Excellent lesson, thanks. Have you ever considered turning the example fretboard around so it’s in the same direction as his guitar? So when he is moving his hand up the neck the graphics are moving in the same direction. Would be easier, at least for me. Thanks again
@BillBrown101, you are welcome! Glad you liked the lesson :) I get where you are coming from regarding the fretboard diagrams, however, this is how you will see the fretboard in most resources. And if you think about it makes sense, as it is from the perspective of you, the player. If you sit down with your guitar and lay it flat on your lap, you'll see it matches up with the diagrams in the video. Closest to your line of sight is the low thick string etc. It's about how you are seeing the fretboard from your perspective, not how it matches up with me on the video. Hope that makes sense :)
I know it's not a question for me, but I am going to answer it. the illusration that Simon shows on the screen (if that is what you are alluding to) is the point of view from which I see my guitar neck as I'm holding it while watching a guitar lesson on youtube and works perfect for most of us who are used to it and I beleive he knows it.
Wow, I am really glad I watched this video. I have seen so many fretboard memorization videos. And I am struggling with this roadblock so much. This gentleman stated things I had heard over my many views from other instructors but seriously he is so concise and I feel like I can actually be successful with his methods and description. Thank you sir for posting.
@bryonguernsey9794, you are most welcome! I am glad you find the video helpful and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Keep in touch and let me know how you get on with it :)
Thank you so much Simon! I saw Tommaso Zillio’s video a couple weeks back but didn't resonate with it due to the jumpiness of the video (just not my style). I got the concept but haven't tried it yet. Now, I'm going to dive in and learn the fretboard. I really like the way you teach & don't feel so intimidated to try it now. Also, thanks for the link to the diagrams of the fretboard! I am now subscribed. 🙂
Very good instruction, clear, concise, easy to to understand, very useful that can be applied every time Thanks Much. Can you teach James Taylor Fire and Rain, and Country Road. Thanks
@terrydavis5915, the course is on building your fingerpicking skills to a high level. This could help with playing hymns if you plan to take a fingerpicking approach to them, but is not a course on playing hymns :)
Thank you. This was very helpful. Thank you for asking what else we would like. Please can you go through how to find and memorise chord shapes along the fret board. Eg all the A major chord shapes on the E string ect. Thank you. Great video. Glad I found your channel.
@gilashroot8697, you are welcome! I am glad you liked the video :) Regarding memorising chords, you must relate the shapes you learn to each other. There are many common traits between shapes plus one chord shape can be a fragment of a larger shape you already know. So the more shapes you learn the easier it is to memorise chords because you have more shapes to relate them to if that makes sense. Triads is a great place to start :)
@@acousticguitarlessons I know the basics of music theory. However you lost me at the "first and second inversion". My mind did not want to listen. I saw visual how the shapes work,but my mind would not let me understand how to work out which shape works at which interval. I know the root note (maybe not spelling 😅), but I stop listening every time you speak about the interval i🙈. Do if you can explain without "triggering technical words" I would be very appreciative. How do we work out the interval, shape, and whether it is inverted and how to invert it without technical language 🤔?! Thank you 😊 💓.
I heard Zillio's explanation about this. But I prefer yours, as your communication style is different and more detailled. All in all I am now better equipped with the knowledge necessary to take on this task of fretboard note name learning which I had already started but is still unfinished. there is a bit of difference between the two . Zillio says don't try to learn by heart while doing this, but you say recite the name of notes as you hit them on the fretboard which tantamounts to trying to learn by heart. I'm not sure why. Thanks
@dawin6710, glad you liked the video! :) Yes, I do say recall the note names as you say them, however, there really isn't anything to memorise per se. It's all about familiarising yourself with the notes. Once you do, there they are, right in front of you every time you look at your guitar fretboard, so no need to memorise anything. It's like having the answers to the test right in front of you. I hope that makes sense :)
@@acousticguitarlessons It actually did make sense the first time I heard you say it in the video. And inteded to do just that. Moreover that I have no particular aversion to learnining by heart even if we called it that way. Thanks
So, are you saying we should get a fretboard chart and memorize all the A note positions and practice those until you can play at some metronome rate? Then try another note next, rinse/repeat?
@VARocketry, not exactly. You want to rotate through the notes via the system I outline in this video, not only work on a songle note until you have it. So for example, take the A note and work on it for 3 minutes, then shift to the B note for 3 minutes, then the C note for 3 minutes etc. You could also do the above but not in order. You could also do the above but go up naming one note, and come down naming another. All sorts of combinations. The most important part is to rotate through the notes and bring them all up at the same time. Once you are getting familiar with them, then try it to a metronome to add urgency. Make sure it is a tempo that is not impossible, but not easy, something just beyond your limits. The bottom line is to name the notes on your fretboard regularly (each day). It's really quite simple. Those who say otherwise are those who simply don't do this consistently, and/or expect they will learn all the names of the notes in a week. It takes time and commitment (5 minutes a day is enough), and you will get there. Let me know how you go :)
one thing i’ve always been confused and curious about is how to put guitars in certain keys, like where to put the capo and what key the chords your playing should be in. i understand slightly, but not really. a video on this would be great!
