Finding Notes On The Guitar Neck Using Octaves (Guitar Lesson IM-116) How to play IF Stage 1
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0:11 - 0:13Hi, how ya doin'. Justin here.
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0:13 - 0:15Welcome to IM-116,
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0:15 - 0:17which is all about using an octave shape
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0:17 - 0:21to figure out every note
on the entire guitar fingerboard. -
0:21 - 0:26Now in order to do this you must know
the notes on the thickest two strings, -
0:26 - 0:27on the 5th string and the 6th string.
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0:27 - 0:31You should know all of the notes
from the nut right up to the 12th fret. -
0:31 - 0:34This is a really, really important guitar skill,
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0:34 - 0:37and you will have a lot of trouble
making progress on the instrument -
0:37 - 0:40if you don't know the notes
on at least those two strings. -
0:40 - 0:41Hopefully on the entire fingerboard,
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0:41 - 0:44which is what I'm gonna try and help you out with a bit now.
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0:44 - 0:47It does make a big difference
when you're learning your scales and your licks, -
0:47 - 0:49and your chords if you know what the notes are.
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0:49 - 0:51And it's quite funny on the guitar a lot of times,
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0:51 - 0:55guitar players kinda don't think they need to know that stuff.
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0:55 - 0:58They're somehow immune to knowing the notes on their instument.
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0:58 - 1:01But on any other instrument if you didn't know the notes,
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1:01 - 1:05how to play every note on your instrument
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1:05 - 1:07and you didn't know what they were called,
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1:07 - 1:09you'd be considered a kind of a moron,
so let's not be one of those, -
1:09 - 1:11and let's be a proper musician,
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1:11 - 1:14and learn where all of the notes are on the fingerboard.
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1:14 - 1:19Now we do this by learning these 4 octave shapes,
which I'm about to show you, -
1:19 - 1:23and then using these octave shapes,
you can figure out every note on the fingerboard. -
1:23 - 1:27So, let's get to a close up now
and I'll show you these 4 octave shapes. -
1:28 - 1:32OK, this first shape I'm gonna show you here,
I've called this Octave Shape 4. -
1:32 - 1:36Not because it's officially called
Octave Shape 4 or anything, -
1:36 - 1:40but just because it helps you figure out
the note on the 4th string. -
1:40 - 1:41This is the pattern here.
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1:41 - 1:44If we look at this as being the Root note,
this is the note G here, -
1:44 - 1:47on the 3rd fret of the thickest string.
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1:47 - 1:51If we go down 2 strings,
and two frets further up the neck, -
1:51 - 1:53we get to another note G.
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1:55 - 1:58This works of course with any note,
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1:58 - 2:01if you've got a note on the 4th string,
anywhere on the neck, -
2:01 - 2:07if you count backwards two frets,
and two strings up towards the ceiling, -
2:08 - 2:09you get to another note,
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2:09 - 2:12you can hear if you play them,
that they sound right. -
2:12 - 2:16They sound like the same note.
So, this is what I'm calling Octave Shape 4. -
2:16 - 2:20Now, the next one,
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2:20 - 2:24is actually exactly the same shape,
but down towards the ground 1 string. -
2:24 - 2:26I've called this Octave Shape 3,
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2:26 - 2:29because it helps you find the note on the 3rd string.
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2:29 - 2:31Again of course, there's our Root note,
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2:31 - 2:36we go down toward the ground 2 strings,
and then up 2 frets, -
2:36 - 2:39and we end up with this Octave Shape 3.
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2:39 - 2:42So, Octave Shape 4,
Octave Shape 3, -
2:42 - 2:44exactly the same thing,
just over a string. -
2:44 - 2:47Now the next one,
which I've called Octave Shape 2, -
2:48 - 2:51Slightly different,
here we've got the Root note here on the 5th string, -
2:51 - 2:55we're going backwards two frets,
and up 3 strings, -
2:57 - 3:04and we figure, I've called it Octave Shape 2,
'cause it gives us what I note is on the 2nd string. -
3:04 - 3:07Very important. OK, that's that shape.
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3:07 - 3:12And the last one, it's actually a double octave,
to be completely correct, -
3:12 - 3:16but I've called it Octave 1,
but really it's a Double Octave, -
3:16 - 3:20cause the two outside strings,
hopefully you know that both of them are an E string, -
3:20 - 3:24so of course whatevers in the same fret
on the outside two strings -
3:24 - 3:27are going to be exactly the same.
