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Guitar Fretboard: Memorize The Fretboard In Less Than 24 Hours: 35+ Tips And Exercises Included

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Memorize the fretboard before you play another note! Here’s why…..A fully memorized fretboard is one of the most underrated skills in the guitar world. It’s not expected from a beginner, nor is it taught in the normal course of guitar learning.But the smartest and best guitarists in the world know why fretboard knowledge can be the secret to being good at guitar.Why memorize the fretboard?Apart from sounding extremely cool when you say “Oh, you played a C instead of a C”, it amplifies every area of your guitar playing:Area 1: Guitar scales won’t be just patterns on the neck:Guitar scales are simply a couple notes repeated all over the fretboard. If you understand this simple concept and have the fretboard memorized, you won’t need to memorize those endless patterns all over the fretboard. Simply get set and solo!Area 2: You’ll unlock 1000+ guitar chords:Chords are combinations of specific notes too. You can hold these notes anywhere on the fretboard to get chords in different contexts. And if you know the chord formulas (which we teach in our other books) you just unlocked the gates to the world of harmony – without having to memorize them all!But it starts with – you guessed it – fretboard knowledge.Area 3: Song writing becomes child’s play:Break free from common chord shapes and sounds to venture into the wild west of music writing. Add your own chords to popular songs, change the key or simply be more creative.Granted this is an advanced skill, but the shortest path to get there – fretboard memorization!Area 4: And the biggest benefit of them all – improvisation! Improvising is natural to a person who knows the fretboard! New note combinations, unorthodox melodies, playing fluently with a backing track or even writing new melodies. Nothing works if you can’t pick out the notes on the fretboard in an instant.So, fretboard knowledge allows you to solo better, improvise better, play better harmonies and write songs. That’s a major chunk of guitar right there!Why more people don’t memorize the fretboard.It’s hard! It seems impossible! It’ll come with time!And we agree with all of that. Memorizing 24 frets across 6 strings is not the easiest thing in the world. And most guitarists only ever master it after 1000s of hours on the guitar.But we want to give you a cheat code!Inside this book, we’ve simplified this process that takes a “lifetime” into 5 easy steps. Using these, absolute beginners have memorized the fretboard in less than 24 hours. Some even in as little as 5 hours!Wondering how we do it? Simple! We combined pattern recognition with memory techniques and games to create a system that will show you patterns hidden in plain sight and give you short memory phrases like “Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie”. This will take the layout of the fretboard right to the brain – WITHOUT any sort of blunt memorization.With over 700 5–star reviews, this book has helped over 39,000 guitarists shorten their learning time and gain the skill of the guitar gods – in under 24 hours!And it costs less than a pack of strings!So, scroll up and click ‘buy now’ to gain the unfair advantage of the pros in under 24 hours! Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2nd edition (May 13, 2018)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 78 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1719064873


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 73


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.18 x 10 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #3,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Guitar Songbooks #2 in Music Theory (Books) #19 in Music Instruction & Study (Books)


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  • Delivers On Its Promise
This is a great book that delivers on its promise. I'm an older player (69) just learning guitar, although I played clarinet and was in choir as a kid from grade school through high school, so I was already familiar with music notation. I've been playing guitar now for just 2 years. So far, I've been playing everything mostly in 1st position and know all the notes on the six strings through the first 4 frets. Recently, I've been working on moveable scales with the CAGED system using a book that has some exercises with both notation and tablature for the notes. While I recognize the notes in standard notation that I can play in first position up to the 4th fret, I wasn't familiar with the positions for the same notes on other strings at higher frets. I've looked at fret board maps before with all the note names marked, and I thought it would be a pretty long-term process before I knew the note names up the neck. However, this book breaks things down in very simple logical progressions that make it really quick and easy to learn patterns to learn the notes on each string through all 24 frets. (Actually, you only need to learn through fret 12 [one octave] because everything repeats for the next octave [12-24].) It's going to take quite a bit of practice to train my fretting and picking fingers to move up and down the neck in tempo and hit the right positions for the desired notes, but at least now I know what notes are on what strings at different positions on the fretboard. And it didn't take anywhere close to 24 hours. After just 2 hours reading the first half of the book, I have the whole fretboard figured out. Obviously, I'll need some practice to quickly identify each note I'm playing on each string, but the book teaches the relationship to each inlay on the fretboard and patterns to relate notes on different strings along the neck. Now - practice, practice, practice! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2021 by George S.

