![25082017-FILE0022.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTtMJp7w2ETEb3NemqcFb4e5612bvtju23b4G9JCYQ71U/25082017-FILE0022.jpg) >_Only the music will take you to inexplicables places, impalpable by man._ **- Abrahan Blanco.**

The musical notes are essential elements for realization of melodies (these are also known as tones and semitones), every note is called for a different name, this defines their frequency and their connexion with each other, at the same time it tells us if we are talking about a tone or semitone. In the traditional musical theory, most people use the solfége naming convention which has seven notes, these are: ** Do - Re - Mi - Fa - Sol - La - Si ** However, within the English Speaking World these are represented by: ** A - B - C - D - E - F - G ** Where: ** A = La B = Si C = Do D = Re E = Mi F = Fa G = Sol** On the other hand, in the melodies not only these **seven** notes are used, but a total of **twelve**. On instruments such as guitars, there is a distance time for each of its frets, as a consequence there will be a tone for each of them, taking into consideration: ** A = Tone B = Semitone C = Tone D = Tone E = Tone F = Semitone G = Tone ** ![02072018-CAM00483.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZHJt9ka5Yv9ZHJ3Uz3SZhZMDPdDB8vwMWqKhgmCgFa6D/02072018-CAM00483.jpg) *** ## Tones and Semitones As you can observe there is a difference between tone and semitone. So, a semitone is the smallest interval in western music, (on guitar, a fret). A tone is exactly twice a semitone (two frets). In this way, we will find another 5 musical notes, which can be identified for a **sharp (#)** or **flat (b).** ![30062018-CAM00471.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQBwq2fcWbUEyGUzGprTqHWfjjCBN13D8Aj9e2vLyBuTq/30062018-CAM00471.jpg) ### Flats (b) being so 12 notes for flats, like this way: ** Do - Reb - Re - Mib - Mi - Fa - Solb - Sol - Lab - La - Sib - Si ** ### Sharps Similarly, 12 notes for sharps: ** Do - Do# - Re - Re# - Mi - Fa - Fa# - Sol - Sol# - La - La# - Si ** Finally, an equality between flats and sharps is formed, since some of them generate the same sound. For this, we will find: ** A# = Bb C# = Db D# = Eb F# = Gb G# = Ab ** *** ![25082017-FILE0026.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUfjHi6c9tjoCFTQcspFXrRHmcyto8W5T1qTCYRpjATT4/25082017-FILE0026.jpg) *** > **_The music is all around us, all you have to do is listen..._** _August Rush._ Dir. Kirsten Sheridan. Perf. Freddie Highmore. Warner Bros. Pictures, 2007. Film. ## That is all folks, see you around ;). . . .

In the pictures my acoustic guitar is presented. Photos taken by myself with my camera Síragon Ávila DV-4062HD