What is Fretboard?
For a novice guitar player it may be a matter of interest to know about the notes found on the fretboard. Fretboard is the important component of the guitar neck which comprises of frets and inlays (position marker). Each fret on each string constitutes a note. It is important to know which note comes where on the guitar neck using the standard tuning.
To figure out the neck diagram yourself; you just need to know just two things. First the standard tuning of the guitar and second the sequence of notes i.e. Chromatic Scale of any note.
Standard Tuning of Guitar
Every stringed instrument has to be tuned first before it is played. The term Tuning refers adjusting its strings either by tightening or loosing to an extent that it must sound the exact note required. For example; the sound which should be produced by the open strings of guitar should be 6E - 5A - 4D - 3G - 2B - 1E. It is quite easy to remember the Standard Tuning of Guitar. There is another easy approach to remember the tuning by just memorizing the phrase Eddy Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddy and its all done.
Now, how we can derive the next series of notes resting throughout the entire neck of the guitar. Before that once again revise the chromatic scale starting with note C. Here it comes:
Let's start the exercise with the 6th string. The 6th string open sounds E, as per the standard tuning. Press the 1st fret on 6th string; it would sound F as the next note after E is F. Press 2nd fret it would be F# and then G on next fret and so on. Hence the notes coming on 6th string would be E - F - F# - G - Ab - A - Bb - B - C - C# - D - Eb - E till the 12th fret. You can repeat the same process for rest of the strings. It would be a better idea to draw a fretboard diagram in your notebook for the future reference. It might be difficult to remember the entire fretboard on the fly. Having the fretboard diagram in front of your eyes can help you a lot at many places in the journey of learning the guitar.
For your reference you may also download the following diagram for your help.
Hope this lesson would help you a lot in learning guitar in a better way.
To figure out the neck diagram yourself; you just need to know just two things. First the standard tuning of the guitar and second the sequence of notes i.e. Chromatic Scale of any note.
Standard Tuning of Guitar
Now, how we can derive the next series of notes resting throughout the entire neck of the guitar. Before that once again revise the chromatic scale starting with note C. Here it comes:
C - C# - D - Eb - E - F - F# - G - Ab - A - Bb - B
Let's start the exercise with the 6th string. The 6th string open sounds E, as per the standard tuning. Press the 1st fret on 6th string; it would sound F as the next note after E is F. Press 2nd fret it would be F# and then G on next fret and so on. Hence the notes coming on 6th string would be E - F - F# - G - Ab - A - Bb - B - C - C# - D - Eb - E till the 12th fret. You can repeat the same process for rest of the strings. It would be a better idea to draw a fretboard diagram in your notebook for the future reference. It might be difficult to remember the entire fretboard on the fly. Having the fretboard diagram in front of your eyes can help you a lot at many places in the journey of learning the guitar.
For your reference you may also download the following diagram for your help.
Hope this lesson would help you a lot in learning guitar in a better way.
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