How to REALLY Memorize The Fretboard

[@pedrogarcia1738]

I love how ur channel is 0 clickbait and fake things to get beginners attention, youre only here to teach and its a 100 percent more efficient than all the other channels man. appreciate u a lot

[@keychange6231]

Such darn true.

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It’s so sad that because he isn’t a terrible run of the mill KZbin he has such a harder time getting popular. Props to him!

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​@@btwfh97 it's a pretty new channel in the grand scheme of guitarist KZbinrs though. I have no doubt if the quality is maintained his audience will just grow.

[@grafeas_ton_megaleon]

I really like your No BS approach to teaching. I would definitely buy your online course if you had one, no matter the price :)

[@kevinnickens]

Thanks! You’re getting it for free here on the channel lol

[@leesur8871]

this deserves an award for most understandable "how to memorize the fretboard" video thanks man

[@H.p1324]

Seriously tho

[@robbaldwin2402]

So, I'm an idiot and I couldn't for the life of me remember which notes didn't have sharps, even though it's literally two letters out of seven, until - UNTIL, right - until I remembered that episode of The Simpsons where Homer has that barbershop quartet and they're called "The Be Sharps", and B and E are the two notes which don't have sharps. Thanks again, Simpsons, for adding value to my life. And thank you, Kevin, for teaching me how to not get a girlfriend but to sort of muddle through knowing a pentatonic scale.

[@socialloner2548]

I've recently bought an electric guitar even though I have no clue about guitars as I play the piano (nothing serious, just amateur) and it was extremely intimidating to wrap my head around the basics and terminology. But you explain everything in the most concise and easy way to understand. Kevin, if you're reading this, and I hope you do... I'm forever grateful for the amazing effort you put up in your videos and I'll be anticipating more videos from you in the future. Your channel is criminally underrated ! Your channel's now on my radar, fucking subscribed mate ! ❤

[@tkalsnv]

also recently bought a guitar. from an amateur “pianist” to another - let’s keep going 😊

[@TofuDuffington]

Thank you. You’re answering all the questions I was too intimidated ask, and even some questions I didn’t know I had! Your videos are fantastic.

[@Peshy_]

I wish my music teacher back in school made stuff this easy to understand, i would've picked up guitar much earlier if they were this helpful. Great vid man!

[@andyapsay8220]

Thanks Kevin. Very informative for a newbie.

[@tlv7257]

Thanks Kev. You have great teaching skills! Thank you so much for sharing this over the internet! Rock on!

[@scm6079]

Thank you!! Amazingly easy to understand. I really appreciate the work you put into these. They have been a huge help in my musical journey. I'm looking forward to more great content!

[@t.sewell1513]

This is the best demonstration of the fretboard I’ve come across. Ty man!

[@j.r.6350]

Man, you just cleared up months of confusion and gave me a battle plan to work with. Definitely earned a like and subscription. Thank you!

[@nwhite7927]

After watching tons of videos, your video made the most sense and it finally clicked. Thanks man. You’re going places

[@keek1337]

I started guitar about the time you dropped this vid and I was recommended you early on. I wasn't sure about your channel at first since it seems you're building it currently, but after watching many videos I can honestly say yours are some of the most clear, simple, and entertaining. Thanks man

[@BarrelSugar3828]

after 21 years I finally decided to learn all the notes. This video has exceeded my expectations and has been amazingly helpful! Thank you sir!

[@josephemerson2893]

Thx Kevin for all your help on scales and fretboard

[@blutey]

I've watched a few 'memorize the fretboard' tutorials on YT. This was by far the best.

[@MarceloHenkin]

great video. in addition to this, for D, G and (especially) B strings, you could use "reference points" horizontally. so you learn for example the notes on the 5th fret (except for the 3d string, that you use the 4th fret....at this point you teach that these are notes you use for tuning the other strings) and if you want to know what is the note on the 7th fret, 2nd string, for example, you know that this note is 2 frets higher or 1 whole step higher then the note on the 5th fret 2nd string (E note, which you are going to memorize, because it's the same note as the 1st open string). So you find that note is F#, one whole step higher than E. Anyway, it's a way that I find easier to find the notes on these other strings, especially on the B string. Because with the D and G strings the "octave way" you showed is the most useful.

[@larryherbert252]

Real good instruction, and what you said if I’m correct is to memorize the fretboard without having to think about what note (s) it is, I’m real good on the E, A strings, l have to get better at D, G , B strings, I’ll be using your method as well, again real instruction, clear and concise, very much appreciated.

[@leslie5296]

Your one lesson made me magically know the whole fret board. I can't thank u enough!

[@Crazyboe]

Simply put You’re a fantastic teacher keep it up

[@UndeadKai777]

These have been FIRE I’m starting at the perfect time

[@tkalsnv]

oh my god thank u sm!!! i had realized the pattern for the first tip by accident when practicing memorizing but the B string tip was GOLDEN!!! thank u so much ❤ love that your video is straight to the point and u give such clear and helpful tips :) hope your channel grows!!

[@jacobs677]

This course is perfect. I’ve been looking for something like this for years. Thanks so much for putting this together

[@GodsStoryteller]

Thanks so much, Kevin. You made it easy. You are a born Teacher. God bless you.

[@mohammadsharififard1686]

As always. High quality and to the point. Love what you're doing.

