An easy way to remember the names of the guitar strings when you’re holding the guitar and looking down at them is to use this mnemonic:
"Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie"
● Eddie -- Low E String (6th string)
● Ate -- A String (5th string)
● Dynamite -- D String (4th string)
● Good -- G String (3rd string)
● Bye -- B String (2nd string)
● Eddie -- High E String (1st string)
| Marker No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fret No. | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 9th | 12th |
| String 1 - e | F | G | A | B | C#/D♭ | E |
| String 2 - B | C | D | E | F#/G♭ | G#/A♭ | B |
| String 3 - G | G#/A♭ | A#/B♭ | C | D | E | G |
| String 4 - D | D#/E♭ | F | G | A | B | D |
| String 5 - A | A#/B♭ | C | D | E | F#/G♭ | A |
| String 6 - E | F | G | A | B | C#/D♭ | E |
| Marker No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fret No. | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
| String 1 - e | F | F#/G♭ | G | G#/A♭ | A | A#/B♭ | B | C | C#/D♭ | D | D#/E♭ | E |
| String 2 - B | C | C#/D♭ | D | D#/E♭ | E | F | F#/G♭ | G | G#/A♭ | A | A#/B♭ | B |
| String 3 - G | G#/A♭ | A | A#/B♭ | B | C | C#/D♭ | D | D#/E♭ | E | F | F#/G♭ | G |
| String 4 - D | D#/E♭ | E | F | F#/G♭ | G | G#/A♭ | A | A#/B♭ | B | C | C#/D♭ | D |
| String 5 - A | A#/B♭ | B | C | C#/D♭ | D | D#/E♭ | E | F | F#/G♭ | G | G#/A♭ | A |
| String 6 - E | F | F#/G♭ | G | G#/A♭ | A | A#/B♭ | B | C | C#/D♭ | D | D#/E♭ | E |