Memorize the fretboard: 3 reasons why, 3 mental models, and 4 effective exercises
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- Learning the notes on the fretboard (and practicing to get faster recall) pays off massively by speeding up your ability to learn new songs and solos, as well as by being one of the keys that will unlock your ability to improvise. This video explains why it's so valuable to memorize the notes, shows three powerful ways to think about the fretboard, and demonstrates four useful exercises that will accelerate your progress.
► Keywords: memorizing the fretboard, chromatic scale, cycle of 4ths/5ths, guitar lesson, music theory
► To see how this video fits into the big picture of fretboard understanding, check out this overview video: • A new and faster way t...
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► Recommended video viewing order:
Full playlist: • Guitar scales made eas...
Individual videos:
1. Use "the warp" to reduce memorization: • HOW TO VISUALIZE CHORD...
2. Master the pentatonic scale with the rectangle and stack: • Two Simple Shapes UNLO...
3. Learn the notes!: • Memorize the fretboard...
4. Intervals: Guitar's secret decoder ring: • Intervals: guitar's se...
5. Understand the modes: • Demystifying the modes...
6. The best way to learn/play the modes: • This hack makes learni...
7. Another easy way to play the modes: • Learn ALL the Modes on...
8. The CAGED system and triads: • Demystifying Triads an...
9. The 3nps system: • Unlock the fretboard w...
10. Instant harmony: • Easy Double-Stop Harmo...
► Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
03:10 - Horizontal movement and the chromatic scale
06:09 - Vertical movement and the cycle of 4ths
10:10 - Diagonal movement with octave moves
13:11 - Why it's so important to memorize the fretboard
15:06 - Practice method #1
16:59 - Practice method #2
18:34 - Practice method #3
20:39 - Practice method #4
► Thank you to Dave DiCenso (drums), Jeff Gilman (bass), and Jake Shapiro (guitar, cello) for providing the theme music "Sea Horses". - Навчання та стиль
If you're new to the channel, I'd like to offer a warm welcome!
To see how this video fits into the big picture of fretboard understanding, check out this overview video: ua-cam.com/video/tpC115zjKiw/v-deo.html
or download a FREE 12-page overview e-book: fretscience.myshopify.com/products/building-fretboard-fluency-the-big-picture-pdf-ebook
Individual cheat sheets and a heavily discounted bundle are available for purchase at: fretscience.myshopify.com
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Hi Keith, I have been playing the acoustic guitar for about 30 years now. After years of feeling "trapped" within the confines of the first 5 frets, I decided that I needed to start learning the notes of the fretboard. I've watched countless videos on everything from the CAGED-system to triads. They all kept saying that I need to visualize the chords within the scales, but - try as I might - I just couldn't. This video is the first one I've seen, where I actually had two "aha-moments": how the diagonal movement in octaves relates to CAGED, and using the rectangle and stack for the pentatonic, as well as how the warp affects both. I really feel like your way of explaining these patterns has unlocked a door to visualization for me! Thanks!
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Can someone give those who worked on this video medals for making the single best introduction to music theory and teaching you to actually "see" the fretboard for what it is? I recently discovered the caged system on my own because I had a basic understanding of all my majors and minors and well as some augmented and diminished chords and I finally started seeing what I was actually playing. It's made messing around a lot more interesting. I think caged is the biggest thing I wish I learned about sooner right next to scales.
Some troll earlier today asked “did Jimmy know the notes?”…now we know the answer is yes, he does! 🤣 In all seriousness, thanks for your kind words 🎸🧪🤘
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@@fretscience oh and can't forget about the circle of 4ths/5ths. That's been incredibly useful too.
As someone who has finally got this down, i wish i would have seen this earlier in life! Cheers! Thank you for a good informational video! Keep with it
I recently read on a guitar forum a post from a guy who had played for years and had been stuck for a while. He memorized the fretboard and suddenly one evening as he played...he was able to jam out and he played for a couple hours. He said it all came together because he could see what he was doing as he played things he knew while thinking of the notes he was playing. It made me realize that I need to be able to know what note I'm playing at all times, which is why I'm here! Thank you for creating these videos and the PDFs!