@isabellaaimonette9602, I have put that on my list of videos to create as that is a good idea :) I do have an eBook on playing guitar with the capo that might be of help to you. You can get it here: acousticguitarlessonsonline.net/playing-guitar-with-a-capo
@@acousticguitarlessons This morning is officially day 2 of my fretboard learning project, using this method. I. Was able to do A to D. Invested about 20 minutes slowly going over the exercise. I later found the associated article on your website. Very interesting. Will go over the notes. I’m a visual type of guy, so seeing the shapes helps a lot. Will keep you updated. 👍😀
Excellent method! I have been using this exact method for some time. I got it from Peter Fischer's 1992 book called "Rock Guitar Secrets" :) It's a great thing to do as part of the warm-up.
I had just come across Tommaso video and now yours. It’s a challenge at first. I have got two so far in three days. Not with the metronome yet. Just learning where the chords are. Still very slow
If you want to get right to the point goto 6:35 and then he gives different approaches. I gotta admit out of all the "best way to know the fret board" methods this is truly the best one. Sure you still need to put in the work/effort but this approach is the least daunting... for real. Thank you.
I wonder: If i assign a color to each note, instead of just a letter name... you know color coding? In office work, it can really help with organization and finding things quickly. "Excel spreadsheets? They go in the green file. Word docs go in blue. " etc. What do you think? I can almost picture the fretboard now like that...
@pants_schmants, not so sure about that. Just naming the notes regularly will get you familiar with them in time. The colour-coded thing becomes another layer to get through to know the note names whoch adds time to working them out etc. Perhaps I am not understanding you properly, but it seems like an unnecessary step. Just name the notes :)
Great video. One question, you had mentioned doing multiple notes together (2 then 3, etc.) and then you showed an example of going up one note and down another. Is that what you meant or did you mean to combine notes going both up and down? For example: A, B up then A, B down?
@micheleruest2866 , glad you liked the video :) In answer to your question, one note up and then another note back down. No need to combine notes ascending or descending. Hope that helps :)
At 6:44 how do you just “know” where A and the rest of the notes appear? We first have to memorize the locations of the notes, and secondly the frets. I’m fine with that, but the title is misleading.
@ArrogantBaSStard, you are not memorising the notes as such, more familiarising yourself with them :) I know this may not technically align with the title of the video, however, when people are searching for content on this topic they are going to use the term memorise more than familiarise, so for relational and SEO purposes I used the word memorise in the title of the video. As far as the method, yes you do have to learn where the note names are on the fretboard but there is an important mindset shift from memorise to familiarise. This may seem trivial, however, it is of utmost importance. There is no need to memorise anything that is always going to be staring you in the face when playing the guitar, ie, the notes. Therefore familiarise yourself with where they are, but don't try to commit them to memory, rather do exactly as is outlined in this video. If you are willing to invest time and trust in this strategy it will work :)
@JR-pr8jb, I think it's 22 frets. I don't have it at hand atm but I think that's how many frets. The model is a Guild S4CE Songbird. I bought it from a student many years ago for a bargain. Was looking for a guitar at the time but couldn't pass it up :)
@@acousticguitarlessons Thanks for the info. Having smallish hands, I'm always interested in good small-body acoustics, the extra frets would be a bonus.
The best way for me was to learn all notes using the Natural Minor shape....find the A on 5th fret of string 6. Play the notes then after G on string 4 slide up 2 frets and apply the pattern again starting from the A you just landed on. Adjust for the B string tuning. Find the location of an A on each string and apply the pattern, these notes stacked on top of one another is the easiest way for me to navigate the natural notes and in time will be 2nd nature to you.
@eastcoastwilly1373, sounds good! I think the bottom line is that you just need to be naming the notes on the fretboard regularly within various different contexts. Do this regularly and it will all start to become second nature :)
Exactly it is just another piece of the repeating patterns puzzle to click for people....everything you mentioned in your video is complimenting what I talked about....great video my friend!
