* Thanks so much for posting this . I'm sitting here with no guitar in front of me so that physical degree of distraction is eliminated and it blew me away that before I've reached the end of this video I can mentally see and name each note on any string after decades of avoiding this thinking it's overwhelming. Naturally, knowing what note each open string is has to be the first memorized data . I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and moving toward it instead of avoiding even starting. There are good players and good teachers and they tend to be two separate skills but you have both. Way back in 1988 In Canoga Park, Cali, I was took a few banjo lessons at the Blue Ridge Picking Parlor from Bill Knoph. One guitar song I wanted someone to walk me through was Stairway ... Thinking I may get kicked to the curb asking bluegrass players for a rock lesson I asked anyway. Howard Yearwood, said he could play anything if I had the ,music and I have him the sheet music which to me was like alien language. We go down the hall, take a room and with ,y back to the door he starts working through it and after a few minutes a arm reaches over ,y shoulder taking his guitar saying, That's not how it's played. I never turned to look but it was played perfectly and Howard sat there with the most odd look like shock and the guitar was handed back to him and the door closed. He was stunned and I asked why he looked out of sorts . I'm just not a ,memorization type, screw facts and figures of sports data team players and their stats. I pretty ,much applied that to everything so I go into a ,music store and whistle the tune os a single and have no band name and they always grin with a laugh and comment I whistle very well and immediately find my CD or DVD. Howard, just looked retarded so I inquired as to what's up. ...That was Jimmy Page. ...Your going to freak. My reply was...Who's Jimmy Page. It still cracks me up decades later but I can say Jimmy did a personal solo for me. I haven't won the lottery, ever won a prize in a contest but I got a solo from Jimmy. Life, is sometimes interesting how it plays out and this lesson is going to be as memorable.. Thanks Steve.
What I've found helping me learn the notes on fret board is practicing slides on all the strings.. So I'll slide G to D on 1st string. High E string. Then there is bending. I pick note as I have to know the note so I know what I'm bending to 1/2 step or full step. AT first I didn't notice it but I know were the notes I practiced on. So I change up my slides and bends now.
Good to learn notes for sure. Another popular method, that I do is to learn where each note is in the Triad e.g., start with one chord- C Major. Spend a week learning only C. Find all the positions. Then find E (the 3rd) and then G (5th.) Then you can play inversions of the chord when you learn caged. Then you can target the notes and associate the relevant Major Penta position to it. I figured out it goes like this C1 A5 G1 E2 D2 The numbers relate to the pentatonic shape.
Hey Steve this is me Jean what I like to know is maybe a couple easier power cord songs but not in extreme metal realm but more in like Metallica or something of that nature AC DC even Pink Floyd it would be really great and I'm real happy to find you both I wish nothing but the best for you and your family God bless