I’ve been doing this exercise for months. I started with the Find-a-Note, then writing down the frets, and now close my eyes to name the notes by fret up and down. I alternate between the two exercises, plus sometimes use the app. I find them 2 different memory exercises, one visual with the instrument and one not. I can’t get beyond 50bpm using the guitar. Maybe that’s due to my age. I am starting to add the triad analyzation in the theory area along with analyzing 7th, sus, etc. Hoping that will help solidify my fretboard memory. It’s definitely slow for sure. I think I started trying to learn the whole fretboard 4 months ago. I’m good with the visualization, but when I apply it with chords I’m much slower.
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Hi. Where do I find d the exercise? Is it part of the general theory course?
Many thanks.
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You won’t have access to this lesson unless you have purchased the Practical Music Theory course.
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Hi Norman, if you’re subscribed to Practical Music Theory, you can access the lesson here.
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Thanks Judi. I have the free subscription. Is that sufficient to access it?
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The free subscription gives access to Grades 1 and 2 of PMT. This lesson is in Grade 4, so you’d have to switch to a paid subscription.
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@normski133
No the lesson is in gade 4 module 4.1, the free lessons are grades 1 and 2
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Thanks Stich. I’ll stick to Bert Weedon’s Play in a Day for the time being. If it’s good enough for Eric C it’s good enough for me.
All the best
p.s are you the author of the stich method?
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No I’ve used the username Stitch long before Ian(Stich) has been on Youtube.
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Thank you Judi.
Much appreciated.
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Another exercise that’s helped me memorize the fretboard is to play through the cycle of 4th’s on a single string and then repeat that on the other strings. Of course you have to memorize the cycle of 4th’s first, but then the exercise reinforces that in addition to finding the notes on the fretboard. Use the metronome in the same way as the Find-a-Note.
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