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Hello, my name is Andrew and I’m just learning to play the electric guitar and I’ve heard that to truly master the guitar you’ve to master the fret board and learning where every note is. I’ve started learning from a video that I saw on YouTube by learning the notes on the six string starting on the low E string with learning the C notes up to the high E string. I was wondering is there a pattern or a simpler way of learning the fret board Thanks!!
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Hello Andrew! Welcome to AM. I am quite the newbie and also working on location of notes on the fretboard. There are all kinds of patterns to help you locate notes. The one you mentioned is where you locate the “C”. Each “C” is in a different pitch or Octave(help me out Brian -LOL). There is a simple pattern that allows you to find each one of them . Course you need to know where a couple are to start. out. Check yer answers to a pre-labeled fret for verification-at least I needed to .
The pattern is count over two strings( higher in pitch) then count up two frets ( towards the bridge).
* If when you count up two strings and you land on the “B” or hi “E” string you need to count up 3 frets. Please don’t ask me why- i forget 🙂This allows you to locate the “C”. I do believe that this rule applies to finding any note.
Good luck with that-hope it’s useful . See you around AM !!
Dawn(OGLwithme)
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I think it depends on what you want to learn…. my mate knows his way round all the notes on the neck and can widdle/woddle* like no-ones business…
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he can’t keep time or pick up a rhythm for toffee…
not much help if you want to practice different stuff…
I started learning chords at the top of the neck… got them down (sort of) and then go from there…
I think its important to be able to play a tune you can half recognise to make yourself feel better when you go through the ‘its all gone to shit’ phase – and trust me that’ll come!
soloing will come as you get more used to where everybody is…
it would be a bit soul destroying for me doing it your way…
*widdle/woddle is technical speak for soloing/shredding/whatever you want to call it….’faffing’ is another technical word for it!
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Andrew, I feel the easiest to learn the fret board is though theory & playing. You can’t help but learn it though practical application. For example, the first three notes of a chord are either R-3-5 or R-5-R (not including inversions). By seeing the chord on the fret board you can already pick out the root, 3rd, & 5th degrees. You can then look at the whole chord and I.D. the rest of the notes. Through theory you’ll learn whole & half steps and be able to pick out 2nd, 4th, 6th, & 7th degree notes from the 1st to the 6th string & 1st to 12th fret. Then it starts all over again!
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I know this is an old post but adding another reply anyways(again 🙂 )The circle of fiths repeats itself over and over- B-E-A-D-G-C-F. Fret 7 shows it ideally starting on the low E string. When you are spelling it out though and you hit the 5th string you have to shift one fret away from the nut. Meaning the G-C are on the 8th frets on the ‘b’ and high ‘e’ strings respectively. As a beginner that was a revelation for me -hope it helps 🙂
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Hmmmm, forgot all about this thread and wanted to post these games I used:
– this one is an online <Fret Board Master>
– this is a free one you can download and play off your desktop <Fret Board Warrior> -
Found this guy on youtube and it really helped me memorize the notes on the fretboard. i downloaded the pdf of the diagrams from his website but the video help explains the exercise,,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy1Kc_uSSbI
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I found this lesson very helpful…
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