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Fretboard memory aid 2!


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In the attached diagram.....

 

...the note clusters in each of the four boxes are identical......use the red line to help guide you to where the E notes are.

 

When you have learnt where the E notes are, memorize the note positions in the box.....there's only one box, after all! :)

 

Then play them over and over, firstly in alphabetical order, and gradually vary the order as you get to know the note positions better. Say the note names out loud as you play them.

 

Once you can play the four boxes of notes.....just fill in the gaps!

 

 

Whadda ya reckon?

 

Fifteen minutes :).

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That would be nice, but I think I'll have to become a better player first.....example by deed, rather than just words!

What I like about this little memory aid is that the notes in each box are all the notes of an E Phrygian scale, the third mode of C major.....so they are also the notes on the low and high E strings up to the twelfth fret.

For the ambitious, once you've nailed the names of the box notes, you can alter them to produce different scales and modes, gradually creeping out beyond the confines of the box, and learning the names of other notes as you fill in the gaps.

I like the "double whammy" in teaching.......where the students gets the main point, plus something else, logically related to it, as a bonus.

I hadn't seen this before, so I posted it up. If it's a new concept, there's no secret to its origin....I just downloaded a fretboard diagram, and looked at it for a while, with an open mind. This approach can be applied to many things - during the open-minded gazing, forms and concepts start to materialize by themselves. Then the process of rationalisation begins, with the brain putting the loose forms and concepts into an ordered system.

The main point being the open-mindedness.....having no preconceptions of what you expect to come from the exercise.

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