Complete Fretboard Knowledge, How well do you know your frets? |
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Complete Fretboard Knowledge, How well do you know your frets? |
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Oct 15 2009, 12:50 AM |
I don't... I should.. I will! :-) WHAT! Man I got a long ways to go.... |
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Oct 15 2009, 01:04 AM |
I can name you any note on the fretboard in one sec as you asked
BUT that doesn't have much to do with improvising after all. It's good for navigation ofc like when you jump from one position to another but after that we pretty much use familiar fingerings we learned by playing scales over and over and over, simple cause we can't process name of each note in real time as we play, play a bit faster. My advice would be just to think of the notes you play every once in a while, stop at one point and ask yourself which note is that you're playing. Dots are also good and very useful, use them. edit: and learn scales in theory if you can, learn notes for every scale, knowing name for each degree in every scale will surely help as well. This post has been edited by Muris Varajic: Oct 15 2009, 01:09 AM -------------------- Youtube
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Oct 15 2009, 01:15 AM |
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Oct 15 2009, 09:57 AM |
I can, and yes it is very useful. I used a program called Fretpro to learn all the notes.
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Oct 15 2009, 12:32 PM |
I think I would know every note if you tell me the fret and the string. I agree with Muris, I don't think of that when I improvise. I think of the shape not the full/half steps or note names. I just know which shape to use and it works for me
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Oct 15 2009, 12:52 PM |
I can probably tell each note in more or less of a second if you point me there, but as Muris and Emir said already, it's more about relations between the notes, scales and chords regarding improvising.
You have to know the scale patterns (and arpeggio patterns over them) inside out - that is the beginning. After a while you should develop relative ear in such manner so you tie the intervals to notes if that makes sense. For every note you play, you should be able to anticipate the next one you come up with and know where the finger will go (you don't have to know the note name, but how that note sounds). Same goes for sequences, if you want to play sequence, like a run for example, you should anticipate the pattern and where it ends. This sounds a bit hard to do, but actually through lot of hard work (constant playing of scales, patterns, arpeggios etc) it slowly becomes second nature in a very straightforward, easy and natural way. This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: Oct 15 2009, 12:53 PM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Oct 15 2009, 12:55 PM |
Even if you don't think knowing the notes doesn't help improvising much, it does help a lot of other things.
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Oct 15 2009, 01:06 PM |
Even if you don't think knowing the notes doesn't help improvising much, it does help a lot of other things. Of course. The more you know, the better -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
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Oct 15 2009, 02:02 PM |
Even if you don't think knowing the notes doesn't help improvising much, it does help a lot of other things. Nobody said that not knowing notes is a plus, thing is that we are not able to process name of every note when we play in realtime, we either need faster CPU or more RAM, not sure. -------------------- Youtube
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Oct 15 2009, 02:10 PM |
. Seriously though if I'm not playing fast, I'm just playing reasonably slow and melodically, I use my knowledge of notes to help me improvise, so I think if you're not shredding knowing your notes can help improvising. You still talking about knowing names of every note in realtime or knowing degrees and how they sound? Cause that's not the same. -------------------- Youtube
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Oct 15 2009, 02:18 PM |
Well I do use my knowledge of intervals as well when I improvise, but yeh I'm still talking about knowing note names in real time. Well that might work for some slower lines etc. I'm not saying that it's pointless to know names but it's really impossible to tell every name to yourself when doing anything a bit faster. Also it's hard to analyze that, we would need some software installed in our brains to tells us how really we are aware of every single note name in realtime as well play. My guess is still that we are no able to process every single one at high speeds. -------------------- Youtube
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Oct 15 2009, 02:24 PM |
BTW, I'm entering chat right now so we can discuss this topic there.
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Oct 16 2009, 04:25 AM |
Yeah, my old instructor was a machine when it came to notes, scales, intervals etc he could sight read classical pieces almost immediately BUT....he was trained since the age of about 7 or 8 and instantly knew the relationships between all the notes, which I am sure is where the secret lies to better playing. I don't believe you MUST start at that age to master fretboard eventually, it's never late, it's work, work and work. -------------------- Youtube
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