Learn The Fretboard - How To Memorize The Notes Of The Fretboard
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 6. 06. 2024
- đžâș Learn The Fretboard - How To Memorize The Notes On The Fretboard
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Learning the fretboard may seem like a daunting task for most beginners, but it's actually quite an easy process that takes as little as 5 minutes everyday. There's a big difference when it comes to knowing the fretboard vs internalising the fretboard and in this video I'll teach you how to do both. In my opinion, knowing the fretboard is crucial for any guitarist out there. Internalising the fretboard isn't mandatory, however I believe it opens up a whole world of possibilities for improvising and navigating the neck and would highly encourage every guitarist to commit to internalising the fretboard.
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Be sure to watch the entire video as I run through some super valuable exercises to help you memorize the fretboard for life!
00:00 KNOWING VS INTERNALIZING
01:34 THE MUSICAL ALPHABET
03:07 APPLYING THE ALPHABET TO THE FRETBOARD
04:45 OCTAVE SHAPE SHORTCUTS
07:31 INTERNALIZING THE FRETBOARD - EXERCISE 1
10:50 EXERCISE 2
12:42 EXERCISE 2A
13:21 EXERCISE 3
14:13 EXERCISE 3A
14:48 EXERCISE 4
15:29 EXERCISE 4A
16:08 EXERCISE 5
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My personal favorite for remembering the open strings in standard is "Eddy Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddy" because of how absurd it sounds lol Though I'm sure everyone here has heard this before
How about "Every Adult Dog Growls Bites Eats"
I actually have not heard that and my name is Edd. I've been playing guitar for years and that's the first one I've heard that's easy for me to remember.
I was taught Every Apple Does Go Bad Eventually đ
@@jazzsheehan Oh that's a good one too! Used to know a guy who played acoustic and sang at a bar my grandpa frequented, and if I remember correctly, that's the one he said he used too.
Ever Acid Dealer Gets Busted Eventually
Literally watched hundreds of guitar tutorials and you are the first person that I can actually learn from. The way you explain, and annotate strumming patterns and show the guitar fret board with finger placement etc is the best. Keep up the good work and thanks.
Thanks Andrew!
Can only double that!
Your the best idol
Yes, so true! You have a gift of teaching :)
Your fantastic
I'm 52. Never played guitar, but ordered my first guitar few days ago. This video will be my bible until I have fully memorized/learned all. Thank you for taking the time and explaining it in a way that makes sense.
So how have you done so far?
@@soulvaccination8679 same I wanna know
@@dontaebynes1451 I think he resold his guitar and went into bass
How did it go?
Whatâs the status? You quit due to calluses?
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Thank you đ
Over 10 years ago, a very good friend of mine, and all around musical instrument savant told me if I wanted to learn guitar, the first thing I needed to do was memorize the fret board. 10 years later I find this video and it makes the task not nearly as daunting. Thank you so much for producing this content.
This is probably the most useful guitar lesson video I've seen yet! I've been learning a song and I was able to replace one of the chords with a more convenient one by finding it myself using this knowledge and that felt really, really good to do. Thank you for this!
2 things I rarely do is comment on videos or study theory. Dave has inspired me unexpectedly. I'm self taught on guitar and stuck in a rut. It was only after applying the techniques in this video has it absolutely changed things so quickly. I have only internalised 1 note on the fretboard (A) but already I can feel and hear the value/difference. Excited about prioritising this method. Thanks.
Thatâs so awesome to hear! Keep it up!
How well are you playing now? I just started the same note per string and now I feel like I'm really learning!
@47BullThe stick with it if you can. I have stopped and started too many times over the last year and lost momentum with the process. Your timing of this comment is uncanny as about a month ago I started practising again and some days I might only get 5 mins however after a few weeks can feel the internalising coming back. I could tell you what fret a note is on but when I am noodling to a backing track I do find, especially with natural notes I just 'see them/recognise them' making it easier to find a triad root or chord shape root.
Not just a great lesson, but an absolutely essential one! Eye opening! Thank you Dave !!!
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@@GuitarZero2Hero great vid !
Self taught starting several years ago but never ever took basics and picked up my guitar for the first time in a couple years. Even though I play piano I play and learn by ear so I didnât know any of this and it didnât easily transition in my mind to guitar. This was an incredibly helpful video!!