I’m the owner of a 1966 Guild Starfire II since it was new. The standard I use for comparison for electrics. My acoustic is a Gurian Jumbo (J-R) owned since new in late 1974. But anyhow, I was once classified by an academic type as a “solid intermediate jazz” guitar player and have renewed my playing after a lifetime of career(s). Basically, when I played in jazz workshops NYC I relearned literacy after a period of self taught playing by ear and my self taught “paint by numbers” and “relative minor” keys. I’ve played with ensemble almost the entire Real Book and usually blending with the horns and reed sections for the “head” and then comping with each solo section, taking solos as well in turn. Anyhow, I caught myself listening to your entire video (learning the notes exercise) and appreciate very much the material in this presentation. I usually stick with the “up an octave” (“C” on the E strings at the 8th fret) for reading and then revert to my old self taught for much of my coverage on the fretboard. It doesn’t hurt that I played years of piano before focusing on the guitar. Anyhow - this little lesson of yours was certainly a great one to be focused on to expand my playing literacy! Now to add this to my warmups (chromatic up and down the fretboard for dexterity, major scales up and down for 2 octaves moving up 1/2 step up each and then back down at that up an octave position)…. Then again to complete that routine is a matter of physical conditioning. Then on to tunes….. wish me luck! I’ve subscribed to your channel. Thanks again!
Excellent i struggle i live in a rural area no teachers here and i don't trust most on youtube cause they always telling me bullshit so this was good, matter of a fact probley the best , easiest way I've seen and i still don't know my notes placement. But this i will try and i see it could work for me.
@gerardedit, I am not sure the point you are trying to make. It seems to me that you are implying his courses are expensive? If so, expensive compared to what? Guitar lessons and courses are not a commodity. They differ greatly in the quality of content and the results that can get you, the student, which is really what you are investing in with lessons and courses. Tomasso's courses have 2 membership levels starting at $57 per month or $97 per month. I know that if you do what Tomasso is telling you to do in his courses you will achieve really great results with your playing, and to me, that is worth way more than the affordable investment you are making each month. Compare that to your average local teacher, who will charge you somewhere around $80 for an hour long lesson. That's an investment of over $4,000 a year at 1 lesson per week! And that is on an ongoing basis as long as you are taking lessons. I am not saying that is a rip off necessarily, it could be, but it depends on the teacher and the results they can get for you, because again that is what you are investing in :) My point is, that if you make a decision about who you study with solely on price, you are focusing on the wrong thing. Yes, of course, we all have a budget for these things, so if it doesn't fit in your budget, that's fine, but for what Tomasso's courses will do for your playing, $57 or $97 a month is nothing. Cheap lessons and lousy teachers will cost you A LOT more in the long run :)
On my phone it's automatically broken up into chapters. Start with the 3rd chapter "Foundation" the first two chapters are orientation & promotion of the value of the material and can be skipped. I like the idea presented, it uses learning the whole fretboard for learning by learning each of individual notes at every occurrence on the fret board. The sharps & flats will be fast to pick up and since you know the entire fretboard you can repeat the learned notes and going up the scale do sharps & down the scale do flats. What I will do do differently is BC pair all over the board first, C label will include concert pitch octave number, Low E is E2. Then EF pair, then the other letters starting on A, then sharps/flats as offsets from its name note. Music written intended for guitar is written (transposed) 1 octave higher on the staff than the sound made. Just keep that in mind for written music you're looking at. Phone apps are nice for; sight reading, rhythm training, ear training,. for learning fretboard I think this is much better, but after you know the fretboard you could use such apps like games.
@@acousticguitarlessons Hi Simon, from what I can see you need to learn every single not on fretboard 138 of them, then each one individually in each position . No short cut no hacks no quick way round just learn every single note including sharps and flats. Why don't they label the neck with all the notes on them ? To be honest I have seen so many 'Learn the fret board in 10 seconds guaranteed', and could not be further from the truth. CAGED is the same, if you know the c chord, then you know every chord in the world, how ? I am probable way to old/dense to even think about learning the guitar, not made for anyone over 70. Never seen anything make such little sense. Thanks for the offer though.
@@quotemenot7520 you're absolutely correct there is no quick fix for actually learning you need to put in the effort but I mean this in all sincerity this is the best least complex approach. I urge you to go back to minute marker 6:35 you'll see its very straight forward. I hear frustration in your comment but please dont be Ive been there myself most everyone at some point I imagine. This is really not difficult just will take some effort but go at your pace and embrace the process and you will find the enjoyment in the learning and eventual playing. I hope you continue to pursue playing guitar it can be very fulfilling. For me personally its one of the true joys in life. You can do it i KNOW you can. Im not the smartest tool in the shed and I ain't no spring chicken 😉 and I was able to learn this fabulous instrument 😇
Maybe you should diagram the guitar fretboard while holding it on your head backward, and then inverting it left to right,, putting a reflection on a mirror and reversing the image. OR YOU COULD JUST PUT THE TOP STIRNG BASS E ON TOP LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD>
You make no sense at all. The bottom E string is the thick one and the high E string is the thin one. So maybe you should get that right first before imparting your wisdom. And the way I convey the fretboard in the diagrams IS how the rest of the world does it, and also makes most sense.
