The guitar becomes more alive as we become more aware of exactly what’s happening under our fingers.

We aren’t trying to name every note in real time. But, we do want to be subconsciously aware of each note, ready to bring it to mind if we need it.

There are a lot of visual cues on the guitar that we can use to help familiarize ourselves with where the notes on the fretboards are.

The problem with patterns is that no matter how fast you are at using them, you will always have to go through that sequence in your head every time you want to recognise a note.

The octave is a system is a hack that will give you a false sense of progress and cause you a lot of frustration down the line.

Throughout this chapter, you’ll use practice tracks to slowly build familiarity with the notes of the fretboard on every string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first three notes of the Low E string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first four notes of the Low E string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first five notes of the Low E string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first six notes of the Low E string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with all the notes of the Low E string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first three notes of the A string.

This section includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first four notes of the A string.

This section includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first five notes of the A string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first six notes of the A string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with all the notes of the A string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first three notes on the D string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first four notes on the D string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first five notes on the D string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first six notes on the D string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with all the notes on the D string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first three notes on the G string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first four notes on the G string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first five notes on the G string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first six notes on the G string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with all the notes on the G string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first three notes on the B string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first four notes on the B string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first three notes on the B string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with the first six notes on the B string.

This lesson includes three practice tracks to help develop your familiarity with all the notes on the B string.

Use open chords you're familiar with to practice identifying the notes in a musical context.

Use bar chords you're familiar with to practice identifying the notes in a musical context.

Understanding which scale degrees are being used allows us to quickly identify chord quality.

Having the accountability of the metronome when you're practising notes is a great way to identify any areas where you might be less familiar.

Practice identifying the same note horizontally along the entire fretboard.

Practice identifying the same note vertically along the entire fretboard.

Apply the idea of moving from the outside to the inside of your horizontal and vertical patterns.

Find ways of breaking any patterns or sequences by identifying notes on alternating strings.

Use a single finger when identifying the notes on the fretboard to avoid relying on interval shapes.

Associate variations in timbre with notes as we are learning their position on the fretboard.

The more visual cues we can associate with where the notes are, the easier they will be to remember.

Understand the unique characteristics of the B string and how to compensate for them.

A unique aspect of the guitar is the ability we have to play a scale in two different directions from the same root note.

Use left and right expressions to improve your knowledge of intervals and recognise notes on the fretboard.

Notice how two notes that may otherwise seem unrelated can be used together in a meaningful way.

Practice with triad inversions to improve your knowledge of the notes on the fretboard in a musical context.

Identify every place you can play triads of the same pitch along the fretboard.

Identify every place you can play triads in sequential octaves along the fretboard.

Identify every place you can play triads moving from bass to treble positions along the fretboard.

Identify notes that occur in each of the chords you are playing in a chord progression.

Identify notes that occur in each of the chords you are playing in a chord progression along a single string set.

Identify notes that occur in each of the chords you are playing in a chord progression within a single position.

Identify notes that occur in each of the chords you are playing in a chord progression with an ascending or descending bass line.

Identify notes that occur in each of the chords you are playing in a chord progression with an alternating bass line.