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Unlocking The Frets on the Neck Of An Electric Guitar With This Pattern
If you have heard of the CAGED guitar concept or you've got an idea of simple music theory then what I'm going to talk about in this article probably won't be that ground breaking for you.
However if you're struggling to remember which barre chords are where and you haven't noticed that the same chords shapes we use in the open first position (example A and E) are used as barre chords in other places on the neck pay close attention because what I'm going to share with you in this lesson is going to blow your mind.
For this article I'll assume you know that say an A barre chord on the fifth fret is an E shape. If that doesn't make sense to you then you may want to review the basics of barre chords and maybe even consider getting a DVD guitar lesson which will review and teach the basics.
The Theory Behind Note Spacing
Music has it's own alphabet which you may or may not know. The letters in the musical alphabet are A through G. There is of course a tone associated with each and every letter some are higher then others and because of this pitch we can assign a musical type of space between two tones one of which is higher then the other.
The spacing that exists between notes is measured in terms of whole steps and half steps or tones. On the guitar neck a whole step is two frets, while a half step is only one fret. So we can explain the space that exists between two notes in terms of frets on the guitar or whole and half steps.
We're going to ignore all flats and sharps for this example to keep things simple and only work with the seven notes A to G. Each of these notes has a whole step separating their tone except for two exceptions. The two exceptions to the whole step rule are between E and F and B and C. Each of these only has a half step or one fret separating them.
Here's an example of what I Mean. If we're playing the first fret of the low E string or 6th string that is an F note. If we go up two frets to the 3rd fret we're not playing a G note because we've moved up one whole step or two frets. If we move up another two frets we'll be playing an A note on the 5th fret of the E string. Another two frets and we have a B note at the 7th and here's one of the exceptions, we move up only one fret to the 8th Fret to play a C note. Remember there's only half a step between B and C.
Using Steps on the Neck with Chords
Ok let's take this new found knowledge and apply it to barre chords on your guitar. As I mentioned before I'm assuming you can play say an F barre chord which is an E shape on the first fret barred, or an A barre chord which is an E shape on the fifth fret barred. Starting with that F chord how can we get to a G chord knowing what we just learned?So let's find the G chord using the same shape. How much space is between an F and a G chord? It's one whole step right? So let's slide up two frets to the 3rd fret, keep the same chord shape and now you're playing a G chord.
Let's try another one, from the 3rd Fret G chord we can move up another two frets and what comes after G? it's an A chord right since we moved up another whole step.
I hope you can see how this pattern is working and how you can apply it to notes and chord shapes around the neck.
How exactly does this aid you in your playing? Well a couple of ways. First if you know where at least one chord is on the guitar neck in a barre chord formation then you can move upwards and down the neck to find other chords using this pattern I've explained.
Also understanding this pattern allows you to find notes more easily on the fretboard if you know at least one note somewhere, even if it's only the open string name.
Of course just knowing this is one thing now it's time to practice it and get it under your fingers which is when you'll really start to reap the benefits of this lesson and content.
Quite literally this concept changed my understanding of the guitar neck and my playing ability over night. It was the best beginner guitar lesson I feel I've ever had both present and when I was only first starting and I use this same knowledge when I'm jamming alone or playing with friends, it will stick with you for good.
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