[@johnnywalker4857]

Finally, a fretboard explanation and memorization technique I understand. Thanks much!

[@returnofhesi3900]

You deadass taught me to play guitar

[@philbrook6855]

Neat trick on how to find the note names via backtracking. It's so obvious, I'm ashamed I didn't think it up myself! Thanks Kevin.

[@jacobbh02]

Best explanation i have come across yet, good job. Keep up the good work

[@levibuildsbarns5981]

You explain things so well!

[@dre6289]

Been waiting my whole life for someone to lay it out like this

[@wouterlukas6062]

Thanks a lot for this video. Great way to visually support what you're explaining!

[@Casey250]

I've noted down a lot of notes about notes.

[@kevinnickens]

It’s always good to take notes about notes so you can refer to your notes in the future

[@AnantMall]

Yo dawg, i heard you like notes

[@spamspanker123]

​@@kevinnickensNoted.

[@BocchiTheFlop]

That's the stuff 🤍

[@aeea3306]

Bocchi the flop

[@GodIsMajestic]

⏸️

[@thierryabidson3537]

I like the way you teach You really explain it all

[@absinthe2429]

Waitin on this one ☝🏼 thank you !!

[@activflow87percentslowed]

thank you kevin. youre my new unofficial guitar teacher

[@maxime1776]

Now that the semester is over I’ll be able to learn all day long!

[@stratoslik2528]

Nice! Thank you!

[@izabrooks]

wow first time i actually understood how this works. thanks man cheers

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You are doing a great job buddy... Keep it up... Loved your content

[@JonChoi-b2q]

Such quality videos… you got yourself a new subscriber

[@jirasakmalaengpoothong8663]

i memorize notes on the fretboard by repeating the alphabet order. Difficulty is when i place my fingers on the board it's really slow having to sequence notes on each string. I'll practice using your technique to learn notes. Thanks a lot!

[@zenon6752]

I thought it was gonna be hard to learn but you made it easy

[@dreamhiking1032]

This channel is really underrated ❤

[@dragonstone6594]

Memorizing the notes is a lot easier if you know the basics of the piano keys. I would suggest learning the piano keys first that is just ABCDEFG and the half notes in between, and memorizing the fretboard will be a lot easier.

[@robertlawe7035]

Facts

[@kagenotatsumaki]

Another pro tip, when moving across the strings on the same fret, if you find a B note, the next under it on that fret is E, the next string is A, than D, it always spells BEAD. Remember, B, E, A, D, G, C, F. And when ever you're playing any of those notes, going down across the strings always repeats the pattern. I've probably done a horrible job explaining this but eh, there's this idiots 1 good tip lol

[@anon.9303]

This is actually just the sequence on the circle of fifths

[@sonochinos]

Quite literally the best lesson I've had on this topic. 10 minutes and I got all the answers I needed to understand notes, octaves and the fretboard in a basic manner. Amazing video!

[@kevinnickens]

Thanks!

[@pumping4jane]

Thanx. Good lesson.

[@gregalderson128]

that was so helpful!

[@call_me_Febz]

This is great. Thank you.

[@edcrutchfield3447]

Your special 🎸thank you

[@CHOSENBOI]

Really well explained. ❤

[@miladfahoul1423]

Very useful but couldn't download the notes from the google drive. The file does not exist!

[@Denvercoder]

I made up song lyrics where each line starts with the letter of the note. So the A string would look like: Apples are tasty, Apples are sharp. Bananas are pointy, Coconuts are hard. Coconut sandwiches are hard to eat, Daikon radishes, aren’t very sweet. etc. For the sharps I make the second word start with an “S” or a “B” for flats. It’s been scientifically proven that the more ridiculous the lyrics are the easier they are to remember.

[@syy9429]

Helpful thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ionageman]

Now you can use the rest of your life to learn the positions without looking .. touch all the a flats like touching your nose and while your doing that apply that note to your sheet music . Music is poetry in its purest form .

[@tysonrobertson2277]

When you learn to type, you already know half of what you're doing when you type, you know the words. It doesn't work with music because you don't know the words yet.

[@sonothunder4774]

Very useful!

[@HM-dr8tz]

I love the video, but may I know why you say the musical alphabet starts with an A? Because I, and my musicians friends and teachers say that the musical alphabet starts with a C

[@richardaldridge2971]

How does one play in the same key all across the fretboard? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

[@masonnair]

AWESOME!!!

[@simonsanchezkumrich8489]

What about the G string?

[@vaishnavi118]

Never saw someone reading my mind so aptly

[@aaronvicente5028]

*YES*

[@stevedeep1]

You have to be musically smart for you are wearing my captain Billy Joel’s t shirt. 😂

[@cruzyboyjaa5834]

𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧❤

[@edcrutchfield3447]

Not easy to me ! Cause you have sharps and flats .

[@the5587]

when you realize that visual note is, same as piano *insert mind blowing meme here

[@johnp.johnson1541]

*Your definition of a note is false. You have defined a tone.* TONES are NOT NOTES! Notes are tones at duration. G A B C D E F♯ are tones. -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- :𝄞 ----- ♩ -------- -------------------- Show above is a G note. It is a note because the symbol denotes time, a quarter note.

[@luxiously]

3:00 so fast with saying the abc’s

[@simonsanchezkumrich8489]

What about the G string?