It may be possible to find unconventional ways of notating guitar that a particular player uses or finds helpful, but the standard convention is for fretboard diagrams to reflect tab with thickest E string as the lowest line of tab and thinnest as the top line of tab. Unless we’re talking about left hand notation and diagrams or unusual ways of stringing and tuning, any book of standard tab and all the tabs on sites like ultimate guitar will use this convention in the same way that’s displayed in the video.
what kind of teacher of guitar, puts the bottom High E string on the Top, and the top Bass E on bottom? You should learn how to cut to the chase and avoid blathering on about another subject. Does this finger pick make me look fat? Who cares. Show the system-then quick dismount. It's called conveying information and not War and Peace.
I've been playing guitar for 60 years . I find this to be a terrible method of "learning" the fretboard. Also- too much talk, too little little info. And you have inverted the natural string pattern; the bass E string is normally on Top in tablature or schematics. End of story.
If you don’t like it, move on mate lol. Btw, I don’t know what material you’ve been looking at for 60 years but fretboard diagrams and Tablature have the low E string (that’s the thick one) at the bottom and the high E string (that’s the thin one) at the top, period. So first, get that right, second learn to comment respectfully as opposed to ranting, otherwise go and bother someone else
Diagrams for the note naming exercises in this video can be found here: acousticguitarlessonsonline.net/learn-note-names-on-guitar
Thanks this is a very good way to learn this been looking for a way to learn the notes very easy to follow
@randywhite1422, you are welcome! Let me know how you go with this.
Excellent lesson, thanks. Have you ever considered turning the example fretboard around so it’s in the same direction as his guitar? So when he is moving his hand up the neck the graphics are moving in the same direction. Would be easier, at least for me. Thanks again
@BillBrown101, you are welcome! Glad you liked the lesson :)
I get where you are coming from regarding the fretboard diagrams, however, this is how you will see the fretboard in most resources. And if you think about it makes sense, as it is from the perspective of you, the player.
If you sit down with your guitar and lay it flat on your lap, you'll see it matches up with the diagrams in the video.
Closest to your line of sight is the low thick string etc.
It's about how you are seeing the fretboard from your perspective, not how it matches up with me on the video.
Hope that makes sense :)
I know it's not a question for me, but I am going to answer it. the illusration that Simon shows on the screen (if that is what you are alluding to) is the point of view from which I see my guitar neck as I'm holding it while watching a guitar lesson on youtube and works perfect for most of us who are used to it and I beleive he knows it.
@dawin6710, yes, that's correct :)
Makes sense, that’s for taking time to reply.
Very useful lesson. Makes good practical sense. I'll start using it.
@josephcarroll6263, glad you found the lesson useful Joe :)
Wow, I am really glad I watched this video. I have seen so many fretboard memorization videos. And I am struggling with this roadblock so much. This gentleman stated things I had heard over my many views from other instructors but seriously he is so concise and I feel like I can actually be successful with his methods and description. Thank you sir for posting.
@bryonguernsey9794, you are most welcome! I am glad you find the video helpful and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Keep in touch and let me know how you get on with it :)
Thank you for this lesson.
@sunjaybedi4389, you are most welcome! :)
Simple and to the point, thank you for sharing this method sir 🙏. Cheers 👍
@edlopez330, you are very welcome! :)
This is a great lesson. Thanks for sharing this technique.
@NDFlyFisher, you are very welcome! Glad you liked the lesson :)
Thanks for all the work that you do to share your talent - much appreciated!
@waynemacleod5648 , you are very welcome! Very kind of you to say and I appreciate it very much :)
Thank you Simon! Happy Holidays!
@mookytc, you are very welcome! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too :)
Thank you so much Simon! I saw Tommaso Zillio’s video a couple weeks back but didn't resonate with it due to the jumpiness of the video (just not my style). I got the concept but haven't tried it yet. Now, I'm going to dive in and learn the fretboard. I really like the way you teach & don't feel so intimidated to try it now. Also, thanks for the link to the diagrams of the fretboard! I am now subscribed. 🙂
@dianasoto9803, you are very welcome! And thank you for the sub, much appreciated :)
Let me know how you get on with the note naming.
Great content, the octave method helped me , but yes created a hurdle, this makes sense , and the graphics are well done too , 👍
@garythompson4103, glad you liked the lesson and found it helpful :)
I've always wanted to know why there's no F and C string on the guitar. Given that, what 2 (or3) notes create F and C....and why?
Very good instruction, clear, concise, easy to to understand, very useful that can be applied every time Thanks Much. Can you teach James Taylor Fire and Rain, and Country Road. Thanks
@larryherbert252, you are very welcome! :) I don't typically do song instructional videos, but I am sure you can find some for these on TH-cam.
Thanks, you have a great channel. I am subscribed.
