Understanding Key Signatures when playing Guitar. Why Sharp and Flat Notes Occur.

Have you ever wondered why there’s an F# note in a G major scale? Or why an F major has a Bb? And why is it named Bb and not A#?! In this guitar video lesson I will show you exactly how sharp and flat notes appear in scales and why these notes can only have one name. Well, it will depend entirely on the musical ’context’. What that means is what ’key’ the music is in. Musical keys are created from major scales, and so a solid understanding of why sharps and flats appear in certain major scales is so esse
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