Courses

Notes on the neck

Goal
Name any natural note on any string, from memory.
Time
58 min

Steps

  • The open strings
  • Natural notes and the two half steps
  • Octave shapes
  • Name that note

Notes on the neck

You’ll cover

  • The six open strings and the 12-fret repeat
  • The musical alphabet and its two half steps (B–C, E–F)
  • Octave shapes that map one note across the neck
  • A daily drill that makes it automatic

You need

  • A guitar. No theory background.

Exercises

  1. 00 · 3 minInterviewTell your tutor what you know about this topic and what you want from it.
  2. 01 · 10 minThe open stringsName the six open strings and learn why the neck repeats at fret 12.
  3. 02 · 15 minNatural notes and the two half stepsLearn the musical alphabet, whole and half steps in frets, and the B–C and E–F half steps.
  4. 03 · 15 minOctave shapesUse two octave shapes to find any note on every string.
  5. 04 · 15 min + 2 min/dayName that noteA call-and-response drill that makes note names on the E and A strings automatic.