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  1. Default Memorizing the fretboard

    Just started lesson 1 of 1. I also have the book, which at the end of the first lesson it says that I should have memorized the fretboard. The video does not demand this.

    Did I miss something in the video?

    Any suggestions on memorizing techniques?

    Thanks in advance.

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    What helped me is going all the way up to the 12th fret like in the video, and doing it as a warm up. You will notice it gets easier and easier to do each time. Remember sharps going up, flats going down.

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    Thanks, hiro! Glad to have you with us!


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    Also, as you play the note, say the note name out loud. There is something about verbalizing the note name that helps you to remember them faster.

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    ...and make drawings. Draw a fretboard and practice placing notes.

    There are also a bunch of pre-drawn charts available for download.

    You may have to get to 5 posts before you can see these, so gitter done!



    http://www.thunderrow.com/content.php?12-Resources

    http://www.thunderrow.com/content.ph...sources&page=2

    http://www.thunderrow.com/content.ph...-Gaggle-of-G-s


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    That admonishment (to learn the names/locations of the notes on the fretboard) was added by the editor during compilation of the book. I think, from Roy's perspective, it was implied in the videos and, therefore, a given. The editor (who, incidentally is brilliant!) thought it would be a good idea to underscore the importance of this knowledge.
    Ed.

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    I can do that easily enough, but to what degree of memorization? To "instantly know the note" or is just being able to count up or down from your closest know note enough?

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    I'd say up and back, inside and out, here and there, anywhere, anytime.

    It's like learning to type without looking at the keyboard. Get your brain to know where your fingers are at all times.

    You'll get better at this the more you practice.


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    This is the way I know it and learned it. If you know one set of notes, the same note is the octave and 1 string up and 6 frets over for the same note. For some reason in my mind I can see the 6 frets and know where to go. So that's an easy way to look at without looking at any chart what so ever. Of course you do have to learn at lest the first set of notes from the top, and it doesn't get any easier than that for me!!

    line6bassman
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    Or two strings up and two frets over...

    Or open string and 12th fret...

    Or...

    Drilling on these exercises should consume you for awhile...


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