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Surfersaurus
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Link Posted on Sep 01 2012 06:55 PM

Here's a tip for learning where the notes are on the fingerboard.

When you pick up your guitar choose a note, say A, and then find all the 'A' notes on the guitar. My strat has 11.

Do this with a different note each time you pick the guitar up, it doesn't take very long to do..

good luck
Martin

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Link Posted on Sep 01 2012 09:32 PM

Not that I am a great bass player by any stretch of the imagination.
But when I got my bass, the first thing I did was make a map of the neck,
and all the notes of it.

I may not be able to tell you the notes in certain scales,
but if somebody says play a C# I know where it is.

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Link Posted on Sep 01 2012 10:59 PM

Jeff, that reminded me of a story. When Paul Simonon joined the clash, he didn't know how to play bass, so Mick Jones painted the note names on the fretboard. Paul turned out to be a pretty damn great bass player.
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Strat-o-rama
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Link Posted on Sep 05 2012 08:01 AM

I checked my Strat. It has 11 too. ;)
Good tip, Martin. Also, notice they form a pattern across and along the fretboard allowing you to find any note quickly once you learn to visualize the patterns.

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Link Posted on Sep 05 2012 09:25 AM

There are these Fretlight guitars with an onboard chip and LEDs embedded in the fretboard that light up to indicate notes, scales and chords. I know purists say there's nothing like learning the old-fashioned way, but I think I would have learned much faster if I had started on such a guitar. Who am I kidding, I'm sure even now it could help my playing a lot. If they weren't so overpriced I'd pick one up just out of curiosity.

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