I am a guitarist, and have not internalized my fretboard yet. The exercises are so much helpful. Thanks. :) In no time, I'll be able to master them.
did you learn it?
Have you mastered them?
I love how nobody ever responds to the question
Because they quit and wonât admit it đ
Magaling kana ata maam pa turo naman ako
How has literally no guitar teacher on here that I've watched, besides you, mentioned all of the octave shapes?! Genius! Thanks so much. I've been struggling so hard with fretboard memorization it hurts...
Just started learning and as we all know, there are so many guitar teachers on the web. Have to say man, you are one of the best. Your tutorial/cover videos are simply brilliant and Iâm about to start learning the board so I need look no further. Excellent work sir
Thank you for the video guitar training! It's helped my guitar playing and weekly exercise out a lot!
This was pure gold! I wanted to learn how to fingerpick multiple strings at once on my own for every song because including the bass note makes it all sound much better.
Heartfelt thanks.
Excellent video. The speed and visuals are easy to follow. Great job, and thank you!
Wow I've never been that able to master these skills... until today! I'll definitely do these exercises again and again, they are so useful and brilliant! thank you so much, I love your channel!
Best guitar teacher on the Internet. I have learned so many songs from you I never thought in a million years I could play. I recommend you to anyone learning the guitar. Thanks for all the great lessons đ
I am so happy that I actually by chance found your one and only video and teaching of learning all the notes on the neck of the guitar. Most of the people on teaching that say well you have to do your Pentatonic scales. So I have been working on these scales for couple of weeks now. My guitar has not given up one musical note yet. đ”
I think I can learn this from you thank you so much.
Wow bro! Literally what everyone else said! You are the first lesson I can actually comprehend what youâre saying and gave me the confidence that I didnât hit a dead end at playing guitar! Thank you!
No problem:)
I had lost all motivation to learn guitar a week after I got into it, and it was mainly because I couldn't really find a fun, interesting and immediately helpful lesson that allowed me to find some direction as an absolute beginner. This has enlightened me to see what my next steps could look like after learning some basic terminology. Thanks a lot for this video!
And yes, I've seen and read about the importance of not internalising the fretboard as a starter and just straight up learning chords, but I seriously don't just wanna play a couple of songs and leave, as tempting as it sounds; I do want to understand what I'm doing so I can master it in the future with proper technique and knowledge.
I am so thankful for this video. I picked up playing the guitar like 2 weeks ago and couldnt find any video in which this is explained in an proper and understandable way. Thanks so much for this!
I bought my first guitar 2 weeks ago, I've been trying to slowly teach myself to play and also the fretboard and your video helped a lot, thanks for this! I'll take this as a reference and use those tips to internalize it. It already makes more sense.
Best video on the whole of youtube if you are an absolute beginner who knows nothing in a guitar. First step for any beginner is to keep grinding whatever is said in this video for 2 hours every single day for at least 5 months before learning any chords or strumming patterns. Believe me guys, I have experienced it myself. I knew nothing about guitar 5 months back and now through constant practice of whatever this genius has said in this video, I can say that I am in a stage where I donât have to count on the fretboard anymore to play any musical note in any fret and in any string. What that helps me achieve is, I can easily play any song on any octave. This is the bible of guitar, the ultimate tutorial one can ever make. Thanks a ton buddy for this video. I wish I could meet you in real life, I would love to give you a hug for your amazing contribution towards my learning and understanding of the guitar! I would have never ever learnt guitar so fast if I had not come across this video 5 months back. I still feel I have a long long way to go and I am gonna continue grinding this stuff every single day for the rest of my life until and unless I have memorised every second of this video to perfection.
This is by far the best method I have ever come across to memorize my guitar string notes. The exercises are second to none. Thank you very much!!!!!
Am i the only one who just LOVE him?
Get in line...
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794K subscribers? Trust me, they ALL love him! Let's hope HE has found true love.
Haha aw thanks guys. Happy to help!
legit watched dozens of videos on memorizing fretboard but somehow this is the one that actually is really helpful especially with the exercises and shortcuts, thank you!
Superb lesson, very comprehensive and useful
I learned to play the guitar in August 2018 thanks to your videos. But I was lazy and I only focused on a few easy chords that pretty much every song has. Never learned to play the power chords or the barre chords or the notes on the fretboard. Never learned a fingerpicked song. And because of these, I was embarrassed to say that I could play the guitar. All I did was strum chords. This video has exactly what I need to really learn to play the guitar. So thank you. Hopefully, I won't get lazy and I'll be able to say that I can play the guitar by the end of August this year.
