When you play in second position, you shift your fretting hand up one fret so that your first finger plays notes in the second fret, your second finger plays notes in the third fret, your third finger plays notes in the fourth fret, and your fourth finger plays notes in the fifth fret.
What are the positions on a guitar?
A position is way of expressing where fretting fingers are placed in relation to frets. In first position, for example, the first finger corresponds with fret one, the second finger with fret two, the third finger with fret three and the fourth finger with fret four.
What key is second fret on guitar?
Moving back up
Key with no capo | Key with capo on: | |
---|---|---|
1st fret | 2nd fret | |
C | C#/Db | D |
A | A#/Bb | B |
G | G#/Ab | A |