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Learning The Fretboard – Lesson 42

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megalizzie

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    Okay so I am working on this right now! I have written out all the A notes, B notes, C notes, and D notes so far and I think I finally understand the chromatic setup of the guitar and how high up the neck the octaves go.

    I don't think of the violin as "chromatic" because I'm realizing more and more that I play violin by ear! So this is fun, I'm learning a lot.

    Stay tuned for whatever I finally start understanding once I finish notes E-G
     
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    Okay, love the lesson but it seemed a little daunting. I did some research and found fantastic information about learning the notes on the guitar. It's a 9-page PDF document I wrote with images I created to help you along the way. This is for guitar students. I start with octaves to learn note names. There are four different octave patterns that I use.

    There are a total of 8 exercises for you to follow. I would suggest taking your time with each one and not progressing until you have the last lesson down pat.

    Good luck to all on this journey with me, and I hope I am able to assist you where I can.
     

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    @Syxguns Yes it's helpful, I meant the Octave shape 2-frets back 3-strings down. It's like the C shape but not playing the middle strings was doing it but didn't realize it's the same note.
    I started naming the notes, first exercise, after getting comfortable with it I'll try the next part.
     
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    with the circle of fifths, do I start on C include it in 5 parts get E then include that and count 4 back and get G. Is that how to get basic chords? I tested it on the G chord and got G-B-D, that's G Major?

    Never mind it doesn't work on the D chord, it's first 4 back then 5 forward, D-F#-A
     
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