A Guitar Lesson On How To easily Learn All The Notes On The Guitar
Mike here from KillerGuitarTips.com
Today I have a great little trick that will save you endless hours of frustration. As an up and coming guitar player you are eventually going to need to learn EVERY note on the fret board of your guitar!
Don’t panic!!! Before you have an absolute fit and throw your guitar on the floor as I know you will find that statement really daunting, there is a really easy way for you to learn these notes!. Against contrary belief it’s not that hard when you know how.
Here’s how…
We have twelve musical notes in total using the letter A B C D E F G and the symbols # (sharp) or b (flat) to name them.
All you have to do is remember that all the letters are followed by a #(sharp) or b(flat) EXCEPT B and E.
To keep things simple we’ll just use # for now!!
So if we take the fifth string and play it open the note is A (that’s why I chose the fifth string it’s the start of the alphabet!!!). Now the open string is A the 1st fret is A# the 2nd fret is B the 3rd C (remember there is no # after B) the 4th is C# so the fifth is D……
You can carry this on up the neck (remembering that there is no # after E) when reaching the 12th fret you will end up back at A again. After this point if you carry on up the fret board it all starts again. Now practice this on every string. Over time you will eventually be able to put your finger on any note and read out that note instantly!
You are going to find this tedious and quite boring at first but know one got anywhere worthwhile without a little work. Get this cracked at you’ll find it will be well worth your while later on.
I always like to over deliver so this week I would like to give you not one tip but two! This next tip is also for all you beginners out there…
I know there hasn’t been many tips for you guys as beginners but remember in the full audio/video program there is a secret structured progression from absolute beginner through to killer guitar player in the shortest possible time. So, don’t despair if you feel these tips are a little tool much for you, why not subscribe to my free tips and tricks by going to www.killerguitartips.com and I will be send you a free tip each week and also the release date for this awesome audio/video program that will transform your guitar playing – GUARANTEED!
So here we have another tips for beginners…
The strings on your guitar are numbered one through to six. The first string is the thinnest and the sixth the thickest. When you play a string without holding it down against the fret we call this “playing it open”. So we have six open strings and each string is tuned to a note. On a guitar standard tuning of open strings is as follows:-
6th string is E 5th string is A 4th string is D 3rd string is G 2nd string is B 1st string is E
Learn these notes of these open strings as it forms the basis of your future guitar playing. You need to know these strings and their notes by second nature.
I do hope you are all enjoying these free tips and tricks and I will catch up with you next week
Enjoy,
Cheers
Mike
About The Author: Mike Jones is a Professional Guitar Teacher. Offering Guitar Lessons created to bringing the beginner through to an great player in the shortest possible time, using amazing speed learning techniques created over 20 years of teaching and playing guitar as a professional. To find out more about Mike’s teaching methods and receive FREE tips and tricks each week visit his website at: Guitar Course
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