I do believe it’s essential to learn the notes, and I think that the insight a lot of people miss in a story like that is that you’re not thinking of the names of every note as you play them, but being able to think of a note and then immediately move your fingers to the right position is exactly what gives you the freedom to move all over the fretboard. Thanks for sharing that! 🎸🧪🤘
@@fretscience This makes a lot of sense especially after recently seeing a clip with Joe Bonamassa saying "if you're thinking about what to play, you're too late."
It seems similar to Chess. You want to be thinking at least 3-5 steps ahead. When we know where we're going it's much easier to find paths to get there.
@@JesusRevezzo I think that when we talk about thinking, it's very easy to misunderstand what we mean. I have no doubt that the best players have internalized these patterns so well that using them doesn't feel like thought. My claim is that my approach to learning scales (and other patterns) is a much more efficient way to get there than the typical ways that scales are taught. 🎸🧪🤘
I started playing guitar 60 years ago and used it mostly to play songs by others and then to write music to go with lyrics I wrote. Learning to read music has been so hard due to issues with my eyes keeping up with the written notes. In any case, after 10 years away from guitar and piano, I have a renewed interest in learning to play more than the basics. Thanks for sharing your methods of learning with us.
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I am a so-called three-chord player, working through the basics, moving toward improvised fills while playing chords (chord-tone is what people call it, I think). It's especially useful to hear confirmation, toward the end, that working cyclical is a smart way to approach practice. Yesterday I worried about abandoning what I was working on last month while taking on something new. No more worrying, now I think of it as a loop and not a ladder. In my collection of UA-cam links notes about practice I have a subset (getting bigger all the time) called "next." I've added rectangle and stack (Method 2) as a new next. Thanks.
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My music teacher years ago tried to teach me circle of 5ths but it flew over my head and it still kinda does but this video does a great job explaining, gunna have to rewatch it and play along. The music I've been writing for years has basically been me taking a scale pattern and going "NOTE SOUND PURDY"
These lessons are awesome. I have learned the 3ps & the pentatonic shapes from them. Now I need to learn to move around so as to soloing does not sound mechanical. So there is lots to digest. Now learning the notes of the fretboard is a new insight. I will buying the pdf's in coming days. Thank you very much
That’s awesome, but don’t fall into the trap of thinking that moving around the fretboard will make you sound less mechanical. BB King mainly played out of a very limited range of positions and was anything but mechanical-sounding. Working on phrasing is the biggest key to making better music!
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Great video and great teacher it has to just click to be understood and this helped the confusion. Practice is the only way to nail it in now
Thanks! There’s no avoiding practice, but I have found that if you understand why you’re practicing a concept, it’s a lot more motivating and satisfying. And I hope that the approaches I teach can reduce the repetitive nature of that practice time. Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘
wow.. this is incredible. i got my first guitar 3 days ago and have been browsing through videos on YT to learn some theory ‘cause i’m going to learn guitar by myself and this is some amazing info.. very well presented and not rushed, with great graphics and everything (i’m a very visual person) so i thank you for that. i will definitely rewatch this a few times to get it down! thank you 😊
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As a beginner, theory feels dauntingly complex. The pacing and visual aids really made it easy to grasp the overall concept. Saved, subbed, and back to practicing. Thanks!
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I am 48 and had played piano as a child. I have been learning guitar for the past three years now. I really needed the encouragement and information in this video to begin to learn and unlock my fretboard. I am learning so much so quickly now , thanks so much to you!
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Thanks for such great information! I'm a beginner, but I can already see the fretboard in a much more demistifying way. Definitely going to pick up some of those PDFs.
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I like this method. Starting with a framework of octave roots then filling in with the two little shapes. I am going to give this method a really good go! Thanks very much!
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Just wanted to say thank you so much for this video. It's genius and so well explained. Halfway through I was already naming notes up and down the frets using the cycle of 4ths without having to look at my notes! I've been struggling to learn the fretboard for a while but I feel this approach is a real breakthrough for me. Just like some other comments I had several epiphanies and "A Ha" moments. I've been playing acoustic guitar for 16 years and electric and classical for 2 years. I also play the piano and tenor horn so I have a good musical background but this video has really moved me on with my theoretical knowledge and practical application. Thank you so much. I've subscribed and liked and am about to check out your other videos in order! I'm very excited. I would love to see the videos on learning to improvise that you mentioned. Many thanks from Herefordshire, England. xxx 😁🎸🎼🎵
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Probably the best, most succinct presentation I've heard on learning the fretboard. Sub'd
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