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This course includes:

  • 2.5 hours on-demand video
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  • 22 downloadable resources
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Music Instruments Guitar

Guitar Fretboard Secrets

Visualize all notes on the entire guitar fretboard in 30 days
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (41 ratings)
397 students
Created by John Chamley
Last updated 12/2020
English
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Easily identify and play notes and chords over the entire fretboard.
  • Move scales and chords around to all positions.
  • Put your finger on the right note first time!...anywhere on the fretboard.
  • Discover cool things about music from the fretboard.

Requirements

  • Know how to play basic chords in open position.
  • Know (or be willing to learn) a couple of major scales and their note names in open position (review section included).
  • Be ready to invest regular practice and study of the course material.

Description

Goal:   

Easily remember every note on the guitar fretboard to find notes, chords and scales and be creative in any position, without wasting valuable time.     

The Problem:   

If you are anything like I was, you might get a headache just thinking about remembering all of those notes.  Getting to know all of the fretboard notes may just seem too hard or boring.

The Solution: 

This course will show you how to make learning the fretboard easy and fun too!   

In the same way that you know how to get to local shops, the library and schools where you live, you can get to know the fretboard too.  Places have meaning to us, so if we attach meaning to fretboard locations then it’s easy to remember them.  I’ll show you how that works.      

The Benefits:   

Learning to instantly recognize notes now can save you many hours and allow you to advance your playing skills more quickly.

I learned classical guitar from 8 years old and became very comfortable playing notes in open position. However, as I ventured up the fretboard I must have accumulated hours of wasted time hunting for notes and getting frustrated instead of practicing.   

Learning the fretboard thoroughly is one of the best investments you can make in your playing and should be one of the highest priorities to help to take your playing to a new level.

Methods Used in the Course:   

"Travel" around the fretboard to various locations. You'll not only learn patterns and relationships, but you'll get to know unique fretboard locations that have a story to them.

While commuting to work or school, listen to downloadable audio files to further increase your fretboard knowledge.

Do simple exercises on or away from the guitar that let you develop and measure your fretboard knowledge.

These methods worked for me and I’ve successfully used them to teach many guitar students.   

They can work for you too!  Let me show you how.   

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone wanting to know the shortcuts to visualizing notes on the entire fretboard.
  • Anyone who wants to easily find and play chords and scales along the entire fretboard.
  • Players with basic music reading skills (although it's not required), who want to easily find and read notes in all positions.
  • Players who've found other fretboard courses too complicated who now want to know the easy steps to mastering the entire fretboard.
  • This course is NOT for someone without basic knowledge. It builds on a foundation of some basic chords and scales.
  • This course is NOT focused on technique - it's about planting a mental roadmap of the fretboard in your mind.

Course content

11 sections • 42 lectures • 2h 22m total length

  • Preview04:00
  • Let's just make sure that we are speaking the same language
    02:10
  • Preview00:44
  • Take the mystery out of scales and chords and make learning the fretboard easier
    05:34
  • The one key scale to knowing the entire fretboard.
    00:40
  • Oh G! Is that all there is to it?
    01:12

  • Intervals: the key to success - let me show you why and how
    04:02
  • Create Your Own Fretboard Map
    05:16
  • Find Notes Along the Fretboard
    3 questions

  • Remember this one thing to know all notes across one fret for every string
    02:25
  • Test your understanding of the last lecture in this next video
    02:27
  • Kids and Pets: you'll understand after hearing this!
    01:51
  • Call out answers before they are given in this self test of the last lecture
    02:23
  • This is as easy as ABC, plus a review what you learned so far
    05:40

  • Eeeeeeeee by gum!
    03:32
  • B's are buzzing
    02:39
  • Oh G! - again?
    02:29
  • Doo dee doo D
    01:39
  • A is for Always
    01:43

  • What is CAGED and how do we use it?
    01:52
  • Where are your roots? This is soooo useful
    03:37
  • Chord Roots Quiz
    5 questions
  • Four String CAGED Chords and the Other Roots
    03:45
  • Chord Inversions Explained
    04:49
  • Preview05:30
  • Using Suspended Chord Notes to Add Spice to Inversions
    03:48

  • Find the notes - you've got 4 seconds per note
    08:11
  • Find the notes - you've got 3 seconds per note
    05:45

  • Major Scale Around C-Shaped Chords
    01:51
  • Preview01:52
  • Major Scale Around G-Shaped Chords
    01:48
  • Major Scale Around D-Shaped Chords
    02:00
  • Major Scale Around E-Shaped Chords
    01:56

  • Thirds Along the Fretboard
    04:39
  • Roots and 7ths
    06:09
  • Putting it All Together - Roots, 3rds & 7ths
    02:50

  • Relative Root Notes
    04:46
  • Playing 1, 4, 5 chords around the fretboard
    03:40
  • Easily Transposing 1-4-5 chords to anywhere on the Fretboard
    03:21

  • Learn This ONE Scale to Unlock the Secrets of the Greek Modes
    05:10
  • The 7 G-Major Scale Modes
    03:31
  • The 3 Major and 4 Minor Modal Scales
    07:16
  • The Dorian Minor Mode
    03:28

Instructor

John Chamley
Guitar Instructor, author of "Guitar in Real Time" books
John Chamley
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 102 Reviews
  • 4,951 Students
  • 6 Courses

Back in 2000 I started to teach guitar to my kids.  That sparked a renewed interest in playing music again for me. I worked hard to regain my roots in classical guitar and started playing in bands again.  This time it was church bands.

Since 2000 I've taught at private music studios, given group classes and in-home lessons.  I've also played regularly in church bands. Although my Bachelor's is in Engineering I've taken private lessons with various top music professionals. I also have a Music Theory Certificate from Berklee College's Online Campus.

As well as playing and teaching guitar, I wrote the 3-book series that has all of the essentials to take a well rounded approach to learning guitar.

"Guitar in Real Time" books cover multiple genres, music reading and essential theory, as well as basic music composition.  Until these books were released, this kind of broad content was unavailable in a such a convenient form.

"Learn Fingerstyle Guitar & Music Reading"  on Udemy is based on my Level 1 book. Other courses that I've created on Udemy use some of the content from those books and expand on it.

Music is my passion and I especially enjoy teaching young people, who I try to have a positive influence on. This Udemy format is excellent because it forces me to work at presenting things in the best possible way for others to understand.

I'm happy to share what I have to offer with others who are as passionate as I am about this instrument.

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