@frankaq3951, you are welcome! And thanks for the sub, much appreciated :)
Thinking of taking the coarse. Love all music but would like to learn hymns. any thoughts?
@terrydavis5915, the course is on building your fingerpicking skills to a high level. This could help with playing hymns if you plan to take a fingerpicking approach to them, but is not a course on playing hymns :)
Thanks, very informative, I like the fret board paper idea !
You are most welcome! :)
Thank you. This was very helpful.
Thank you for asking what else we would like. Please can you go through how to find and memorise chord shapes along the fret board. Eg all the A major chord shapes on the E string ect.
Thank you.
Great video. Glad I found your channel.
@gilashroot8697, you are welcome!
I am glad you liked the video :)
Regarding memorising chords, you must relate the shapes you learn to each other. There are many common traits between shapes plus one chord shape can be a fragment of a larger shape you already know.
So the more shapes you learn the easier it is to memorise chords because you have more shapes to relate them to if that makes sense.
Triads is a great place to start :)
@@acousticguitarlessons I know the basics of music theory. However you lost me at the "first and second inversion". My mind did not want to listen. I saw visual how the shapes work,but my mind would not let me understand how to work out which shape works at which interval. I know the root note (maybe not spelling 😅), but I stop listening every time you speak about the interval i🙈. Do if you can explain without "triggering technical words" I would be very appreciative. How do we work out the interval, shape, and whether it is inverted and how to invert it without technical language 🤔?!
Thank you 😊 💓.
Thanks so much. This method makes so much sense. Now I know I'll master the notes. Most excellent.0
@androgynastronaut, you are very welcome! So glad the video is helpful to you :)
Excellent lesson, Thanks soooooooo much
@user-rb4eq6ou9t, you are very welcome! :)
I heard Zillio's explanation about this. But I prefer yours, as your communication style is different and more detailled. All in all I am now better equipped with the knowledge necessary to take on this task of fretboard note name learning which I had already started but is still unfinished. there is a bit of difference between the two . Zillio says don't try to learn by heart while doing this, but you say recite the name of notes as you hit them on the fretboard which tantamounts to trying to learn by heart. I'm not sure why. Thanks
@dawin6710, glad you liked the video! :)
Yes, I do say recall the note names as you say them, however, there really isn't anything to memorise per se.
It's all about familiarising yourself with the notes. Once you do, there they are, right in front of you every time you look at your guitar fretboard, so no need to memorise anything.
It's like having the answers to the test right in front of you.
I hope that makes sense :)
@@acousticguitarlessons It actually did make sense the first time I heard you say it in the video. And inteded to do just that. Moreover that I have no particular aversion to learnining by heart even if we called it that way. Thanks
I got a lot out of this. Thank you.
@JohnMahony-nn1lx, you are very welcome! Glad the video was helpful :)
great wee lesson. thank you x
@sansypansy4999, you are very welcome! Glad you liked the lesson :)
So, are you saying we should get a fretboard chart and memorize all the A note positions and practice those until you can play at some metronome rate? Then try another note next, rinse/repeat?
@VARocketry, not exactly. You want to rotate through the notes via the system I outline in this video, not only work on a songle note until you have it.
So for example, take the A note and work on it for 3 minutes, then shift to the B note for 3 minutes, then the C note for 3 minutes etc.
You could also do the above but not in order.
You could also do the above but go up naming one note, and come down naming another.
All sorts of combinations.
The most important part is to rotate through the notes and bring them all up at the same time.
Once you are getting familiar with them, then try it to a metronome to add urgency. Make sure it is a tempo that is not impossible, but not easy, something just beyond your limits.
The bottom line is to name the notes on your fretboard regularly (each day).
It's really quite simple.
Those who say otherwise are those who simply don't do this consistently, and/or expect they will learn all the names of the notes in a week.
It takes time and commitment (5 minutes a day is enough), and you will get there.
Let me know how you go :)
one thing i’ve always been confused and curious about is how to put guitars in certain keys, like where to put the capo and what key the chords your playing should be in. i understand slightly, but not really. a video on this would be great!
@isabellaaimonette9602, I have put that on my list of videos to create as that is a good idea :)
I do have an eBook on playing guitar with the capo that might be of help to you. You can get it here: acousticguitarlessonsonline.net/playing-guitar-with-a-capo
i was taught this but to go in Circle of 5ths instead of chromatic order. Great lesson sir
@liquidusnake93, glad you like the lesson, and yes, you could/should do this in the circle of 5ths, or any other combination :)
Great lesson, Simon 👍. Been using all sorts of systems to learn notes on the fretboard. Will give this system a go!
@OtRatsaphong, glad you liked the lesson :) Let me know how you get on with the note naming.
