play up to about a b.(1st string 19th fret) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted October 12, 2017 Members Share Posted October 12, 2017 E6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 12, 2017 Members Share Posted October 12, 2017 I stay away from the stuff near the horn. I have 5 Fender type guitars (no Fenders) and I can't bring myself to saw the thing off. Not even on the Behringer. Meanwhile my hands get a good workout below the 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted October 12, 2017 Members Share Posted October 12, 2017 high e string on 21th fret would be a C right? if i bend it even higher kiddin, my practice session involves some G minor pentatonic patterns excerises played in all position, while playing the first and second position in the upper section again, so my highest practicestuff goes up to 20th fret.... when playing with band everything is concentrated way below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted October 12, 2017 Members Share Posted October 12, 2017 F# (Barre chords at the 14th quite a lot ) Soloing I seldom go up there, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted October 12, 2017 Members Share Posted October 12, 2017 Regularly? I was trained at an early age of seeing every note on the freeboard as having equal weight. Much of it came from formal lessons playing violin which I carried over to the guitar. The few lessons I got playing guitar consisted of ragtime music which used chords spanned the entire neck too. The only limitations depend on the key being played, the type of music, and guitar being used. I have no problem using entire fret board for leads (and beyond playing slide) Above the 15th fret it obviously becomes too tight for fingering full barre chords but partial three note chords are possible all the way up if you have enough clearance. One some instruments with a single cutaway I have to completely remove the thumb from in back of the guitar to get to the upper frets as needed for a given song. Takes some practice playing that way. You simply need to envision what it would take to play if you ever lost your thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted October 13, 2017 Members Share Posted October 13, 2017 Rarely anything past the 17th fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted October 13, 2017 Members Share Posted October 13, 2017 A deceptively simple but interesting thread this. I was tempted to say "So high no one over 40 can hear it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les Paul Lover Posted October 13, 2017 Members Share Posted October 13, 2017 A deceptively simple but interesting thread this. I was tempted to say "So high no one over 40 can hear it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les Paul Lover Posted October 13, 2017 Members Share Posted October 13, 2017 Sometimes I go totally wild and reach for thr 20th, 21st or even 22nd fret on the high E string. On my Aria Pro, I can even reach the 24th fret. I know. It's pretty crazy.I should try to relax and have a cup of tea or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 It entirely depends on the guitar (number of frets it has) and what key we're playing in... if I want / need the notes, any note on the fretboard is fair game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ski219 Posted October 13, 2017 Members Share Posted October 13, 2017 There is a song in our setlist that I play slide on and it is in D and I slide up beyond the neck to about where the neck pup is to grab a really high D on the high E string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FungalNet Posted October 14, 2017 Members Share Posted October 14, 2017 First post here, so I'll try to be conservative, and it is too bad that Roy Buchanan is not around to answer, but he is an influence, and on his old tele he would pick notes down on top of the bridge pickup. That's probably close to the limit of the human ear. Good to find you, I've only spent time in linux forums and I really miss real people; musicians. Here is Nancy at work https://youtu.be/DDOIL5OqvYs?t=4m52s [video=youtube;DDOIL5OqvYs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOIL5OqvYs&feature=youtu.be&t=4m52s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 14, 2017 Members Share Posted October 14, 2017 Thinking of switching to Linux instead of Win10. Depends where the speed is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 First post here, so I'll try to be conservative, and it is too bad that Roy Buchanan is not around to answer, but he is an influence, and on his old tele he would pick notes down on top of the bridge pickup. That's probably close to the limit of the human ear. Good to find you, I've only spent time in linux forums and I really miss real people; musicians. Here is Nancy at work https://youtu.be/DDOIL5OqvYs?t=4m52s [video=youtube;DDOIL5OqvYs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDOIL5OqvYs&feature=youtu.be&t=4m52s Roy was such a monster. Gotta love watching his facial expressions as he's playing Nancy with just one hand... Oh, and welcome to Harmony Central - if you're looking to hang out and chat with other musicians, you've definitely come to the right place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bookumdano4 Posted October 19, 2017 Members Share Posted October 19, 2017 No one in their right mind plays anything higher than the D note on 2nd string 3rd fret. Not even playing it anywhere else higher up on a lower string. If Gawd had meant guitar players to use high notes, she wouldn't have placed Carlos Santana at Woodstock in front of a film camera to remind one of the perils of exposing sleepy muddy people to high notes... and.... she wouldn't have allowed Cinnamon Girl to exist. The D note. Learn it. Know it. Play it. Live it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted October 19, 2017 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2017 For me it's bend the D note on the 22nd fret up to an E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted October 19, 2017 Members Share Posted October 19, 2017 Oh wait, in the 70s I dropped a couple Cs on the crap table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted October 22, 2017 Members Share Posted October 22, 2017 Every time I play electric I'll put a rhythm together on my looper and then play over it from one end of the fretboard to the other that is in the correct key. So for the most part I play to and on the 21, 22, 23, 24th fret on my guitars every time I practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted October 24, 2017 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2017 Apologies for the obvious confusion. You can supply your analysis in your preferred measurement method (Helmholtz pitch notation, scientific notation, or the actual Hz representation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted November 4, 2017 Members Share Posted November 4, 2017 I have a Les Paul Peewee (my avatar) that has more range than an electric guitar (Eb on the low string) and goes higher than my electric mandolin (B). It's tuned in 5ths, not 4ths, which is what gives it such a broad range. And I do hit that excruciatingly high B note from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted November 4, 2017 Members Share Posted November 4, 2017 Ain't much money past the 5th fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted November 4, 2017 Author Members Share Posted November 4, 2017 B is definitely in uncharted territory for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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