names of notes on the neck

[tarsai]

Is there any easy way of memorising the names of notes on the neck?

[smfulla]

yep
studying them =]
I guess you could try putting stickers on your fret board for a little bit while you get used to looking for notes

[eische]

hmmm, yes it needs some time.......I have a printed grip-board with all the note-names right at my side while practising, so I can quickly look on it for other possibilities to grip or check if I put my fingers right........

[The Fury]

The way I do it is to put the notes into groups of six, for example:

the open strings are: E A D G B E(lowest pitch to highest)

The 3rd fret is: G C F A# D G

The 5th fret is: A D G C E A
And so on up the fretboard.

The best frets to memorize these for are:OPEN,1ST,2ND,3RD,5TH,7TH,8TH,10TH

If you repeat(say) the six letters over and over you will soon know the names of the notes all the way up to the 12th fret, where it begins to repeat itself.

I hope that was clear and readable, if not, sorry.:p

[jaytee]

speaking of stickers....i saw an ad once for this cling material that had the notes printed on it...you wrapped it around your neck and voila...the notes were labeled...i kinda passed it over tho cuz it looked to me like it could easily interfere with a good clean sound....

anyhow...this has been my method....

i started out just learning two strings....5 and 6....and i practiced them every day...and when you play the note you say the name of the note OUT LOUD and dont worry bout lookin like an idiot :)
then realize that the top and bottom strings are the same...so now you got... half the fret board!!! from there i look at how the notes i already know fit into the scale patterns....and even tho right now i only have a little over half of them memorized...i can pretty easily come up with the rest from scale patterns and i figure it wont be long before they are committed to memory as well....

so....learn strings 5 and 6....and consequently 1....
say the names of notes out loud as you play them...
and compare to the scale patterns as you go...

its work...but its a very good idea to learn them

g'luck

--jt

[slaughteredsoul]

This is the way i learnt them(and it took me half an hour seulement;) )
-There are only 12 notes.
-Open notes(without touching your fret board) are EADGBE
-Open notes are the same as the 12th fret notes.(EADGBE)
-Half step equals 1 fret; a whole step is two frets. For example,there is only a half step from your B note to your C, and from your E to your F.that's constant.
-There's always a whole step from A to B,C to D, D to E,F to G, and G to A.

Using those, i looked at a chord chart,(there's one on this very site) and it all just clicked.I dont know if this method will be helpful to you,but it really just took me less than half an hour to learn all the notes on the neck of the guitar.There is a pattern to it,which makes it way easier to learn.

[Phil]

I saw an ad once for a piece of card with all the chords printed one it that slipped between the fretboard and the strings. Not to sure how the inventor expected the user to actually practice the notes and get to know the correct sound of each with that stupid thing on the fretboard, lol. But as for the question asked i'm sorry, but i'm still trying to learn things myself so i'm not really able to give you much advice :(,sorry

Cya, Phil.

[slaughteredsoul]

from there i look at how the notes i already know fit into the scale patterns....and even tho right now i only have a little over half of them memorized...i can pretty easily come up with the rest from scale patterns

How exactly are the notes related to the scale patterns? i pretty much have all the notes memorized,and i could see a pattern,but how is that pattern related to scales?
thanks

[jaytee]

i just pick one scale to use....like Cmajor.....so you can figure out what the notes actually are....
i had this chart that i got off the net that showed the different shapes as they fit together like a giant puzzle......ive been tryin to find it again to post here but....its been so long since i looked online cuz i had printed it out...
anyhow...looking at this chart youd realize when you were playin the scale where the next note was and of course its gonna be named the next note in the scale....since i knew where the scale started and the names of the first few notes (cuz i knew strings 5 & 6), when i had to fill in the middle 3 strings it was easy to do...by way of scale shape...

i could figure them out by the way you described too, and it is very easy...its how i first tried....but then i realized that i could easily get the strings confused if i was just asked to point out a note....without having time to figure on it...i just thought it was easier to break it down vertically rather than horizontally (as you hold the guitar)...

hmm i feel like im rambling...i hope this is understandable...lol...

ill look for that chart and i think youll see....

--jt

try this one...its not what i was lookin for but its close:

http://guitar.com/columns/viewcolumn.asp?columnID=38

its a pretty good article i think....i suggest printing it out and not trying to digest it all at once....read it again later....a few times...

[slaughteredsoul]

Thanks Jt, i printed it out and i'm gonna study it well and i pretty much understood what you're trying to say after i read a bit of the article,since i had no idea what scales were in the first place:rolleyes:

[jaytee]

mmmmmmm scales mmmmmmmmmm

learning them will help you out ....for understanding of theory and song writing ....and practicing them makes you faster, stronger, and helps your fingers gain independence.....i recommend spending a little practice time on them every day...

somehow i never realized the part about independence till i came in this forum and heard people talkin bout it....i guess its cuz i never had much of a problem with it? i figured in the beginning it was just....part of learning...ive always done scales so i guess i defeated some things earlier than others who avoid them....


good luck....you cant go wrong!

--jt

ps...there are more scales than just those in that article....so keep lookin for them...i know shawn has a nice lesson too....so check it out.....