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Unlocking The Fretboard Of An Electric Guitar With Simple Patterns
If you’re familiar with the CAGED system on the guitar or you have some basic musical theory knowledge then chances are this article won’t be overly interesting to 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 you’re not familiar with those then you may want to refer to a free lesson on youtube for pick up a learn guitar dvd which will review and teach the basics.
The Theory Behind Note Spacing
There is a musical alphabet which you may or may not be familiar with. 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. Using this measurement of guitar frets we can explain more about how this spacing works.
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. Between every note there is a whole step (that’s two frets) except for two places. 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. Well there’s a whole step between an F and a G which means two frets so if we slide up from the first fret to the third fret we’ll be playing a G chord keeping the exact same barre chord shape.
How about another example, If we’re on the third fret with a G chord and we slid up to the fifth fret which is another two frets what chord are we playing? 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. For starters you can find other chords on the neck using the same barre chord shape so long as you know at least the location of one other chord.
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.
This one piece of information is one of the most important 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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