What note can be found at the 2nd fret of the 5th (A) string?

• A. A
• B. B
• C. C
• D. D

Answer: (B)

The note found at the 2nd fret of the 5th (A) string is B. To understand this, it's essential to know how the guitar is tuned and how to identify notes along the fretboard.

The 5th string on the guitar is the A string. When you play this string open, it produces the note A. Moving up the fretboard, each fret represents a half-step (or semitone) increase in pitch. Therefore:

• At the 1st fret of the A string, you would play an A# (or Bb).

• At the 2nd fret, you increase the pitch by another half-step, bringing you to B.

Each note follows the natural order of the musical alphabet, which consists of A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, before starting over again. This means that right after A, the next note in sequence is B, which confirms the answer for the 2nd fret of the A string is indeed B. Understanding this sequential relationship between frets and notes is central to mastering the fretboard.