It’s a useful skill.

Being able to find every note helps you to play chords, riffs, and melodies at various places on the fretboard.

But it’s challenging.

Many guitarists play for a long time witho...

Most guitarists don’t fail at learning the fretboard because they lack discipline.

They fail because they were taught the wrong way.

Here’s what usually happens:

1. They try to memorize every note ...

The guitar fretboard can seem mysterious.

People talk about the CAGED system. Chord shapes. Scale patterns. Modes.

It’s so confusing! AAUGH!

Try this.

Just focus on locating the letter names.

The...