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3:27 - 3:31Now the exercise that I would recommend that you do
to practice this, is just to pick a note, -
3:31 - 3:36any note at all, let's pick this one here,
which is the 4th fret of the 2nd string. -
3:36 - 3:40Now it's on the 2nd string,
so we'd use Octave Shape Two, -
3:40 - 3:43which meant that we counted back 3 strings,
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3:43 - 3:46or rather up 3 strings,
and then forward 2 frets. -
3:46 - 3:49We can test it sounds the same,
this note here -
3:49 - 3:53we hopefully know
that the 6th fret of the of the 5th string is the note D#. -
3:53 - 3:58So this note here, is also the note D#.
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3:58 - 4:00Hopefully getting the idea of this.
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4:00 - 4:04If we wanted to know say this note here,
which is the 2nd fret of the thinnest string, -
4:04 - 4:05which is the 1st string,
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4:05 - 4:09we'd use Octave Shape One
and we'd just count it over, -
4:09 - 4:11look over to the thickest string,
it's the note F#. -
4:11 - 4:14So that note there is the note F#.
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4:14 - 4:17Let's say we wanted to figure out this note here,
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4:17 - 4:20which is the 3rd fret of the 3rd string.
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4:20 - 4:23It's the 3rd string
so we'd use Octave Shape Three. -
4:23 - 4:27which was back 2 frets, up two strings,
we'd end up with this note. -
4:27 - 4:31Which is the note, hopefully you know
1st fret of the 5th string is the note Bb. -
4:32 - 4:34So really what I'd recommend you do,
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4:34 - 4:37is just pick a note anywhere
on the thinnest four strings, -
4:37 - 4:41just in anywhere,
right up the neck and off the screen, -
4:41 - 4:43wherever you like on the neck,
pick a note, -
4:43 - 4:47and then use the correct Octave Shape
to figure out what that note is. -
4:47 - 4:49That will take a little bit of practice,
but not that much, -
4:49 - 4:52if you go through,
and you just go in and find out, -
4:52 - 4:53and you learn your Octave Shapes.
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4:53 - 4:57Octave Shapes get used for playing a lot as well,
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4:57 - 4:59they're a really useful thing to know.
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4:59 - 5:00But in this instance,
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5:00 - 5:03we're using it for kinda a little basic bit
of Music Theory -
5:03 - 5:06to figure out where all of the notes are
on the fingerboard. -
5:08 - 5:10It's lots of fun doing this,
will take a little bit of practice, -
5:10 - 5:14don't stress if you don't get this done right away.
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5:14 - 5:17I'm not expecting you by the end of Foundation One
to be able to do this. -
5:17 - 5:20I'd like you to be able to do it
by the end of Foundation Five. -
5:20 - 5:22So it's far of those things
that you'll probably want to keep -
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on your practice routine for a little while. -
5:24 - 5:28It really is, it's a great skill to be able to know
what all of the notes are. -
5:28 - 5:31You'll suddenly find
so many things kinda open up to you -
5:31 - 5:33when you start looking at the scales
and you know what the notes are, -
5:33 - 5:37and when you learn a new position
you can see how it's been moved, -
5:37 - 5:40and new chords, and figuring out what the notes are
in the chords that you're playing and stuff. -
5:40 - 5:45It really is definitely worth quite a bit of time working on this.
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5:45 - 5:48Just like I said, find a note,
figure out what that note is, -
5:48 - 5:50using the Octave Shapes and name it.
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5:50 - 5:52It'll probably take you a little while
to get it so can do it instantly, -
5:52 - 5:55but that's what you should be aiming for,
really good skill. -
5:55 - 5:57Remember there's always help at hand at the Forum,
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5:57 - 6:00if you go to justinguitar.com/forum
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6:00 - 6:02there's plenty of people around, including me,
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6:02 - 6:05to help you out with any issues that you may have,
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6:05 - 6:08and help you getting all of the notes
on the fingerboard into your memory -
6:08 - 6:09as quick as you possibly can.
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6:09 - 6:12Take care of yourselves.
See you for another lesson real soon. -
6:12 - 6:13Bye bye.
- Title:
- Finding Notes On The Guitar Neck Using Octaves (Guitar Lesson IM-116) How to play IF Stage 1
- Description:
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Justin's Completely Free, Intermediate Guitar Course Lesson IM-116.
Stage 1, Lesson 6.In this guitar lesson I will show you a cool way to work out the notes all over the guitar neck using octave shapes. All you need to know is the notes on the bottom (thickest) two strings, which you should know if you did the beginners course!).
Find the related course notes on the following link:
http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-116-NotesOnNeck.phpThis is part of Justin's Intermediate Guitar Method, Foundation. A series of lessons available free online!
http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-000-IntermediateMethod.php
Taught by Justin Sandercoe.
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- JustinGuitar (legacy)
- Project:
- Intermediate Method (IM)
- Duration:
- 06:19