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Guitar not so newb question: learning the fretboard

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Misereatur:
The more you play the more you'll remember.
If I didnt work my ass off lerning new bass lines and playing them in different positions on the fret board I'd probably wouldnt even know how to read notes.

First thing to do is to remember the notes of the strings:
First string - Thickest - E
Second - A
Third - D
Fourth - G
Fifth - B
Sixth - E

Every fret is a half note, so that the first fret of the E string is F the second is F# and so on.

Paly on the first fret to the fourth fret on every string while saying the notes to yourself (F,F#,G,G# - next string:A#,B,C,C# and so on)
after you memorize them like this, move to the next four frets.

Do this a couple of times when you play, its a good exercise to warm up your fingers. Then you can just lern solos and melodys from guitar books and the internet, and instead of tabs use notes.

This is how I learnd. It could be a bit boring at first but playing an instrument requires work, and exercises are usually boring.

Bastardous Bassist:

--- Quote from: Misereatur ---Every fret is a half step
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Fixed.  Half note is a duration.

KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: Misereatur ---
This is how I learnd. It could be a bit boring at first but playing an instrument requires work, and exercises are usually boring.
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That's why I don't do them. Maybe I will reach a plateau with my guitar playing because of this, but it hasn't happened yet.

EDIT: Also because I am too dumb for theory. I pick up bits and pieces, but the whole thing is too mathematical and awful, and it makes my brain hurt. And the 'guy who knows his shit' in the post below sounds like a cock. And this thread has made me depressed, because I'll never be a good guitarist.

Rubby:
I also find that jamming with people that know their shit helps too. If your jamming and someone says "lets play a 3/4 time G blues scale song", you'll eventualy learn it once you get tired of making an ass out of yourself.

Misereatur:

--- Quote from: Bastardous Bassist ---
--- Quote from: Misereatur ---Every fret is a half step
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Fixed.  Half note is a duration.
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Oops, Sorry.
I just have to translate the terms from hebrew, mistakes can be made.
The importent thing is that you guys understand what I ment.



--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---
Also because I am too dumb for theory. I pick up bits and pieces, but the whole thing is too mathematical and awful, and it makes my brain hurt. And the 'guy who knows his shit' in the post below sounds like a cock. And this thread has made me depressed, because I'll never be a good guitarist.
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I really didnt mean to be condescending, I just wanted give an example based on my expirience. If I sounded like a prick then i appologize.

And theory is really easy when you understand the basics.
Once you get scales. You'll understad pretty much everything.

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