Which of these notes is an E note found on the guitar fretboard?

• A. 1st string 10th fret
• B. 1st string 12th fret
• C. 1st string 11th fret
• D. 1st string 13th fret

Answer: (B)

The E note is located on the 1st string, which is the high E string, at the 12th fret. When you fret this string at the 12th position, you are playing the same pitch as the open high E string, but at a higher octave.

On the guitar fretboard, each fret represents a half-step (or semitone) increase in pitch. Therefore, moving up from the open E string, the notes would progress as follows:

• Open string: E

• 1st fret: F

• 2nd fret: F#/Gb

• 3rd fret: G

• 4th fret: G#/Ab

• 5th fret: A

• 6th fret: A#/Bb

• 7th fret: B

• 8th fret: C

• 9th fret: C#/Db

• 10th fret: D

• 11th fret: D#/Eb

• 12th fret: E (same pitch as open string, but one octave higher)

Thus, the 12th fret is indeed where the E note is found, confirming that this answer is correct. Fret positions above or below this point