The FRETBOARD memorization HACK

[@EriComicuDesu]

I unironically use your old "BeCause Everthing's Fucked" acronym to remember that there aren't sharps/flats between those notes

[@dellefranz]

Yeah same it’s genuinely good, like Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie. It just sticks.

[@xuten]

all the time!!! i always explain it that way to people that don't get this hahahaha

[@ninaa4192]

​@@dellefranzbro this and BeCause Everything's Fucked I use every time I play haha

[@kagenotatsumaki]

Same, it was THE thing that cemented it in my brain, and I tell it to people all the time lol

[@mahdiab6845]

How does this one work

[@NecronomCz]

I dont even keep track of how many times I tried to understand CAGED. Everybody on YT was like "use CAGED, use CAGED", but how tf does it work? You explained it to me in 1:32. Im gonna worship you till I die.

[@RukopisyNarnie]

This video didn't explain caged though.

[@markthompson1796]

I love this channel. Love it. Fun, short, and awesomely informative.

[@landondehart3032]

I’ve been struggling to learn all the notes on the neck of the guitar I just get overwhelmed for some reason. You showed me this and it instantly clicked. It all makes sense now. Oh my god.

[@RedlightBlue]

Sorry for the reupload. had to fix a little mistake. thanks to those who pointed it out :) won't let it happen again. spot the difference!

[@Metabohai]

The fretboard is mirrored now. That really confuses me.

[@arhamshah3593]

The fretboard is upside down And that is wrong

[@Brainiac22]

This is so confusing that it is literally unusable… Everything is upside down from the way things are normally displayed from every other Guitar teacher. I really really loved your lesson on caged, but this is mind-boggling confusing.

[@scrat3695]

I think my guitar has a built in anti cheat

[@bderrick4944]

I think my gutar is broken. It keep biting me and barking every time i try to play it.

[@MiekHawkIsNotWorking]

@@bderrick4944 i think my guitar is broken too! it blew up and now i have no arms.

[@Mps_Nz]

@@bderrick4944 ok? how was that even remotely close to being funny

[@UncleLootDayZ]

“Don’t change the tuning” Cries in Drop D

[@aodds4725]

Fr ive been trying to learn how to play “the lamp is low” by laurindo 😭

[@houi4900]

Drop d makes the 4th and 6th strings the same notes

[@Leo_ofRedKeep]

The fretboard is the flat piece of wood between the neck and the strings. Repeat this five times every day for a week.

[@brennengrimes]

okay why did you flip the fretboard where the low E string is on top? youre messing with my mind here lol

[@saujanyapoudel8910]

This is actually normal. This diagram is called a guitar tabs and it is intuitive if you compare it with a real guitar in your hand. Imagine yourself holding a guitar on your lap in that case the thinnest string is further from you. If you tílt the guitar fretboard side up the furthest string (The high E) gets to the top because from your perspective the nearest string is at the bottom

[@panteleymonschekochikhin-k1978]

@@saujanyapoudel8910 you're confused, the comment says that in the video it's actually reversed

[@sicawhoremanchester6821]

​@panteleymonschekochikhin-k1978 it's mirrored, not reversed you can make that observation yourself if you turn around in your chair or where your standing you now have th exact guitar setup he shows

[@Playsinvain]

@@saujanyapoudel8910why everyone doesn’t do that is beyond me. Keep em flat and aligned and I can copy those tabs

[@themicahmicah1845]

@@saujanyapoudel8910 yea you’re confused, in this example the high e isn’t on the “top” like it would be if you were holding a guitar, here he has the low e string there and that’s why it’s confusing and not like normal tablature

[@Magst3r1]

The fretbord was confusing when you have the low E string on the top, it should be on the bottom

[@frankm2588]

I know, took me a few minutes to realize that. I was saying, what kind of tuning is he using when the notes are all wrong? Oh, the guitar is upside down! And he is showing the nut at the left so really confusing.

[@tomsawyer2112]

@@frankm2588 Probably a RS2014 player who did not invert the TABS in the game to real notation. Unsubscribed ...

[@DREKOWICK69]

thank you. I was hella confused for a few

[@davorsubotic2391]

No, it should not. It is presented as seen from the player, so.. Logically!

[@Magst3r1]

@@davorsubotic2391 The player sees the low E on the bottom

[@petset77]

Fair enough. I was initially going to say that a keyboard doesn't have duplicate but octave letters, and that typing isn't the same as making immediate individual sounds in a melodic way, but you make a good point. With standard guitar tuning, there are patterns to use as shortcuts. One string, seven frets, two strings, two frets (until the B string of course, but...), etc.... Thumbs up.