  • I memorized the fretboard in 9 minutes with this book.
This book teaches you how to memorize the fretboard in way less than 24 hours, it took me 9 minutes and I can easily play each fret and call out the note for each one accurately. You only need to get to page 17 of the book and the light bulb should go on for you, from there it's just bonus material to further hone your ability to connect the dots and turn the newfound knowledge of the notes on the fretboard into music. When I say I memorized each note, I mean each and every note on every fret available on my guitar including sharp or flat semitones. I found the semitones most daunting before I read and understood this type of basic music theory. If you are new to playing guitar, this is helpful, it's a different perspective on the frets and each note that you won't find on youtube, I've watched thousands of videos and never heard anyone mention this method. Do yourself a favor if you are brand new to playing guitar, get yourself a chromatic tuner that attaches to your guitar, try to get one that can identify sharp / flat semitones this way you can get visual feedback while you are playing each note, this way you can confirm each note while you are playing (also helpful for learning basic chords and getting the intonation correct on your guitar). If it takes you 24 hours to memorize the fretboard, I would be really surprised, there is probably some other type of cognitive issue going on in your head if it takes you that long... or maybe you just need to go back to the basics EADGBE first. Step 1, memorize the notes on each open string EADGBE Step 2, memorize every note on the fretboard... it sounds hard but its ridiculously easy. Have fun and don't be discouraged, it takes years to become a skilled musician, you might be like me and dislike every noise coming out of your guitar for years, until one day you finally will appreciate what you have learned and enjoy making music. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2023 by Landon Beaulieu

  • Guitar fret board
I’m a beginner learning to play electric guitar.. this book was a huge help for me.. i memorized it in less than an hour . The author explains everything very well and it is very useful and easy to understand and learn.. since then I’ve boughten 5 more of the books from guitar head and I’ve progressed remarkably… a big shout out to guitar head ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2024 by Steve Steve

  • Easy Break Down
I learned the fretboard in about 30 mins maybe longer because I walked away a few times to do other things, but the book breaks the fretboard down in an easy way for you to understand. Granted, I have been taking music lessons nearly all my life including guitar lessons, I just was pulled away from guitar for another instrument when I was young so I never learned the full fretboard and didn't have access to a guitar until many years after. If you've taken lessons before and just want to know where everything is, this is the book for you. I can now play my favorite songs knowing exactly where the notes are. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2025 by Chelsea S.

  • Much easier than I thought
I bought this book because I was intrigued by how easy the author claimed that his method was but was skeptical about the promise of learning in 24 hours. I was amazed that I read it and I only took one hour to complete. It helps to have a basic knowledge of the key layout if you have ever played piano and I think that this helped me a lot. I read it again and it took just 20 minutes the second time. I think it would be helpful if the author compared the fretboard string progression with a picture of a piano keyboard. That would help conceptualize the concept in my opinion even if someone had never played a piano to understand where the sharps and flats come into play. Overall a very useful and insightful book for the beginner. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2024 by L. Thome

  • Too Early For Me
I an not far enough along for this I guess. Not recommended for beginners; we'll see if it makes more sense in the future lol. A lot of humor though; good writer.
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2025 by JK

  • Worth every cent!!!
I can NOT believe this! I’ve been reading and studying for almost an hour and I’m able to wobble across the fretboard like on Bambi legs! 😆 but this is the most progress I have made in my 5 years of teaching myself 😬 well with it!
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2025 by Rob

  • It Definitely Works
About 2 hours is all it took me to memorize the fretboard. Very helpful.
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025 by Dollar1800

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