![]() ![]() The best tip we can give overall is to not let yourself get overwhelmed. So keep practicing and exploring that fretboard! It sounds more challenging than it really is and with a little time, you’ll know your way around the frets like a pro. Learning the fretboardĪs you can see, much of learning the fretboard involves memorizing simple patterns. Notice anything? The note names for the corresponding frets are the same, but they are two octaves higher. Here’s an eye opener for you-once you have the notes memorized on the low E string, take a look at the high E. The same is true for the note on the third fret of the A string-that’s a C note too, in case you were wondering.įrom there, it’s a matter of expanding your knowledge of patterns. Once you have it firmly in your head that, for example, the note on the eighth fret of the low E string is a C note, you’ll know where to play the right fingering for a C chord. Why? Because many of the chords that you will play (particularly barre chords) have their root note on one of those two strings. So start with the two lowest strings and work your way up from there. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself! What many guitarists will do instead is focus on memorizing the notes on the low E and A strings. Taking it one small step at a time when memorizing notes on the guitar fretboard can keep things from getting too overwhelming. They show exactly where you can find octave notes all across the fretboard: Guess what the note is when you play four frets up to the seventh fret? You guessed it-it’s an F#/Gb as well! There also is a D note on the third fret of the B string. The key here is that the same pattern is true no matter what D note on the fretboard you have started from. How does this help you to navigate the fretboard? Let’s say that you know that the note which is four frets up from the open D string is an F#/Gb. Looking at our fretboard diagram, you’ll see that both of them are D notes-it’s just that the one on the twelfth fret has a higher pitch. Now play the note on the twelfth fret of the D string. The big difference here is that the pitch is one octave higher (or lower, depending on where you start). Tip #2: know how to find an octaveĪn ‘octave’ is a note that has the same letter name as another note. Once you are able to memorize the chromatic scale, knowing the guitar fretboard will come as easy as that. Since each note is one fret apart, it’s simple-the note on the sixth fret on the low E string is A#/Bb. So what would the note on the sixth fret be? If you know the chromatic scale, you’ll know that three notes up from a G is an A#/Bb. According to the chart we just looked at, that’s a G. Let’s say you play the note on the third fret of the low E string. So how does knowing this help you learn the fretboard? The pattern will repeat itself over and over no matter what note you start on and each note is one fret apart. Starting with a C note the scale is spelled out as follows:Ĭ – C#/Db – D – D#/Eb – E – F – F#/Gb – G – G#/Ab – A – A#/Bb – B – C The ‘Chromatic Scale’ in traditional Western music theory simply refers to every one of the 12 available notes. The point is that both names mean the same note. Same note, same string, same location on the fretboard. At the same time, if you take the D note and raise it one fret you have a D#. If you take the E note and lower it one fret, you have an Eb. So what about the note in the middle on the sixth fret? How to read this note depends on the context and point of view. Go two frets up to the seventh fret and you have an E. This is because these notes are ‘in between’ notes that are identified with just one letter.įor example, look at the note on the fifth fret of the A string-it’s a D. You’ll see that each one has a note with a sharp (#) and a note with a flat (b). ![]() You might already have noticed that some notes seem to have two names. Before we get into what we can do to make learning the notes on the fretboard a lot easier, we need to take a look at a complete guitar fretboard diagram, as shown below: ![]()
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