[@Juice-u7c]

To learn frethbored faster memories A to D and D to G in every string it will take time but remember we are going to play guitar forever..Until we die. ❤🎉

[@darrylhubbard931]

Hey I am 64 years old, I thought that video was a 10 outta 10

[@alisadiqtcs]

out of 100, only you made my dumb mind memorize the notes... stay blessed.

[@AndroChimera]

i have autis, dyslexia and adhd and i played guitar for about 10 years now, i can play lots of songs and people even say i'm talented, but as i mentioned i have a condition and it comes with it's own set of quirks, like for example, i don't know the name of a single note '-' or chord whatsoever hahahahahaha i simply can't memorize it no matter how hard i try, i simply remenber the shapes and that's it, i also rely on visual patterns to remenber everything. this thing with the fretboard you explained just sounds like alien stuff to me hahahahaha i think it's funny since i can actually play the guitar, i mean i'm not like a genius guitarrist but i have fun playing many many songs i just wish i could make sense of the more technical stuff but to me it's kinda impossible to be honest.

[@Choptron27]

Hey man! I know exactly what you mean! The guitar is kindve an anomaly, it’s one of the hardest instruments play physically, but somehow one of the easier ones to have fun without having much musical knowledge. Truth be told few guitar players can explain what they are playing music wise and they kindve rely more on their ear early on which is a skill actual music players of other instruments learn at a much slower pace. There no right or wrong way on how to learn guitar, they’ve made so many ways to memorize stuff, and most of it are little short cuts that revolve around patterns and shapes as you learned and same as me. I have a little music knowledge but what he is describing here is finding the same note across the board. If you forget about the names and stick to patterns you can do it too, what he is trying to explain is how many strings and spaces you go to find the same note you started on. I’m sure you know what a power chord is, your index finger on the first note, and your ring finger along with your pinky or barred with just the ring finger, how ever you play it, it’s the 3 note power chord right? Let’s just say you start it on the 5th fret of the low E string, next string down your holding the 7th fret of the A string, and the string below on the 7th fret of the D string. If you hold this chord you’ll find the the 5th fret of the low E, and the 7th fret of the D string, are both the same note, which is what he was saying about moving down two strings and up two frets. I hope that makes sense, it’s just one of many ways to get a point of reference where you are, knowing the note itself isn’t so much necessary, I know it’s overwhelming looking at them all at once, I still don’t know them all off the top of my head, I just have points of references to go to where it helps me stay on track. I’m mostly a pattern player, but I can move around the board because I visualize the chord shapes from two to three chords and know what single notes connect together. Of course I know my scale shapes too, I know how they are musically constructed but yeah all these little pieces take a while to understand what you’re actually doing, it’ll come together, you’re probably doing it right now and not noticing it, or knowing fully why it works, and that’s ok, just have fun man!

[@AndroChimera]

@@Choptron27 yeah it does make sense and just like you said i already kinda do it but without really knowing what i'm doing hahahahahah i'm neurodivergent i get it but my mind can't fully proccess it no matter how hard i try so i just do stuff on the feeling. that's why in 10 years of playing i'm just ok hahaha but i'm fine with it, i love playing my guitar

[@linkstudios5626]

Wow I would love to have a teacher like you

[@klnklnklnkln]

Wow thanks for sharing! This is the best and most simple tutorial video that I have ever seen!😊❤

[@arju8057]

Probably someone wrote it already, but in last part, G octave down is on 4th string, not on 3rd string

[@steamer2k319]

Right. Thumbnail is messed up too. @OP: That's C, bro--not G.

[@steamer2k319]

The fifth string 'G' is actually an F and the second string is actually an A.

[@tannorguy3825]

I’ve been playing for 9 month and gigging. Just learned a whole lot more than chords and bar chords

[@xtrafe5953]

So this is: Low E on top line, High e on the bottom line... sorry some of us are used to reading tabs.

[@RedlightBlue]

Yeah whoops

[@tschantz]

This is upside down from Tablature, but how Tabs SHOULD be written! Low E on top, just like ya know…the guitar.

[@pedrocatoira2695]

I was confused by the drawing showing the high string and you talking about the low string. Instead of jumping to G in the drawing, you jump to C... 1:10

[@barkoband4477]

Keyboards have one A. lol. Cute analogy

[@expertarcher8542]

Perfect timing, I’m practicing guitar as I type this

[@Tomy_Yon]

Sounds legit. 👌

[@emilianourbina3069]

I find it pretty hard to type or basically do anything else while I practice, but maybe its cause im just a newbie idk

[@expertarcher8542]

@@emilianourbina3069 I don’t have to strum to practice finger dexterity.

[@RitchieCollins]

Here is an alternative, get yourself a picture of the circle of 5ths. The notes going anti clockwise are 4ths, that is how the guitar is tuned. First make sure you see the note to the right of your starting point, that will ALWAYS be your fifth string note. Second choose any starting point, say A, (E is to the right) so using the circle A,D,G,C - E, A. Works everytime, - but don't believe me try it for yourself.