@@acousticguitarlessons This morning is officially day 2 of my fretboard learning project, using this method. I. Was able to do A to D. Invested about 20 minutes slowly going over the exercise. I later found the associated article on your website. Very interesting. Will go over the notes. I’m a visual type of guy, so seeing the shapes helps a lot. Will keep you updated. 👍😀
@@OtRatsaphong great stuff! Keep it going. Consistency is the key :)
Excellent method!
I have been using this exact method for some time. I got it from Peter Fischer's 1992 book called "Rock Guitar Secrets" :)
It's a great thing to do as part of the warm-up.
@JacobMoen, glad you liked the video, and the method :)
VERY good ! Thank you
@oakmtnman, you are very welcome! :)
I had just come across Tommaso video and now yours. It’s a challenge at first. I have got two so far in three days. Not with the metronome yet. Just learning where the chords are. Still very slow
@trinidiana, sounds good! You are only 3 days into it. Come back to me after a month of doing it every day and let me know how you are doing :)
Thank you for showing it
@patrickfischer2505, you are very welcome! :)
If you want to get right to the point goto 6:35 and then he gives different approaches. I gotta admit out of all the "best way to know the fret board" methods this is truly the best one. Sure you still need to put in the work/effort but this approach is the least daunting... for real. Thank you.
@redpillpusher, you are very welcome. I'm glad you find the video helpful :)
I wonder: If i assign a color to each note, instead of just a letter name... you know color coding? In office work, it can really help with organization and finding things quickly. "Excel spreadsheets? They go in the green file. Word docs go in blue. " etc. What do you think? I can almost picture the fretboard now like that...
@pants_schmants, not so sure about that. Just naming the notes regularly will get you familiar with them in time.
The colour-coded thing becomes another layer to get through to know the note names whoch adds time to working them out etc.
Perhaps I am not understanding you properly, but it seems like an unnecessary step.
Just name the notes :)
Sounds like it might work I’ll be giving it a try. Thanks
@herbie759, you are welcome! Make sure you do this every day for 5 - 10 mins and don't get bogged down with any one note. Let me know how you go :)
Thanks, helpful. Which Guild model is that?
@Rancanfish, you are welcome! It's a Guild S4CE Songbird :)
Great video. One question, you had mentioned doing multiple notes together (2 then 3, etc.) and then you showed an example of going up one note and down another. Is that what you meant or did you mean to combine notes going both up and down? For example: A, B up then A, B down?
@micheleruest2866 , glad you liked the video :)
In answer to your question, one note up and then another note back down. No need to combine notes ascending or descending. Hope that helps :)
Thanks for your philosophy
At 6:44 how do you just “know” where A and the rest of the notes appear? We first have to memorize the locations of the notes, and secondly the frets. I’m fine with that, but the title is misleading.
@ArrogantBaSStard, you are not memorising the notes as such, more familiarising yourself with them :)
I know this may not technically align with the title of the video, however, when people are searching for content on this topic they are going to use the term memorise more than familiarise, so for relational and SEO purposes I used the word memorise in the title of the video.
As far as the method, yes you do have to learn where the note names are on the fretboard but there is an important mindset shift from memorise to familiarise. This may seem trivial, however, it is of utmost importance.
There is no need to memorise anything that is always going to be staring you in the face when playing the guitar, ie, the notes. Therefore familiarise yourself with where they are, but don't try to commit them to memory, rather do exactly as is outlined in this video.
If you are willing to invest time and trust in this strategy it will work :)
Quick Question.Which model Guild is that you're playing in this segment? Thank You.
@Cordmichael, it is a S4CE Songbird :)
Excellent
@user-xr4ok8rz1k, glad you think so :)
Good lesson! But looks like that Guild guitar has 17 frets to the body? What model is it? There's nothing like that on Guild's website.
@JR-pr8jb, I think it's 22 frets. I don't have it at hand atm but I think that's how many frets. The model is a Guild S4CE Songbird. I bought it from a student many years ago for a bargain. Was looking for a guitar at the time but couldn't pass it up :)
@@acousticguitarlessons Thanks for the info. Having smallish hands, I'm always interested in good small-body acoustics, the extra frets would be a bonus.
Great lesson no one ever mentioned it as it’s so simpler I loved 0 seconds time to know the next note
@@kiavooshdevansallare8145, glad you liked the lesson and found it helpful :)
I know how to scale, etc...but I have trouble finding the key @ times...Tjanks
@christiand7437, you are wleocme :)
This video is just about finding the notes, not finding keys.
@acousticguitarlessons Tjanks...Do you have a video on that?
@@christiand7437 I would recommend thsi channel for a video on sclaes and keys etc: www.youtube.com/@MusicTheoryForGuitar
The best way for me was to learn all notes using the Natural Minor shape....find the A on 5th fret of string 6. Play the notes then after G on string 4 slide up 2 frets and apply the pattern again starting from the A you just landed on. Adjust for the B string tuning. Find the location of an A on each string and apply the pattern, these notes stacked on top of one another is the easiest way for me to navigate the natural notes and in time will be 2nd nature to you.
