Practicing with Actual Songs

 Posted on February 2, 2019 at 14:23  |  7 minutes  |  1338 words  |  Rex Walters

This page is about practicing notes on the 6th string using actual songs. This is part 3 of 6 about learning the notes on the fretboard: Just 12 notes. (Background material) Open and E strings Practicing with actual songs (this page) Fret 5 and String 5 Octave Shapes Whole Fretboard Everything on this page is completely optional. Feel free to skip ahead to the next lesson in the series if you just want to continue learning the notes. [Read More]
fretboard  practice  songs 

Whole Fretboard

 Posted on January 16, 2019 at 22:08  |  10 minutes  |  2077 words  |  Rex Walters

This is the sixth and final lesson on learning the notes of the fretboard:: Just 12 notes. (Background material) Open and E strings Practicing with actual songs Fret 5 and String 5 Octave Shapes Whole Fretboard (this page) This diagram of all the natural notes should look considerably less intimidating now: The natural notes We’ve already drilled extensively on the outside E strings and the A strings, but we still need to learn the remaining notes on the D, G, and B strings. [Read More]
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Fret 5 & String 5

 Posted on January 13, 2019 at 12:32  |  10 minutes  |  2096 words  |  Rex Walters

Let’s get a few more notes under our fingers and into our brains. This is part 4 of 6 about learning the notes on the fretboard: Just 12 notes. (Background material) Open and E strings Practicing with actual songs Fret 5 and String 5 (this page) Octave Shapes Whole Fretboard As we described previously, if we KNOW the notes of the open strings and at the 12th fret, it’s handy to also KNOW the notes at the 5th fret because it’s almost half way between. [Read More]
fretboard  practice 

Open and E Strings

First waypoints

 Posted on January 6, 2019 at 20:01  |  26 minutes  |  5495 words  |  Rex Walters

This document presents a number of exercises to learn the names of all the natural notes on the fretboard. This is part 2 of 6 about learning the notes on the fretboard: Just 12 notes. (Background material) Open and E strings (this page) Practicing with actual songs Fret 5 and String 5 Octave Shapes Whole Fretboard Try not to be intimidated, but here is what we are eventually going to learn (this diagram is just for the first 15 frets, but you will learn your entire fretboard). [Read More]
fretboard  practice 

Just 12 Notes

Background material for learning the fretboard

 Posted on January 6, 2019 at 16:39  |  21 minutes  |  4307 words  |  Rex Walters

This is part 1 of 6 about learning the notes on the fretboard: Just 12 notes. (Background material — this page) Open and E strings Practicing with actual songs Fret 5 and String 5 Octave Shapes Whole Fretboard This section is purely background and doesn’t contain any exercises. If you are in a rush and just want to start learning the fretboard, skip this page for now and proceed directly to learning the notes on the open and E strings. [Read More]
fretboard  theory 

Octave Shapes

A navigational tool

 Posted on January 1, 0001 at 00:00  |  9 minutes  |  1914 words  |  Rex Walters

This is part 5 of 6 pages dedicated to learning the notes on the fretboard: Just 12 notes. (Background material) Open and E strings Practicing with actual songs Fret 5 and String 5 Octave Shapes (this page) Whole Fretboard Here’s the complete diagram of the fretboard again: The natural notes Hopefully it looks a little less intimidating than the first time you saw it. [Read More]
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