a good way to memorize the fretboard

[smedley]

thanks for this

i was playing fretboard warrior and they had a note on the g string at the 5th fret and i thought the answer was a b note. but they said it was C or something, can anybody explain? thanks

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-0--1--2--3--4--5--6--
-G--G#-A--A#-B--C--C#-

[emorokr12]

thanks for this

i was playing fretboard warrior and they had a note on the g string at the 5th fret and i thought the answer was a b note. but they said it was C or something, can anybody explain? thanks

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-0--1--2--3--4--5--6--
-G--G#-A--A#-B--C--C#-

To add to this, the notes B and C do not have a sharp/flat between them. This also applies to E and F. If you are familiar with a piano the black keys are the sharps which is why they are between the white keys. Then when you get to B and C there is not a black key between because there is not a sharp note. This applies to a guitar too except its down with frets instead of keys, basically every 2 frets make a whole note until you get to B or E, then one fret makes the next step. Hope that helps and didnt confuse you to much.

[Wife Soup]

thanks for this

i was playing fretboard warrior and they had a note on the g string at the 5th fret and i thought the answer was a b note. but they said it was C or something, can anybody explain? thanks

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-0--1--2--3--4--5--6--
-G--G#-A--A#-B--C--C#-

To add to this, the notes B and C do not have a sharp/flat between them. This also applies to E and F. If you are familiar with a piano the black keys are the sharps which is why they are between the white keys. Then when you get to B and C there is not a black key between because there is not a sharp note. This applies to a guitar too except its down with frets instead of keys, basically every 2 frets make a whole note until you get to B or E, then one fret makes the next step. Hope that helps and didnt confuse you to much.

thanks guys, that helps. that is the universal half step rule i think