Name that note

How the drill works

Three rounds with your tutor:

1. Low E string: tutor names a note (“find C”), you answer the fret (“fret 8”)
2. A string: same game. Anchors: C fret 3, E fret 7, G fret 10
3. Reversed: tutor names string and fret (“A string, fret 7”), you name the note

• Misses are fine: you’ll be pointed back to the rule
• Derive, don’t count: start from the nearest known note. D on low E? B is at 7, so C 8, D 10. Or two frets down from E at 12.

Why the E and A strings first

• Barre chords are named by the root on the low E or A string (an F-shaped barre at fret 3 is G major)
• Most movable scale and arpeggio shapes root there too
• The other four strings follow via octave shapes

Speed goal

1. Any natural on the low E string, instantly
2. Any natural on the A string, instantly
3. Any natural on any string, within a few seconds

Do this daily

• 2 minutes: shuffle the seven naturals (never alphabetical), find each on one string
• Log it

Check

• Fret 8 on the low E string is C, with no counting