Notes on the Guitar Fretboard

Lesson 3/73 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Lead Guitar Basics

Notes on the Guitar Fretboard

Notes in the Open Position

The open position of the guitar contains the notes of the open strings and the first three frets. The positions of these notes on the staff, tab, and the fretboard are outlined in the following diagram. Also shown is an example of two separate octaves, an octave being two notes that have the same letter name and are eight consecutive notes apart. All the songs and examples in this book use notes in the open position.

Sharps and Flats

A sharp (#) raises the pitch of a note by one semitone (1 fret). A flat (b) lowers the pitch of a note by one semitone. In music notation the # and b signs are placed before the note on the staff.

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1- Alternate Picking 2- The Hammer-on 3- Improvising and Scales 4- The Slide 5- The Tie 6- The Bend 7- Vibrato 8- Open String Slurs 9- 12 Bar Blues 10- The Blues Scale 11- How to Read Music 12- INTRODUCTION 13- Pick Tremolo 14- Other Titles in This Series 15- Right Hand Fretting 16- Licks Using Bends 17- The Major Scale 18- Pattern 1 Extension 19- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard 20- The Pull-off 21- Pattern 1 Licks 22- Quarter Note Riffs 23- Rests and Syncopation 24- 12 Bar Blues in A Minor 25- The Natural Minor Scale 26- Using Pattern 1 27- Two Handed Tapping 28- Double Notes 29- Riff Variation 30- Approach to Practice 31- The Chromatic Scale 32- The Release Bend 33- Chord Progressions 34- The Quick Slide 35- Shuffle Rhythm 36- The Quarter Note Triplet 37- Licks Using Release Bends 38- Additional Riffs 39- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard 40- Licks Using the Slide 41- Technique Combinations 42- Tuning Your Guitar 43- Slurring 44- Three Fingered Slurring 45- Lead Guitar Solo Number 4 46- Learning all the Keys 47- Other Improvising Patterns 48- Electronic Tuner 49- The Quick Hammer-on 50- Lead Guitar Solo Number 1 51- The Quick Bend 52- Lead Guitar Solo Number 3 53- Fretboard Diagrams 54- Using Pattern 2 55- Key Signatures 56- Lead Guitar Solo Number 2 57- Technique Symbols 58- Scales 59- Using Pattern 3 60- Using Pattern 4 61- The Chromatic Scale 62- Using Pattern 5 63- The Major Scale 64- Jamming Progressions 65- The Minor Scale 66- 12 Bar Blues Progressions 67- The Minor Penatonic Scale 68- Minor Key Progressions 69- The Blues Scale 70- Major Key Progressions 71- The Major Pentatonic Scale 72- Major Key Progressions 73- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com

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Notes on the Guitar Fretboard