[Maydog]

I would recommend to any beginner to learn the chromatic scale inside and out. The sooner the better. All you have to remember are 12 notes: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#. Also realize that A# and Bb are the same note, as are C# and Db, D# and Eb, F# and Gb, G# and Ab.To me, it’s easier to see and learn it on a piano keyboard, then apply that knowledge to the guitar fretboard. Spend an hour or less studying it, writing it out, etc. and you’ll remember it the rest of your life. It’s hard to read if you don’t know the alphabet. In music, the chromatic scale is the alphabet. YouTube is your friend here. Search for “musical alphabet” or “chromatic scale”.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by  Maydog.