@eastcoastwilly1373, sounds good! I think the bottom line is that you just need to be naming the notes on the fretboard regularly within various different contexts. Do this regularly and it will all start to become second nature :)
Exactly it is just another piece of the repeating patterns puzzle to click for people....everything you mentioned in your video is complimenting what I talked about....great video my friend!
Thanks man
@outsiderview3335, you are very welcome!
Guild guitar player!
@ericweiss8968, Yes, although I mostly play my Maton, the Guild is a really nice guitar too!
I’m the owner of a 1966 Guild Starfire II since it was new. The standard I use for comparison for electrics. My acoustic is a Gurian Jumbo (J-R) owned since new in late 1974.
But anyhow, I was once classified by an academic type as a “solid intermediate jazz” guitar player and have renewed my playing after a lifetime of career(s). Basically, when I played in jazz workshops NYC I relearned literacy after a period of self taught playing by ear and my self taught “paint by numbers” and “relative minor” keys. I’ve played with ensemble almost the entire Real Book and usually blending with the horns and reed sections for the “head” and then comping with each solo section, taking solos as well in turn.
Anyhow, I caught myself listening to your entire video (learning the notes exercise) and appreciate very much the material in this presentation. I usually stick with the “up an octave” (“C” on the E strings at the 8th fret) for reading and then revert to my old self taught for much of my coverage on the fretboard. It doesn’t hurt that I played years of piano before focusing on the guitar.
Anyhow - this little lesson of yours was certainly a great one to be focused on to expand my playing literacy!
Now to add this to my warmups (chromatic up and down the fretboard for dexterity, major scales up and down for 2 octaves moving up 1/2 step up each and then back down at that up an octave position)…. Then again to complete that routine is a matter of physical conditioning. Then on to tunes….. wish me luck!
I’ve subscribed to your channel.
Thanks again!
Excellent i struggle i live in a rural area no teachers here and i don't trust most on youtube cause they always telling me bullshit so this was good, matter of a fact probley the best , easiest way I've seen and i still don't know my notes placement. But this i will try and i see it could work for me.
@davidfarmer657, you are very welcome. I am glad this video is helpful. Let me know how you get on with the note naming :)
I will and thank you for responding.@@acousticguitarlessons
Starts at 6:25.
Interesting👍
@johngrattan302, thanks! Give it a go and let me know how you go :)
Thks😊
@khinmaungwinwin6, you are very welcome :)
Nice
@davidpatrick1813, glad you liked the video :)
And I did subscribe as well 😆
@edlopez330, thank you! I appreciate it very much :)
liked and subbed
@randysmith2034, thanks! I appreciate the sub :)
Guild Songbird S4CE... I regret having sold this guitar !!!
@WoddyBlueberry, did you own a Guild S4CE? I've had my fair share of guitars I regret selling over the years :)
I bought this guitar when I was 23. It has appreciated in value ever since. I intend to buy it again one day on Reverb.@@acousticguitarlessons
Whoa! WTF! NO WAY!
Tomaso Zillio's course will cost you about $1900 after paying for the monthly lesson to his course. And he never runs a sale.
@gerardedit, I am not sure the point you are trying to make.
It seems to me that you are implying his courses are expensive?
If so, expensive compared to what?
Guitar lessons and courses are not a commodity. They differ greatly in the quality of content and the results that can get you, the student, which is really what you are investing in with lessons and courses.
Tomasso's courses have 2 membership levels starting at $57 per month or $97 per month.
I know that if you do what Tomasso is telling you to do in his courses you will achieve really great results with your playing, and to me, that is worth way more than the affordable investment you are making each month.
Compare that to your average local teacher, who will charge you somewhere around $80 for an hour long lesson.
That's an investment of over $4,000 a year at 1 lesson per week!
And that is on an ongoing basis as long as you are taking lessons.
I am not saying that is a rip off necessarily, it could be, but it depends on the teacher and the results they can get for you, because again that is what you are investing in :)
My point is, that if you make a decision about who you study with solely on price, you are focusing on the wrong thing.
Yes, of course, we all have a budget for these things, so if it doesn't fit in your budget, that's fine, but for what Tomasso's courses will do for your playing, $57 or $97 a month is nothing.
Cheap lessons and lousy teachers will cost you A LOT more in the long run :)
If you want people to watch this video, the very FIRST thing you must do is get rid of the nearly 3 minutes of ads. Otherwise, we just move on...
I didn’t see any ads 😊
@@DWVAR1 : Perhaps it's just a Canadian thing. Whenever I am inundated with ads lasting longer than 15 seconds, I simply move on.
