Guitar Fretboard: Discover How to Memorize The Fretboard in Just 1 Day With Over 40 Essential Tips and Exercises to Help You Improve Your Memory by James Haywire

Author:James Haywire [Haywire, James]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

Memorize the Fretboard in 24 Hours!

When you read the title of this book, you probably thought “well, that’s an exaggeration.” I can’t blame you, honestly, it took me weeks to memorize the fretboard back when I was still learning the guitar.

Not only was it not an easy road, but it was also one of the hardest things I’ve done to date. After all, memorizing so many notes and positions is quite difficult for a human brain to do quickly. This is intensified even more when later, you have to put that same thing into practice.

I managed to memorize the fretboard in my mind about a week into it, but then my fingers just weren’t pulling through. No matter what I did, and how hard I tried, my fingers never seemed to properly play the notes.

I wondered, maybe I’d learned wrong? Maybe I was simply incompetent at the guitar? In the end, it turned out to be neither of these things, rather, I was simply learning the wrong way.

The proper way to learn the fretboard is not to separate the brain and the fingers, but to unite them. You need to make an effort to simultaneously think and play. This helps your mind and muscles remember how to work in sync. Using the 5 simple steps which I’ll outline later in this chapter, you’ll be able to simultaneously train your memorization and your muscle memory.

Now that we’re through with that, let’s get into 5 steps that’ll let you memorize the fretboard within this timeslot:

Step 1:Single-String Natural Notes

In this step, you’ll want to isolate a single string. When you’re just starting out learning the fretboard, you’ll want to find all the notes on a single string (take a look at the diagram in chapter 2 if you’d like to know which they are.) Once you’ve got this, start learning the notes on the string.

Make sure to start with the natural notes, meaning that instead of writing, say Bb, just focus on the B part for now. Completely block out the sharps, and focus entirely on the natural note. This makes sure you’ll start associating it with the correct plate on the staff, and that’s winning half the battle already.

Rinse and repeat this process for every string individually.

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