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January 2, 2024 In Fretboard and Theory Tagged as Fretboard By Dan Thorpe

Learning the Fretboard Like a Pro

Today, I want to talk about a fun little exercise that will help you play a famous song and develop your fretboard skills.

First, though, let’s talk about something that fills some guitarists with horror.

Reading music.

October 29, 2023 In 10-Second Tips Fretboard and Theory Practice Tagged as Fretboard By Dan Thorpe

An Alternative Way of Learning the Fretboard

Recently I got this interesting comment from a Dan Thorpe Acoustic Academy member.

March 1, 2023 In Fretboard and Theory Practice Tagged as Fretboard Learning By Dan Thorpe

One of My Favourite Exercises for “Unlocking” the Fretboard

There’s an exercise I love to teach.

It’s inspired by the guitarist, Joe Satriani.

November 28, 2022 In Fretboard and Theory Practice Tagged as Fretboard Guitar teachers learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Fretboard Fun, the Plague, and Reflection)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including some fretboard fun, the guitar teacher’s plague, and more. Here we go…

November 9, 2021 In Fretboard and Theory Practice Tagged as Fretboard learning guitar Practice By Dan Thorpe

3 Random Thoughts This Tuesday (Fretboard Markers, Disaster, and Elbows!)

Welcome to a new weekly post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including fretboard markers, stiff elbows, and more.

Normally I send this out on a Monday but as yesterday was a super busy day for me, here it is today…

June 28, 2021 In Fretboard and Theory Practice Tagged as Fretboard learning guitar By Dan Thorpe 1

3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Music Dynamics, Feedback, and Fretboard Issues)

Welcome to a new Monday post with 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including music dynamics, learning notes on the fretboard, and more. Here we go…

August 27, 2020 In Fretboard and Theory Technique Tagged as Fretboard Guitar technique learning guitar By Dan Thorpe 1

My Three Ways to Practise Fretting Hand Technical Exercises

There are a lot of technical exercises out there in the land of learning guitar.

Most are too complex and too intricate to be beneficial to most guitarists, beginners, and intermediates alike…

Especially when guitarists do them the way most people teach them.

August 10, 2020 In Fretboard and Theory Practice Tagged as enjoying the journey Fretboard learning guitar Learning to play guitar By Dan Thorpe

The Terrible Woes of Trying to Learn the Notes on the Fretboard

This may be a familiar story to many of you.

One day, you tell yourself:

“Right I’m going to learn the notes on the fretboard once and for all”.

August 8, 2020 In Fingerpicking Fretboard and Theory Tagged as Efficiency of learning Fingerpicking tips Fretboard learning guitar By Dan Thorpe

How to Learn the Fretboard and Improvise Fingerstyle…at the Same Time

One thing I like to do when teaching students is to stack ideas together at the same time.

This is where instead of teaching them one thing in isolation on its own…

…I’ll combine it in a simple way with something else they have already learnt.

July 25, 2017 In Fretboard and Theory Tagged as Ed Sheeran Fretboard Guitarist Get Theory Magic number 12 Notes in music Sharps By Dan Thorpe 7

Fretboard Notes: How to Get Started Learning the Notes On Guitar

Whenever I ask students what they want to improve on when it comes to their guitar playing, along with rhythm, strumming, chord changes and theory, the one thing that crops up a lot is they want to improve their ability to find and use the notes on the fretboard. Today you will learn how to get started on this.

Many guitar students play for years but have literally no idea what notes they are playing at any given time.