Notes on a guitar

Knowing how to memorize the notes on a guitar fretboard is an essential skill for any beginner. Here we show you how to do it.

Fretboard Diagram With Note Names Here’s a simple example diagram showing you the names of all notes up to the 12 fret. If you don’t know these yet then yes, memorizing it all this can be quite boring but it is really really important. You could use Joe Satriani’s Note Finding Exercise (scroll through to the bottom […]

Want to memorize the guitar fretboard like the pros? Download our labeled fretboard diagram that shows all the notes on a guitar neck! Download .pdf Existing members of our mailing list are already improving their guitar skills by memorizing the fretboard. They find it easier to solo over backing tracks and just feel more like […]

NEW WHAT CHILD IS THIS? Here is a beautiful Christmas song about the birth of Christ in a minor key. Its tune is adapted from the old folk tune "Greensleeves." I have always loved playing "Greensleeves" as an instrumental tune, but this is also a wonderful song to sing at this special time of year. A song "tag" is a short phrase that is "tagged" to the end of a song; often it is just the last couple of bars or last line of the song repeated. Here is a TAG line for the ending-- it is the last…

Learn the guitar fretboard notes and the logic behind them. Know your stuff

This guide is for guitarists who want to learn guitar fretboard quickly and easily. The fretboard is not a difficult concept to understand. It is just a map for guitar notes. What makes it seem