A few of these I've been introduced to but really good systematic step by step of learning. Thank you for breaking this down so well and providing such great exercises
Okay this is BY FAR the best video I have watched since I started playing guitar and every excercice makes so much sense when you understand it. I am truly happy I found your video and can proudly say you have given me a frsh boost of motivation in this difficult work that is learning to play guitar. Thank you very much for your hard work putting together this video :)
Man, it would really be a treat if you would teach guitar music theory lessons, you're one of the best teacher I've found here in CZcams :)
Another good teacher specifically for music theory is Gracie. I can't recall her last name, but I'm sure if you do a search, 'Gracie music theory', her channel will come up.
You are truly a great teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Hi Dave, thank you so much for this lesson! †I was really having trouble finding the right notes on the fretboard, let alone memorizing them. But thanks to you I just had an Epiphany!đĄ
Nothing but love...đ„°
I literally only have a few hours of practice total and the fact that this video exist and I can pause and rewind it is epic for learning. Thank you so much for posting this.
I absolutely love your content mate you've helped me become such a better guitarist I truly appreciate all the hard work and hours you've put into your videos!
Thanks Kurtis :)
I finished music school majoring in guitar back in 2017, and although I did learn how to play difficult pieces, I never internalized the fretboard. I knew exactly where to look for the notes and I internalized somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of the fretboard because of multiple repetitions, but I still keep struggling with sight-reading when it comes to intermediate or advanced pieces. I knew I wanted to get better at it, but I didn't know how and it scared me to think about how far I am technically and yet how there's so much more to learn; I felt paralyzed in some sense and needed guidance.
Then I found this video. When you said you wished you'd internalized it way earlier I felt like I was not alone. I have watched your video carefully and I cannot thank you enough for the exercises, they make perfect sense to me. I know what I am going to do with my instrument in the next few weeks! I like to rationalize stuff and I can clearly see how advanced exercises that you offer can help with sight-reading. Thank you! You're an inspiration.
Youâre welcome Anastasia :)
Same here. I learned the classical guitar as a child and got back into it a couple of years ago. I can play rhe usual suspects like Leyenda and Recuerdos etc and can figure out the notes but like typing blind.
Never too late to learn I guess ...
Thank you for all the effort it takes to make videos like these.
For beginners : what helped me was memorizing fret 0-5 on all strings first.
When i think of C i basically have all the C's in mind
At the beginning of this video I was confused and overwhelmed and by the end of it I completely understood. THANK YOU
Youâre welcome!
4:41 just blew my mind. I did not know about these shapes. taught me a new way to look at the fretboard. helpful to a beginner like me.
Man U donât understand how much this has helped me I literally had people in front of me teaching and still didnât quite understand but this video right here just opened up my world of tunes thank you
Youâre welcome âșïž
This is the video i was looking for to encourage myself and starting to learn the fretboard. Thank you, Dave!
Youâre welcome
Fantastic explanation and brilliant exercises. I've always struggled to even begin to understand this stuff and you make it so easy to understand. Thank you
After watching hundreds of videos and not getting it. This is the most comprehensive, easy to follow, no nonsense video I have ever seen and it has clicked with me right away!!! Thank you!!! đ
Nice tips. What also helps is to print out a huge (legal paper- landscape mode) diagram of the fretboard. I have one that has circles around the notes (B&W.) I can then highlight the notes that I want to focus on- even circle in red marker if needed. I have several of these that are highlighted differently to allow me to focus on different things like various scales, chords, pentatonic scales, learning the fretboard one section at a time, etc. It is super useful.
I have also found that if you can memorize the notes vertically in the OPEN position (EADGBE), Fret 5 (ADGCEA) and 12, they serve as great landmarks to then fill in the blanks. That and just practice, practice, practice.
Also, of note, in the first position (mostly frets 0-3) you can go from top to bottom and spell out EFGABCDe and repeat... All great stuff! Learning the fretboard, both pentatonic scales and definitely the Major Scale is essential if you want to really start to play well.
You're a treasure. Keep this guy safe.
thanks Jillie!
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Wow đ€Ż frustration gone in 15 mins.. thank you. Only difficulty I think for me once I get the exercises down will be remembering the shortcuts. Excited for the results, thank you again.
