Guitar Lesson: Five Ways To Learn The Notes On The Guitar

To find your way around the fretboard of theLearn a specific note on all strings. This is a great
guitar is very important. It will help you in guitarway to learn the notes and quite amusing too.
improvisation, sight reading, and in understandingLet's use the note G. You'll find it on the third fret
chords and more. In this guitar lesson we willon string six. Where can you find the note G on
explore five ways to learn the notes on the guitarstring five? Right, on fret 10.
fretboard.The G notes on the strings from the sixth string
How much do you need to practice?to the first are on the following frets:
A couple of minutes a day with one of these3 10 5 0 8 3
exercises will help you improve your skills in findingYou can make an exercise of this by playing the
the notes. In this guitar lesson we will focus onG notes from string six down to the first string
the fretboard and not the actual guitar sheetand back again. Try this with other notes too. For
music.example E.
Learning to read guitar sheet music will be muchIf you devote a couple of minutes a day on this
easier when you master the notes on the guitarexercise you will soon be able to play the
keyboard. I have divided this article in five lessonssequence of strings fast, spotting the notes
that you can alternate between until you masterwithout effort.
the guitar fretboard.Guitar lesson 3
Guitar lesson 1Learn the names of the notes on a fret. We can
Learn the basic notes, the notes of a C majorstart with the open strings starting from the sixth
scale (the white keys on the piano) on everystring to the first. The names will be:
string. Let's test this on the first string on yourE A D G B E
guitar. The first note is an E. You will find F on theNow, play the notes on the third fret in the same
first fret. G on fret three. A on fret five. B onorder. At the same time try to say the names of
fret seven. C on fret eight, D on fret ten and thethe notes aloud. I will help you this time only by
next E on fret twelve.writing the note names down:
The sixth string on the guitar is an E too. It's justG C F Bb D G
two octaves lower but you will find the sameTry this exercise on different frets and say the
note names on this string on the same frets twonames of the notes aloud.
octaves lower.Guitar lesson 4
On the second string you will find the notes onLearn the notes in a chord. Play any chord and
the following frets:fret 0-B, 1-C, 3-D, 5-E, 6-F, 8-G,name the notes aloud from string six to string
10-A, 12-Bone. This guitar exercise will also help you to
On the third guitar string you'll find the followingunderstand how the chords are built.
notes:Guitar lesson 5
0-G, 2-A, 4-B, 5-C, 7-D, 9-E,10-F, 12-GIn this guitar lesson you will use your ability to
I guess you can figure out the names of thecreate random notes on the guitar. As you play
notes on the next strings by yourself but herenotes on your guitar at random you also say the
they are in case you will double check. The fourthnote names aloud.
string:Play in an even pace, just fast enough to make
0-D, 2-E, 3-F, 5-G, 7-A, 9-B, 10-C, 12-Dthis exercise a challenge for your mind so your
The notes on the fifth string or the A-string:mind will concentrate on the task and not wander
0-A, 2-B, 3-C, 5-D, 7-E, 8-F, 10-G, 12-Aoff.
I would suggest that you concentrate on oneAll of these small guitar lessons can be used
string at a time and learn the names as you playtogether with a companion. One playing the notes
the notes on your guitar maybe by saying theon the guitar and the other saying the note
note names aloud as you play.names.
Guitar lesson 2