Fingerboard: Least Played Note.??

[3notes]

I've been thinking about this lately.... What note on the fretboard is the least played.

I'm thinking that F note on the low e string right at the nut.

Is there a "known note" that simply doesn't get played.??

I don't know.... Do you.??
(i know, all of them get played in jazz)

[Long Jon]

I’m guessin’ there must be dozens of ‘em I don’t even know the names of, up the dusty end of the fretboard.

[The Bard Rocks]

For me it is any of the notes on the wound strings above the 14th fret. I can't ever recall using them.

Low F - is used a lot.

[Kruton]

If I had to bet, I bet my personal one would be the D# on the 11th fret on the low E string.

Just no real reason to be on the Low E when you're up that high. The 12th frets have all of the harmonics though

[littlewing1208]

Definitely *not* the low F on low E string.

[Gjimmy]

Yeah the low F note is essential! Unless you never play an F chord. I’d agree that the low strings up near the 12th fret don’t get a ton of work.

[zmf]

Dunno. I just started using the flatted 3rd in G, 5th string. As a note, not in a run.

[devellis]

I'd go with the highest note on the low E string.

[mr. beaumont]

Originally Posted by 3notes

I've been thinking about this lately.... What note on the fretboard is the least played.

I'm thinking that F note on the low e string right at the nut.

Is there a "known note" that simply doesn't get played.??

I don't know.... Do you.??
(i know, all of them get played in jazz)

Hey, I play jazz, and I still don't use ALL of them...

I'd say the low E and A above the 12-14th fret as well...there's just not much reason for them, usually...if I'm up there, it's because I want the high notes...

But that low F...I'd be very unhappy without it.

[guitar george]

Originally Posted by Kruton

If I had to bet, I bet my personal one would be the D# on the 11th fret on the low E string.

Just no real reason to be on the Low E when you're up that high. The 12th frets have all of the harmonics though

I know nothing about it, so, I'm going to go with this one.

[Shades of Blue]

probably the last few frets on the low E string.

[Brent Nelson]

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QUOTE=3notes;5645308]I've been thinking about this lately.... What note on the fretboard is the least played.

I'm thinking that F note on the low e string right at the nut.

Is there a "known note" that simply doesn't get played.??

I don't know.... Do you.??
(i know, all of them get played in jazz)[/QUOTE]

[muscmp]

i believe that the F at the nut gets played a lot. less likely would be the F way up toward the bridge.

play music!

[Russ C]

Yeh, I'd second the mention of the highest notes on the 6th because they struggle to ring nicely.
The F, F# and G region on the 5th string is troublesome, we all know.
And while we're up there, I'd say that the whole package of notes between frets 8 and 12 on strings 4, 5 and 6 are the last bunch most players get confident with.

[pbla4024]

Originally Posted by Russ C

And while we're up there, I'd say that the whole package of notes between frets 8 and 12 on strings 4, 5 and 6 are the last bunch most players get confident with.

That's where D pentatonic lives.