This is the most helpful video I've seen yet! Played for 20 years by ear, finally learning the theory . Super helpful ! Thanks man
Lov your "no-airs" straightforward style
Been frustrated trying to learn on CZcams and you just made life easy for me! Thank you for this amazing tutorial! đ
Happy to help!
I've been struggling to understand the fretboard for almost 3 years since I've picked up the guitar. Using this method definitely removes the clouds from the road ahead. I knew I should be doing something like this, but never how to actually go about it. Removing all accidentals from the fretboard really opens up an avenue to make the process easier on myself. Sometimes learning is just about hearing a different thought process on an issue.
never played and now i feel like a real beginner. been having guitars passed down to me for some reason.. this is my 3rd one so i decided to give it a shot instead of selling and iâve mastered this lesson. thank you đ looking forward to more
Thank you so much for sharing this lesson! This is something Iâve struggled with. Very encouraging and well presented!
Glad it was helpful! Just take 5-10 minutes a day with it and you'll have it internalised within a month!
You have a good way of explaining things and that makes it easy to understand.
How you teach is spectacular! Organized for the mind & so well demonstrated!!! I'm watching over & over!! Thank you!!!!! đ
Thank you! I already roughly knew the fretboard but Iâve never seen a video this advanced on the topic :) Definitely favourite guitar CZcamsr. If there is a song that I want to learn, the first thing I do is search for a lesson by you
While jotting down some notes for these exercises, I noticed I was getting a bit confused about up/down terminology as you were presenting things around the 5:10 mark, so I cross-referenced my understanding with a number of sources online. My ultimate takeaway, is that "up" and "down", whether it be directionally along the neck, or across the strings is purely based on pitch, not physical space. If the pitch gets higher, you are going "up". This applies to both movement directions. I believe you may be conflating the two concepts by speaking about moving "up" the neck correctly, while incorrectly reversing the terminology for moving across the strings (which is why I got confused taking down notes). Moving up across strings would mean moving from the 6th low E towards the 1st high e string because pitch is going up.
I cant believe that I've just memorized the whole fretboard so easily
how fast did you do it
@@wilcramer7556 instantly after understanding the order of the letters bro
its literally aleays the same thing, but changes (goes back or foward) in the diferent strings
@@wilcramer7556 took me like 2 mins
How now...i dont understand the note
I just love you mate, you've taught me so much and I'm really thankful that you're taking the time to explain a simple concept with so much detail....thank you so much
Thanks man, I love all your guitar videos. Theyâre always fun to watch and they keep you engaged!
Thank you so much dude I was searching for some tutorials and then you showed up đđ
Glad I could help
I find that visualizing the piano keyboard also helps with the musical alphabets.
This tutorial is loaded with so much practical usable information, I can't waite to start using it. I will first have to unpack everything in this 20 minute video to be sure I understand it well enough to use it. Thank you!!!!
Finally a teacher who makes sense. Found this video very very very informative. Thank you for finally making things clear. You are a great Teacher.
I gotta admit, I'm able to play vast amount of songs without knowing my fret board. So thanks man, I needed this.
No problems! It'll come in handy as you get more advanced - trust me!
Loved it!!!!!!!!!! Can you do a lesson on scales? And how to throw a solo on a song? The closest I could find was "How to learn songs by Ear." Thank you!
Yeah..that would be great â
Technically you can learn scales from this video! If youâve memorized the notes on the fretboard, I think you can figure out the a major scale or c major across all 6 strings and across one!
@@snehadebnath6944 yeah true. I mean I know the WWHWWWH technique. And I can improv off of that. I usually do. But I would like to know how to actually do a scale and move it across the board and apply it. That is something I'm struggling with
@@ethanmena2807 ahh understood. Donât worry, thereâs many videos online and eventually you will get it. Itâll take some time but everything comes along with time. Remember to have fun!
Absolutely loved this tutorial. Was looking for exactly this. So many explanations and exercises start at a fairly high level of abstraction and really don't go into the basics enough. Thanks! Will be following here going forward.
40 years old, and just started the guitar, and I'm loving it
Thanks Emil! Welcome to the wonderful world of guitar :)
Thank you sir!! Your the only person whoâs video actually makes sense to me, will be rewatching this with a guitar in hand!