Research ad blockers
@@stefgav: Thank you. This was done years ago plus at least two of my browsers have ad blockers built in.
On my phone it's automatically broken up into chapters. Start with the 3rd chapter "Foundation" the first two chapters are orientation & promotion of the value of the material and can be skipped. I like the idea presented, it uses learning the whole fretboard for learning by learning each of individual notes at every occurrence on the fret board. The sharps & flats will be fast to pick up and since you know the entire fretboard you can repeat the learned notes and going up the scale do sharps & down the scale do flats. What I will do do differently is BC pair all over the board first, C label will include concert pitch octave number, Low E is E2. Then EF pair, then the other letters starting on A, then sharps/flats as offsets from its name note. Music written intended for guitar is written (transposed) 1 octave higher on the staff than the sound made. Just keep that in mind for written music you're looking at. Phone apps are nice for; sight reading, rhythm training, ear training,. for learning fretboard I think this is much better, but after you know the fretboard you could use such apps like games.
Buy you a very nice guitar for less than 1900 and get you tube
@travisbond4218, not sure I understand?
@@acousticguitarlessonsMe neither. Weird comment.
Spend $10,000.00 on a guitar 🎸 and then come back so I can talk your brain to oblivion.
The minute I see an acoustic guitar I'm out.
@romienomie, the last I checked the note arrangement on an acoustic guitar is the same as an electric so maybe this video might be relevant to you :)
So confusing and a lot of waffling.
Maybe I can help if you tell me what is confusing?
@@acousticguitarlessons Hi Simon, from what I can see you need to learn every single not on fretboard 138 of them, then each one individually in each position . No short cut no hacks no quick way round just learn every single note including sharps and flats. Why don't they label the neck with all the notes on them ? To be honest I have seen so many 'Learn the fret board in 10 seconds guaranteed', and could not be further from the truth. CAGED is the same, if you know the c chord, then you know every chord in the world, how ? I am probable way to old/dense to even think about learning the guitar, not made for anyone over 70. Never seen anything make such little sense. Thanks for the offer though.
@@quotemenot7520 you're absolutely correct there is no quick fix for actually learning you need to put in the effort but I mean this in all sincerity this is the best least complex approach. I urge you to go back to minute marker 6:35 you'll see its very straight forward. I hear frustration in your comment but please dont be Ive been there myself most everyone at some point I imagine.
This is really not difficult just will take some effort but go at your pace and embrace the process and you will find the enjoyment in the learning and eventual playing. I hope you continue to pursue playing guitar it can be very fulfilling. For me personally its one of the true joys in life. You can do it i KNOW you can. Im not the smartest tool in the shed and I ain't no spring chicken 😉 and I was able to learn this fabulous instrument 😇
I created a system better than caged and more clear than this
@rogerpercival5486, this is not the CAGED system
Took 6 minutes to get to the method!
Too much talk!
Maybe you should diagram the guitar fretboard while holding it on your head backward, and then inverting it left to right,, putting a reflection on a mirror and reversing the image. OR YOU COULD JUST PUT THE TOP STIRNG BASS E ON TOP LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE WORLD>
You make no sense at all.
The bottom E string is the thick one and the high E string is the thin one.
So maybe you should get that right first before imparting your wisdom.
And the way I convey the fretboard in the diagrams IS how the rest of the world does it, and also makes most sense.
It may be possible to find unconventional ways of notating guitar that a particular player uses or finds helpful, but the standard convention is for fretboard diagrams to reflect tab with thickest E string as the lowest line of tab and thinnest as the top line of tab. Unless we’re talking about left hand notation and diagrams or unusual ways of stringing and tuning, any book of standard tab and all the tabs on sites like ultimate guitar will use this convention in the same way that’s displayed in the video.
what kind of teacher of guitar, puts the bottom High E string on the Top, and the top Bass E on bottom? You should learn how to cut to the chase and avoid blathering on about another subject. Does this finger pick make me look fat? Who cares. Show the system-then quick dismount. It's called conveying information and not War and Peace.
I've been playing guitar for 60 years . I find this to be a terrible method of "learning" the fretboard. Also- too much talk, too little little info.
And you have inverted the natural string pattern; the bass E string is normally on Top in tablature or schematics. End of story.
If you don’t like it, move on mate lol.
Btw, I don’t know what material you’ve been looking at for 60 years but fretboard diagrams and Tablature have the low E string (that’s the thick one) at the bottom and the high E string (that’s the thin one) at the top, period.
So first, get that right, second learn to comment respectfully as opposed to ranting, otherwise go and bother someone else
Six and one half minutes of blather before he begins to "explain" his system. Whew!!! Not Good.
Thank you for your lessons
@bretpeterman5390, you are very welcome! :)