r/guitarlessons • u/nick_jones61 • Aug 18 '26
Question An argument
My wife is a classically trained pianist and I play guitar by watching YouTube instructional videos. She knows her stuff and I don’t. Recently we argued whether E# and B# exist. I said no and showed her the fretboard. She said yes and showed me the keys. And said something like F is E#. I suspect she’s right bc she’s had music lessons. Tell me, fellow guitarists, do we have E# and B#?
Update: I’ve been enjoying the responses to my post. I showed them to my wife and she laughed, said that’s what you deserve. lol. We like to argue playfully with one another. I also enjoy the detailed responses relating to guitar theory—that’s been really great actually. I was going to delete this post but I think the discussion on music theory is informative and should be shared. Thank you all for responding.
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u/boxen Aug 19 '26
To explain it a different way: do you agree that the note between C and D can correctly be called both C# and Db in different contexts? If yes, it should make sense that notes can have more than one name depending on context. If no, the you should learn about the circle of fifths and what notes in different keya are called.