Navigating The Guitar Fretboard For Beginners
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Published 2021-05-14
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0:00 - Intro
By discovering systems and patterns, the guitar fretboard will start to make sense. Here's how Ayla demystifies the fretboard.
0:57 - String Names
The best way to memorize the string names is through a catchphrase like: “Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie.”
1:38 - The Fretboard
Every time you move up or down a fret, you’re moving up or down by one semitone. Start by going through all the notes on the low E string and the A string before trying to memorize all six strings.
5:05 - The Fret Markers
A lot of guitar players use the fret markers to memorize fret numbers. The first dot refers to the 3rd fret, the next dot is the 5th fret, then the 7th, and the 9th.
8:07 - Building Chords & Scales
If you play a chord shape that doesn’t use any open strings, you can move it to any key as long as you start on the right root note. The same goes for scales!
10:15 - Intervals
The numbers written in the scale chart are referring to scale degrees, a.k.a. the first note, second note, etc. But these numbers also refer to intervals.
12:38 - The C Major Scale
The C major scale is the same shape as the A major scale shape but instead, you start on the root note of C.
13:59 - The A Major Scale (5th String Root)
Learning this scale allows you to play the A major scale in both positions which also unlocks more of the fretboard so you’ll know where to find all of the intervals.
15:24 - Recap
These systems and patterns are what Ayla still uses in her playing today to help understand the fretboard and uncomplicate music theory she wants to apply to her playing.
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All Comments (21)
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We hope you enjoy this lesson and that it helps you understand the guitar fretboard a little more! 🙂
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She has such a nice easygoing vibe
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i know all of this and still sat here for 18 minutes quietly and couldnt take my eyes off the screen, how can anyone dislike this person? i wish i had a teacher like this i would play for 8 hours a day :D
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I’m 72 years of age and your tutorial is helping me learn at this late age! Thanks❤
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Coming back to playing guitar after a long hiatus and ran into this. You rule. Calm, clear, collected, and efficient lesson. Not muddled with trying to show off. Very self confident, humble and knowledgeable. Great job and thank you.
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Her teaching is like a cup of hot chocolate on a cold rainy day.
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I wish I had a video like this right when I started. This explains a lot of things very clearly and logically for just 18 minutes.
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Ayla, you are not only a talented guitarist, you are also a talented teacher. Too often, teachers go too fast, assume too much, and/or they use their teaching time to show off more than teach. You, on the other hand, are a warm and personable teacher, whose sincerity is as clear as the notes you play. This was a great video for beginners AND for people who needed a good introduction to the keyboard no matter how many years they may have been playing. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience with us. Kindly do some more of these videos for us. Thanks!
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Lady Thanks. You are a true genius without going do expensive lessons to play Worship music in Church. You gave me all I need to understand . I'm playing 40 years folk music and turn to Worship music in Church now on age 60 ❤
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Just what I needed since I'm about to try to learn the guitar for the 3rd time. Wish me luck. 😁
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I have been playing guitar for about 24 years, you have just managed to make me understand notes and scales for the first time 🤯
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I am 61 and just bought my 1st guitar, an acoustic electric. I do not know the first thing about playing, but you explain things in a way I can understand.
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These videos of Ayla teaching us guitar are so amazing, please keep them coming 🥺🥺💖
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You've broken this topic down really well here. There's so much information and its so concise
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Been playing 40 yrs. Learned during the 80's the Decade of the Guitarist in my humble Opinion . I'm self taught and I was able to learn something New for me from this . Thank You very well done !!
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I had two teachers who demanded I know every note on every string. One wouldn't even go any further with lessons till I could pass this test. I believe it really helped to open up the fretboard. Helped me understand the major scale and how chords are made and their relation to scales.
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It's a wild thing about guitar how you can muck about on it for 10 years and someone like Ayla shows a pattern / association you hadn't seen up to that point and you go "I never made that connection before..." Happens more than I care to admit... Thanks for the new insights !
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I’m an absolute beginner and this was my first introduction to the fretboard — I’ve got a lot to learn 😄 but you sure make it clear. Thank you!
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Literally the best teacher I’ve come across. Love her personality and she seems to really enjoy teaching almost as much as playing.
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I just watched this video ... Thank you, you opened up something for me I was troubling over. Being 63 and trying to learn guitar is more of a challenge than I had thought.
