Learn Every Note On Your Guitar With One Simple Concept

Solidify your understanding of the guitar with simple, fast, and effective concepts.

Created byDon Roberts

Last updated 2/2016

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What you'll learn

Identify any note on their guitar

Course content

4 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 6m total length

1.1 - Introduction1:27
Discover one simple concept to locate every note on the guitar, starting from fundamentals and core fretboard areas, with beginner-friendly guidance and optional advanced challenges.
1.2 - The Concept of Notes2:54
Explore octaves to map notes on the guitar fretboard using piano patterns. See notes repeat in the same positions across octaves and how the two black-key pattern guides their layout.
1.3 - Learning the Names of Your Strings1:17
Learn the names of your guitar strings with open strings, mnemonics such as elephants and dogs grow big ears, and a 1–6 numbering system from the highest string down.
1.4 - TEST - Lightning Round (Names of Strings)4:53
Master the guitar fretboard by naming the strings in a fast-paced lightning round. Practice to reach 100 percent on tests, review if needed, and retake for mastery.

2.1 - E String (0-5th Fret)2:43
Learn the low e string notes from open to the fifth fret, including open, first fret, third fret (g), and fifth fret (a), with a lightning round to reinforce accuracy.
2.2 - A String (0-5th Fret)3:12
Explore the first five frets of eight-string guitar, identifying open a, b on the second fret, c on the third fret, and d on the fifth fret, with quick rounds.
2.3 - TEST - Multiple Choice (E and A, 0-5th Fret)
2.4 - TEST - Lightning Round (E and A, 0-5th Fret)5:02
Complete lightning round on low e and a strings up to fifth fret, focusing on natural notes. Build note recognition across strings to master every note on the guitar.
2.5 - Using Octaves to Learn the D and G Strings2:40
Use octaves to locate notes on the D and G strings, recognizing that the same notes repeat across strings and frets, and apply this pattern to map notes quickly.
2.6 - B and High E String (0-5th Fret)2:51
Learn to map notes on the B and high E strings up to the fifth fret, avoiding octave shortcuts, with a quick lightning-round review.
2.7 - TEST - Multiple Choice (All Strings, 0-5th Fret)
2.8 - TEST - Lightning Round (All Strings, 0-5th Fret)6:14
Compete in the lightning round across all six strings up to the fifth fret using only natural notes. Celebrate your perfect round and try it again without your guitar.

3.1 - E String (5-12th Fret)4:01
Expand your knowledge from the fifth to the twelfth fret on the E string, mapping notes to patterns and recognizing the twelfth fret as the octave of the open string.
3.2 - A String (5-12th Fret)4:38
Learn every note on a guitar string from the fifth to the twelfth fret by using repeatable patterns and octaves, mapping notes across frets and open strings.
3.3 - TEST - Multiple Choice (E and A, 5-12th Fret)
3.4 - Using Octaves To Learn Everything Else10:24
Use octave patterns to map every guitar note across six strings. Learn octave-based moves—up two strings and up two frets (with adjustments on the second string)—and understand sharps and flats.
3.5 - TEST - Multiple Choice (All Strings, 0-12th Fret)
3.6 - Beyond the 12th Fret2:20
Explore how the twelfth fret repeats the open string as an octave and use octaves to navigate notes beyond the twelfth fret, reinforcing every note on the guitar.
3.7 - TEST - Lightning Round (All Strings, All Notes)10:56
Complete the final lightning round by naming every note on all strings across the fretboard, demonstrating mastery of every note on your guitar.

Requirements

All you need is your guitar
A basic understanding of notes ( which notes have sharps and flats ) would be helpful, but not necessary.

Description

If you're like most guitarists, you may already know where a couple of your notes are here and there, but for the most part, you probably feel totally lost on your fret board. And who's to blame you, really? I mean, with 6 strings, and some guitars can have as many as 24 frets, that's 144 note locations to learn! Whew! That sounds pretty intense! If this sounds familiar to you, then look no further. This course will teach you, step by step, how to easily identify any note on your guitar. By using one simple concept, it really IS possible to learn every note on your guitar quickly AND efficiently.

This course is mainly intended for beginners with no knowledge of ANY notes on their guitar. However, even if you're more of an intermediate player, or maybe you know a handful of notes already but feel kind of grey about the middle and upper section of your fret board, as long as you have the desire to learn every note on your guitar, this is the course for you. We'll start from the very beginning and learn the names of your strings first, so no matter what your skill level is, you'll be able to pick right up at any point.

The only real expectation that I have from you is that after each lesson, you'll ABSOLUTELY want to make sure to review the material so that you understand each lesson 100% before moving on. These aren't difficult lessons, but they will pile up and overwhelm you if you're moving on without being ready.

So with that said, I look forward to "seeing" you in class and showing you how one little piece of information can completely open up your guitar for you forever!

Who this course is for:

This course is for anyone who wants to be able to quickly identify any note on their guitar.

Learn Every Note On Your Guitar With One Simple Concept

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Course content

SECTION 1 - Getting Started4 lectures • 11min

SECTION 2 - Learning the Basic Fretboard6 lectures • 23min

SECTION 3 - Expanding Using Basic Concepts5 lectures • 32min

SECTION 4 - Final Thoughts1 lecture • 1min

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