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Tips and patterns to help you learn the notes on the fretboard. Natural notes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G Remember, B and E have no sharp, there is only a 1/2 step (one fret) between them. Other notes like A to B, C to D, D to E, F to G, and G to A have a whole step (so two frets) between them. The fret value between the natural notes is the sharp or flat. For example the fret between A and B could be considered A sharp or B flat considering the scale/key you are talking about.

Using a simple E Minor blues to help memorize where E notes are on the fretboard. E Minor Pentatonic scale is: E - G - A - B - D Locations of E note of the fretboard: 6th string (Low E): Open, 12th fret, 24th fret 5th string (A string): 7th, 19th fret 4th string (D string): 2nd, 14th fret 3rd string (G string): 9th, 21st fret 2nd string (B string): 5th, 17th fret 1st string (High E): open, 12th fret, 24th fret Tip: Find the E Minor Pentatonic scale at each location of the E note and make new fills/licks to play in the exercise.