[BigG]

That is the beauty of the guitar.

All the notes above the 5th fret starting on the 6th string (the thickest one) are repeated on the next string every 5th fret until you get to the 1st string ( the thinnest one) where only notes (pitch) above the 12th fret are not repeated. You can play the same note (pitch) on several strings.

For example, the open E of the first string can be played at the 5th fret of the the second string or the 9th fret of the 3rd string or 14th fret of the 4th string and finally the 19th fret of the 5th string. But, you get different tones as you move from the smaller 1st string to the thicker 5th string. Try playing a melody on the first few frets of the 1st, 2nd and third strings. Then try playing the same melody on higher frets using the 3rd, 4th and 5th strings. The tone is thicker. Some guitarists I know only play on the thick strings to get that particular tone.

The guitar covers about 3 octaves , 24 notes (pitch) from the lowest E on the open sixth string to the highest E on on the 12th fret of the 1st string. But if you count the frets (12 frets by 6 strings) you get 72 notes. So most of the notes are repeated more than once.

OK. I said my piece. So call me big mouth. BigG.