[@TheMerryPup]

Not only ’changing the tuning’ but ‘adding another string!!’ 🤪

[@Tomy_Yon]

Oh noooo, I changed the tuning 😱 😉

[@kagenotatsumaki]

Um... Those octave charts supposed to be upside-down???

[@RedlightBlue]

Honestly, I used the same formatting as rocksmith… hopefully it’s not too confusing. But I’ll format the proper way in the future 👍

[@theabsolute23]

Yeah that just left me confused as hell

[@soumyabratachatterjee2210]

Great video ❤❤❤❤

[@sim0n_p]

1:20 That "G G" when everything for you make sense, like "GG, i finally learn this😄". :)

[@eddiemattison7792]

Hey, I love your videos. Didn't you make a video like this one about the fretboard, and you pointed out the root note (first note - closer to body?) from the key note (last note - closest to the end of neck?)? That was cool! Can you tell me which video it was? Link? :-) Thanks man! Learning from you!

[@Mugistan]

I only need one string to 0 3 5 for 4 hours straight

[@Comrade173]

You should have made the re-upload one octave higher

[@LOOKINYOURTUBE]

"Alright. Where's the pointy end of the ship again?"

[@signorellil]

Who's the small guy on the left that seems always terrified?

[@dankyz808]

this changed my perspective, thanks!

[@ZotzPhasmo]

What about with different tunings D:

[@Ecksos]

I dare someone to play the thumbnail as a chord

[@TNDE_]

Why does the next one chnage from two strings and two frets to two strings and three frets?

[@sidrolf]

Man love your videos

[@saujanyapoudel8910]

The kiddos learning from the mirrored tab in this video are gonna have hard times playing from a tab

[@collado2084]

I can’t thank you enough 😭

[@Klartraumprofi]

1:06 i will print that out and smile everytime i look at it

[@hacjy]

5 redlight blue videos in a week? what is happening

[@RedlightBlue]

Tbh idk

[@S_Tone_Rock]

the tuning 😭

[@Mynoah16]

Happy it’s back, I missed it to much

[@Noah6544]

hmmm this video had me confused cuz idk which is the low E

[@orca2964]

I like EADGCF instead of EADGBE because I’m a bassist and those weird patterns on the top two strings confuse me

[@ravensworth4769]

Left handed fretboard

[@btbb3726]

Very cool! Thank 👍🏻

[@linarddiaz7124]

This helped me a lot thanks.

[@sidanx7887]

I need the DCAGE Tshirt asap

[@trevordupp8734]

Oh my god. You just unlocked this shit for me.

[@aghed8]

Drop D/A/D for 8-string?

[@McCready12]

This is upside down and backwards. The standard is that the low E is shown on the bottom with the high E on the top. Super confusing.

[@Mcgplays1]

I just learned the fret board easily just followed

[@nihits]

why is your fretboard upside down? Are you Left Handed?

[@davidjorgensen877]

Every fingering chart I've ever seen puts the high E on top and low E on bottom, as in the POV of the player looking at the fretboard. With your chart (1:18) I was like "Wtf?", until I realized you'd inexplicably reversed that standard. Kudos for originality, I guess, but it did briefly confuse this 1975 guitar beginner. A 2024 beginner might "Wtf?" a bit longer.

[@bretpeterman5390]

This guy has incorrectly given the wrong information.

[@Brainiac22]

This is very very confusing, appears to be upside down! Can you please fix this?

[@spidgeb3292]

It is upside down relative to tablature. The string near the top of the screen on the video's diagram is the low E.

[@lakshaygupta1164]

So you kinda just gotta remember where the note comes on the fifth string and go once more from there? Or is there something I am missing

[@shahrumnaharrumki8272]

same sorta confused about this

[@jfs5873]

Every string is exactly 5 semitones apart (also known as a "perfect 4th" in interval speak) 5th fret is the same note as the string higher than it. For example, 5th fret on E string is A. 5th fret on A is the D note. The only exception is when going from G to B, because the B string is not tuned to 5 semitones away from G. (5th fret on G is actually C)

[@RARenfield]

Took me a second to convert Leftie neck. At first I was lost. Look at the nut, duh. But otherwise good stuff.

[@TheBigFeralShow]

my heart broke a half step down

[@GregM-ws4hq]

This narrator's voice sounds very much like James Altucher. It's uncanny. Pull up any James Altucher (inspirational speaker) and compare. Unless Altucher got into voice overs for music discussion videos ... he's got a vocal doppleganger.

[@BoguckiIsABestie]

Hey dude there's a mistake the middle g in your video is not actually g but c. G would be one string lower.

