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Beginner Guitar Lesson – Naming The Notes On The Fretboard Pt.2

In Beginner Guitar Lessons | on December, 25, 2009 | by | 5 Comments

The lesson this Christmas morning is Part 2 of our series on learning to name the notes across the fingerboard.

Now that we can name the notes on the 6th string we will use that knowledge to figure out the notes on all the other strings.

If you are consistent in your note naming practice you should see big improvements rather quickly. Just try and stay in the mindset that you want to know every note that you play at least some of the time.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas and I will see you again with another lesson in a couple days!

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Naming The Notes On The Fretboard Pt.2


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5 Responses

Tom Daniels
12.25.09

Sweet. Not hard to remember at all.

steve plourde
12.25.09

Carl, This is the most logical lesson I have seen. I have tried to make musical games figuring this out. GABE just made my life easier.

Carl Brown
12.25.09

OH yeah, good ol’ Gabe. :D

Spin
12.25.09

Great lessons! Carl keep the great job!
Here is another way that you can use to memorize the notes on the 5th and 3rd string in case you know the CAGED system (or A Shape Chords): The 5th and 3rd string are the tonic note for any A Shape chord that you play, which means that if you play an ‘A Shape’ C Major Chord, the 5th and 3rd string will be the note ‘C’. That makes it very easy to find the notes on those strings. If you want to know a note on the 5th string, imagine that you are playing the A Shape Barre chord with you index finger at the same fret that you would like to know the note on the 5th string. Example: A shape barre chord on the 3rd fret is C Major, therefore, the note name of the 3rd fret on the 5th is also ‘C’. The same thing applies for the 3rd string however 3 frets higher. Cheers!

Spin
12.25.09

Little correction on my explanation:

Here is another way that you can use to memorize the notes on the 5th and 3rd string in case you know the CAGED system (or A Shape Chords): The 5th and 3rd string are the tonic note for any A Shape chord that you play, which means that if you play an ‘A Shape’ C Major Chord, the 5th and 3rd string will be the note ‘C’. That makes it very easy to find the notes on those strings. If you want to know a note on the 5th string, imagine that you are playing the A Shape Barre chord with you index finger at the same fret that you would like to know the note on the 5th string. Example: A shape barre chord on the 3rd fret is C Major, therefore, the note name of the 3rd fret on the 5th STRING is also ‘C’. The same thing applies for the 3rd string however 3 frets higher. Cheers!

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