Hey,

Now I am a little embarassed to write this here but I have been playing a while and I still have areas on the neck that are really "No Mans Land" in terms of knowing and having memorized the notes.

Does anybody have or know of good ways of memorizing the notes on the neck? It is about time I really got this down.

I want that information at my fingertips.

you don't need get to these my place in one Step!

Begin by expanding what you know,
if you know that the 5 fret of the E String is an A, expand 1 whole-tone further is a B and an Half-Tone is a C and so on...

try to make your scale on 1 and/or 2 strings and tell the note your are playing..

Do a C scale by beginning with the C on the E Strings, and tell the note out loud.

i think that it will help you... and for memorizing, play what you know in different position, etc...

And don't be embarrased by asking question... Never!

Bye
PO

Since I play 100% by ear, I'm like you...going thru mental gymnastics to walk my way down the scale.

The good news is that during my practices, I've found that saying the notes out loudwhile I'm looking at the fretboard has started to pay dividends.

Boring......yes, but it's working for me. Check out some of the scale tips here on TB. I've used them as well.

Cool, Thanks

I have a headache from the Mental Gymnastics I have been playing.

Thats great advice, thanks, its in the practice routine.

A bit of theory wouldn't hurt either. Finding back the name of all notes and learning them is dead easy if you know how scales are constructed.

Practice your scales in "no man's land" and say the names of the notes out loud. It works best if you physically say them out loud. Do the scales slowly and deliberately, you're aim is knowledge, not speed.


Chris A.:rolleyes: :bassist:

Don't forget that the 12th fret is just an octave higher than open, and the dots are places accordingly...like one on the 15th, one on the 17th, etc.

Also, if you know a song (including note names) in the lower area of the fretboard (down by the 2nd, 3rd, 4th fret) try and play it an octave higher, or on a different part of the fretboard.

Also, try learning standard notation...that'll help you learn the notes pretty fast.

My teacher had me memorize all the notes, but do it note per note.

So, first you look for all the C's on the fingerboard, then the F's, etc (don't go C-C#-D-D# because they are just one up and not a challenge. Mix it up).

I only did it up to fret 12, since afterwards it's just repeated.

Dont learn by heart, calculate. If I put my finger here, i go back to here where I know its a C, so this must be a...

etc

this works better for memorizing.

when my cousin was learning piano, she put the notes on all the keys, it worked pretty well, shes a natural now, use what ever method works for u man

I couple things. First if you learn the natural notes are on the E and A string you are over half way there. Remember go over two strings and up two frets you have the same note and octave higher. So learn the E and A string and notes are D and G can be figured out real fast.

That isn't a great solution, but its a start. After than you need to find something to work on that requires you to know those notes. Learning to read music. Learn to play scales on only one or two strings. Take bass lines you know that use three strings and figure them out on two, then play them up on the D and G strings. When you need the information it sticks more, just learning for the sake of learning it drifts away.

The fretboard repeats itself starting at the 7th fret one string higher. The 7th fret on the A string is E. The 7th fret on the D string is A. I just look at it as the fretboard starting over with the seventh being an octave higher than on the open string. While i do know the note names i just find it easier to do it this way. And like what was said before the 12th fret starts the entire thing over again.