I am trying to memorize the notes on the fretboard, partially because a teacher I have right now is adamant about it, but so far I only have the string names and F and A on the E string.  Is this just a matter of going up and down the fretboard naming the note as I play it, or is there some  memory aid that anyone has used in the past to learn this?  I can find any note slowly by counting from the nut or the 12th fret, but not rapidly enough.

Thank you.

the notes on the Fretboards are numbers. if u look at tabs they have numbers  & not letters. whatever number the tab says thats the number the fret is. 

ok the best trick i know is to find out where the octaves are on the fret board. the trick is to learn all of the notes on the top two strings. there is not simple way to do that( that i know of) you just have to figure those top two strings out and the rest of the fret board has a trick to it.


Take the G note for example top string or Low E string third fret. thats a G note right? ok now where is the octave of that note? the octave of that note is either twelve frets straight up or there is the next G note down two strings and up two frets right? so you will find the G octave on the D sting FRET 5

if you get that much you will find that the next octave is down two more strings and up three frets so the next G note is two strings down B string 8Th fret is another G you may notice this makes a step shape although uneven it is a cascade kind of format. this little trick works for all notes on the top two strings. i hope i explain this well enough cause it is a really good trick so if you have questions just fire away i will try to help.

as i learned the fret board i made this into an exersice going from low octave to the high and back again you can do some really cool stuff with this little step shaped form if you get good at it.

ya forgot the G string itself, which is also the octave. (same as D string 5th fret)

J

didn't really forget that just ommited to try to minimize confusion plus he stated he knew the EADGBE. but i could have mentioned it i guess.

ieatsmallfish wrote:

I am trying to memorize the notes on the fretboard, partially because a teacher I have right now is adamant about it, but so far I only have the string names and F and A on the E string.  Is this just a matter of going up and down the fretboard naming the note as I play it, or is there some  memory aid that anyone has used in the past to learn this?  I can find any note slowly by counting from the nut or the 12th fret, but not rapidly enough.

Thank you.

if you are just learning yes say the notes as you land on them, and here is a little more help say them 4 time as you hit the note ,it will take time but as you practice you will get better.

Thanks for the tips everyone.  I'm sticking with low E through G strings right now cause things are easier for me to comprehend without the different interval on the B string. I'm actually using a bass for note naming practice and suddenly things are clearer.  The four strings make me feel less disoriented.

Open notes:                 Notes at the fifth fret:
                               
E                                 A
B                                 E
G                                 C
D                                 G
A                                 D
E                                 A     


The 6th string fretted notes, starting with the F note and including the fretted A note at the fifth fret consist of:

F, F#, G, G# and A. That's five notes. If one starts on each 1st fret note for each of the remaining strings, 5 through 1,
and counts (even on one's fingers at first) up 5 notes, the 5th fret fretted note will become easier and easier to remember.

From those notes in each direction, (lower or higher in tone) one begins to (more quickly in time) be able to find the next notes
in the scale for each string. Once one is shredding at the 12th fret and higher up the fretboard it begins to make sense, especially
since the pattern starts over at the fretted notes at the 12th fret. I hope some of this makes sense !

Cheers,

GuitarZen