[@RedlightBlue]

I just did the whole chart upside down, so everything is off

[@wanderingviewer8411]

Moyrl. Tried spelling motel with my eyes closed.

[@wizrom3046]

DONT DRAW THE FRETBOARD UPSIDE DOWN LIKE THAT 😬

[@TJ-nr9cg]

Your fret board got me and everyone else confused af

[@skewminds3756]

You fool why did u flip the tabs? I spent minutes trying to figure out why are my notes sounding like u said but it seems u switched high e’s position with low e.

[@ghat5564]

Do you guys think those stickers you can put on the fretboard would be useful? Or is that cheating? 😂

[@luxiously]

1:29 the pattern for F is like completely wrong right?😂 first fret is correct but F on 3rd fret is a#

[@friesguy2403]

Hi, nice video

[@emilelesaffre]

I would need a tuner

[@bluesatmosphere4659]

1 1/2 m

[@jamestunedflat8942]

I use BE sharp because b's and e's aren't

[@spidgeb3292]

Sorry, but the diagram is incorrect at 1:20.

[@mikaking7328]

Thank you, that was almost useful

[@riseandshine5706]

still hard :(

[@lucaswalker1642]

Video shows a G on the 5th fret of the 3rd string xD

[@angkari7244]

Im confused: the fifth fret of the fourth sting is not G, it is C. But the video says its G. what am i missing? yeh im a noob

[@BoguckiIsABestie]

dude you're right there's a mistake in the video

[@JamesMcHie]

He's got the low E string (the lowest frequency string) on top. So when he moves "down" two strings he's moving to D (EADGBE) then 2 over, which is G. In other words, it's not the fourth string, it's the third string, because you're sort of looking at it upside-down to how you're used to seeing it represented. Took me a hot minute to get it, too.

[@cliftonjarvis8010]

That is a left handed guitar 😮

[@Playsinvain]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@therealzach.b]

Thats hot.

[@RedlightBlue]

I thought so too

[@trombonemunroe]

Your octaves are inaccurate. 3rd fret on the top string (which is called String 1, btw, since they're numbered from top to bottom) is G4, the G above Middle C, whereas fret 5 on String 3 is isn't a G at all - it's C4, i.e., Middle C - to get a G on that fret you have to move down one string to String 4, and then you have the G an octave down - which is G3, the G below Middle C. The third G you mention isn't a G at all, it's F3, the F below Middle C! - you have to move to the right 2 frets to get G3 (the G below Middle C), or go to Fret 3 on String 6 for the G an octave down from that (G2). You really should have taken more trouble to ensure your information was accurate before making this video. Not impressed!

[@Dr.Shadwalee]

Cool

[@TangoNevada]

For trying to explain something as simple, you really make it confusing for beginners by representing the fretboard upside down to how it's normally represented in all other lessons and explanations.

[@davorsubotic2391]

When playing and looking down to guitar, nut is on the left and high E string is “on the top”! From the player’s point of view, it is perfectly logical! Why you guys find it confusing?!

[@TangoNevada]

@@davorsubotic2391 Because that is completely opposite of what is for lack of a better phrase "The Industry Standard". If the Nut is on the left, the Low E is always On top. That comes from 40 years of working with tab, giving lessons and learning from books, etc.

[@sci-fisamurai1594]

Too late I changed the tuning

[@lporter8240]

Would have been a good video if the fretboard wasn't ass backwards.

[@frostyflameff4003]

nice.

[@Randomjackass135]

This is not “memorization hack” in any way whatsoever

[@aaronvicente5028]

*YES*

[@lincolnfish4021]

Sup man

[@RedlightBlue]

nmu

[@lincolnfish4021]

@@RedlightBlue I'm doing okay

[@fragwagon]

Soup man drinking

[@Chrawnic001]

im gonna kiss you

[@ImNotAWall]

Notek motel

[@jaynedoe1959]

So, you show a Lefty strung guitar in your graphic explanation without mentioning it? You must be mistaken. Are you just trying to confuse novice players? Thumbs down.

[@fiaalmahira]

motel

[@SurajReborn]

Bhargav a b c d efghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

[@zeus-bx9xw]

bullshit..its c not g

[@Tuscarora]

You are a joke. Do this over!

[@thewolfstu]

you know, thinking about guitar as more of a voice than any other instruments may work better. Your vocal chords and the strings of a guitar and much the same, being tensioned and vibrating to make noise, the biggest difference being your voice uses air and your tongue, lips, mouth, lungs, etc to control that with such deep precision. The biggest reason why I say it is similar though is that it's notes aren't as strict as say the notes on a piano, you can bend them and throw them and add vibrato. mh, I'mma take this thought with me to the next time I practice guitar, I wanna see where it goes.

[@fly69doc]

Did you mean its the same starting from the 2nd string? you said 5th string