11:57 mumble rappers are gonna copy this part in their next song. Lol
Aaaaa
lmaoo SO underrated comment
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Thats what I thought
Was feeling defeated until I found this video. Thank you for making me feel like I can!
Ding....this is the best simple and hands on guitar lesson I ever come across. Less talk (Most guitar tutorials talk too much like 30mins and ended up with one cord) and explain the method as playing along.
Can you make videos of scales also because Iâm trying to learn more about guitar rather than just play songs
Can you make a tutorial of 'slow dancing in a burning room' and 'somebody that I used to know' ?
He already did the latter
YES PLEASE SLOW DANCING IN A BURNING ROOM
Slow dancing in the burning room Please!!!!!
Until zero to hero drops his version, I highly recommend checking out Jamie Harrisonâs slow dancing in a burning room lesson. Itâs probably the best one available right now
@@TJjjjjjjjjjj thank you for answering
Clapton's Layla unplugged, I had to master it and it took me years from zero with no guitar skills at all. I did not know what notes or chords I was playing but mastered it anyway. With your tutorials I was able to make meaning of what I'd been playing and now I am able to create meaning. Memorizing the notes on the fretboard was easy because now it has meaning. Thank you. The burning desire for mastery, the teacher one day will find the student.
I've been doing something similar using colored, stick-on dots. The density of your simple method is encouraging.
Instructions unclear ate my guitar
Yes I finally understand the random Simposons joke!
Awesome lessons...you explain sooo well ! Been playing for years. Pity I never learned the fretboard and regret it! Thanks to you! Amazing!!!
the first exercise Ive seen that explains a practice routine I can see really working out for memorizing the fretboard, and making the distinction between knowing and internalizing
pls can u do a tutorial for âcage the elephant- right before my eyesâ unpeeled version pls pls pls
What I memorized are the strings 1,5&6 only LOL
Thank you for making the fretboard so accessible. This is a great video and Iâve already sent it to my mate who has also just started learning guitar.
Memorizing the fretboard was easier than i thought. I was scared of this as a relative new guitarist. But after getting a music teacher and learning basic theory this is very simple. This video helped me to get the fretboard down.
Can you give me one of your guitar
No
This is THE video any guitar player of ANY level should look at first. It's a treasure trove!!!
Yesterday I wanted learn the fretboard and started looking around youtube. And to my luck you post a video like this! Awesome. Keep up the good work.
Your material and delivery is outstanding. I've been using the octave shortcuts for while, and I hope your exercises will help me improve and learn the fretboard better. It's easy as an early intermediate to just play songs and solos and avoid practicing important fundamentals like what's in this lesson. Looking forward to watching more your channel.
Thanks Chris! Very important knowledge I wish I learned earlier!
Dude I've been trying to learn for ages without a teacher and I've gone down a rabbit hole for music theory and shit and that was way to complicated but your a God send bro. I think I'm on the right path starting with you
literally the most informative and direct video for beginners out there. no advertising books, paid lessons etc. thank you so much this helped me a whole lot!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this lesson. It blew my mind and now I see a whole nother perspective in playing the guitar! cheers
This is my first time learning guitar and it is my first instrument and I donât know anything about music chord. When I first came across your video yesterday I couldnât understand a thing. Today I wanted to give myself a chance to remember all the chords which you taught in this video. I kinda memorised all music alphabets lesson you teach in this video by taking notes and applied the method youâve taught. It kinda blows my mind that in 15 mins of just writing notes without watching your video I kinda memorised all your chords formula and its was the easiest and simplest way to remember! Thanks†what a life saver đ
You sir are the most clear and helpful teacher out there.
Thank you for explaining and sharing your technique.
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Thank you for making this video. It helped me to start better understanding the fretboard and the notes on it in a way that i never had. Thank you
Awesome video bro, really trying to internalize the fretboard more during this new lockdown in VN and your exercises are giving me a great new perspective on it
This was so so helpful! Loved it!! Explained in a very logical way. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot, buddy. đđđŻ
omg this is actually the first tutorial video that actually explains the fretboard and how to map it in a simple way. I struggle learning or understanding the wheel of fifths but this does help
Love the clarity of your teachings
After so many years someone explained it so well to me! Thanks!
I heard of this method on another channel and on a book titled "The Advancing Guitarrist". It's great.
Very nicely organized tutorial for initial regular practice. Thank you.
One of the best practice videos out there. Thank you