LOW STRINGS--- ---HIGH STRINGS
6 5 4 3 2 1 ---string number
fret # - O E A D G B E ---name
================ ---nut
1 | | | | C--+----True piano
+--+--+--+--+--+ "Middle C"
2 | | | | | | (piano notation)
+--+--+--+--+--+
Guitar------3---+--C | | | |
"Middle C" +--+--+--+--+--+
(guitar 4 | | | | | |
notation) +--+--+--+--+--+
5 | | | | | A----"A-44O"
| +--+--+--+--+--+ (tuning fork)
\|/ | | | | | |
etc.
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