Do you know the note names on the fretboard?

[XLR]

HA!!! I'll take that challenge.

Ahem: G, F, E, D, C, B, A.

Sorry, a text response won't cut it Purge... it'll require an mp3 in which you name the notes up and down the scale, in two octaves, and a "document of authentic performance" notarized, with an impartial witness signature stating there were no written/visual cues.

Tim

 

[Karmadog777]

BTW, you're tuning is drop D and down a half a step, not a whole.

thanks for the clairification,thats what I wish my tuner would have told me
is that taking into consideration the 20cent flat?or do i just seem to prefer flat notes? I know that other guitarists use this cause I can tune by ear and put on a Disciple cd and Im in tune perfectly,any ways I love this tuning and use it 90% of the time.
I have been playing too long to have such limited knowledge,I suffer from being self taught by ear,and fell in love with barre chords,then was too impatient to learn things properly.Starting to now...trying to overcome the "old dog"syndrome

 

[Purge]

Sorry, a text response won't cut it Purge... it'll require an mp3 in which you name the notes up and down the scale, in two octaves, and a "document of authentic performance" notarized, with an impartial witness signature stating there were no written/visual cues.

Tim

Crap. I'm defeated!!

 

[Purge]

thanks for the clairification,thats what I wish my tuner would have told me
is that taking into consideration the 20cent flat?

Hmmm...good question!! I didn't notice that part. I'm not sure how many cents there are to each half step. Anyone know?

You're absolutely correct about the fundamental music rule though...if it sounds good, then it works. It sounds like that tuning is matching up to what you're intending, so there can't really be anything wrong with it.

Sorry I came across as such a dick in my original post. I had a crappy week and decided to take it out on somebody else for no apparent reason, without even realizing it. My apologies.

 

[tuggy]

i'm unbelieveably jelaous right now..
when i first start to use internet, i thought that i'm going to find a lot of information on music - especially about piano.. but soon realised that guitarists are ruling www .
that was no big problem until i start reading this thread.

this thread is all about "learning notes on the fretboard". not about chord progressions, no modes, nothing confusing. still so many people discuss, and learn different things from each other. i've never read a thread like this on a piano/keyboard forum.

i appreciate all the guitarists -especially on this forum- for their will to share their knowledge and experience - that's what i'm jelaous about.

thanks!

 

[XLR]

i'm unbelieveably jelaous right now..
when i first start to use internet, i thought that i'm going to find a lot of information on music - especially about piano.. but soon realised that guitarists are ruling www .
that was no big problem until i start reading this thread.

this thread is all about "learning notes on the fretboard". not about chord progressions, no modes, nothing confusing. still so many people discuss, and learn different things from each other. i've never read a thread like this on a piano/keyboard forum.

i appreciate all the guitarists -especially on this forum- for their will to share their knowledge and experience - that's what i'm jelaous about.

thanks!

What a nice thing to say... thanks. But don't be TOO jealous because we guitarists aren't always this civil. Maybe the inhabitants of the keyboard forums mentioned aren't as nice as we guitarists when we're at our best, but I'd be surprised if they're as nasty as some of us are when at our worst, heh-heh.

Tim

 

[Garry Sharp]

I'm not sure how many cents there are to each half step. Anyone know?

100 cents per half step. 1200 in an octave.

 

[Purge]

100 cents per half step. 1200 in an octave.

Ah. Hence, the term "cent". You can imagine how smart I'm not feeling right now...

*attemps to slap own head but accidentally pokes self in eye due to forgotten lit cigarette*

 

[Garry Sharp]

Ah. Hence, the term "cent". You can imagine how smart I'm not feeling right now...

*attemps to slap own head but accidentally pokes self in eye due to forgotten lit cigarette*

We all have these moments. Are you the last person in the USA with a cigarette

 

[junplugged]

sharing on the internet is awesome - look at Linux and support forums all over....

you mention modes, I've been getting into them a lot lately, never thought much of them until now. Much easier than it seems, a name that makes it seem deeper than it is. Soooo helpful have been Dorian and Mixolydian. Very simple but very handy.

 

[Sirnothingness]

Oh let's just all hug and kiss eachother and give thanks to our creator for allowing us to be a part of this humble community of friends and lovers.

 

[XLR]

Oh let's just all hug and kiss eachother and give thanks to our creator for allowing us to be a part of this humble community of friends and lovers.

Sung to the tune of the Barney theme. ...except that Barney would never say the word "lovers".

Tim

 

[xfinsterx]

So how many of you are masters of the fretboard? How did you learn it? I hear that alot of the self taught never bother to learn the entire fretboard.

I learned it all by ear and books, so if im looking at the low E string maybe 1-2 seconds.

If im looking at the B on the 10th fret? 2-3 seconds.

But it always gets worked out.

Ive gotten alot faster since fretting singers melodies for the use of auto-tune, lol!

-Finster

 

[Halion]

Don't you guys know it's all about the tone and not actually about what you play?

 

[XLR]

Don't you guys know it's all about the tone and not actually about what you play?

Yeah, but when I aim for a D# I want to at least know that I didn't hit it.

Tim

 

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Don't you guys know it's all about the tone and not actually about what you play?

Play in the wrong key and see how important your "tone" is.

 

[jfrog]

Play in the wrong key and see how important your "tone" is.

exactly....

 

[PsychoBandito]

why doesn't everyone just learn from a chord/scale book and just practice like I did

its the honest way I think

well I guess getting help is not disrespectful
its just that there are so many wannabe guitarists out there that play like once a month and know only like one chord

I hate those pricks

well there aren't just wannabe guitarists but they are the most common wannabe group

 

[danny.guitar]

I don't know all the names yet but if you want to know what helps...

For some people, it can be a lot easier learning the notes horizontally, one fret at a time. ie: All notes on the first fret, then the 2nd, etc. Instead of trying to memorize every note on the whole string, one string at a time.

This way is easier for me anyway. You learn the notes faster and they seem to stick better because you're only learning 6 at a time.

Edit: Damn, sorry for bumping this old thread.

 

[Fade]

I guess I'm ok at knowing the notes, but only when in standard tuning which my band never really uses. To make things managable me and the other guitar player just stick to the standard note names regardless of what note it actually is.