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Activity: Naming Notes at Random Frets
Category: (F) Fretboard memorization
Duration: 5 minutes
Frequency: 5 of 10 days

Description:

1) Flip a coin once: heads = 1 and tails = 2
2) Roll a six sided die and multiply by the coin result and that is your fret
3) Flip the coin again: heads = start from high E string; tails = start from low E string
4) Name the notes on all six strings starting at the random fret and starting string determined in 1 through 3 and going up or down the same fret.
5) Start back at 1 and do this for about 5 minutes

Tools:

A 6 sided die
A quarter
(Or just use Excel or whatever for your random number)

http://mnemosyne-proj.org/ is a good flash card program. You can whip up some pics in photoshop or gimp and put them into the program. I used to do this with holdem boards for various quizzes drilling various skills.

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06-01-2015 , 10:17 PM

#27

Minirra

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 1,664

As far as fretboard memorization you don't really need to do that with flash cards and flipping coins. Instead I suggest finding used copies of the old William Leavitt 'Modern Method' books. And you'll get a decent amount of work in with scale patterns, chord positions, music theory while you're at it.

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06-03-2015 , 11:47 AM

#28

guller

adept

Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 833

For those wanting to learn the notes on the fretboard there is a free program / game called fretboard warrior that works pretty well. It's also a pretty decent interval ear training device.

The single note version is free. They also have some other pay - chord and inversion stuff that I haven't tried.

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10-26-2015 , 04:01 PM

#29

KrazyIgnatz

centurion

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 191

My routine lately has been improvising Mozart-style single-note arpeggios going through several keys, following some simple voice leading principles.

After that I go on to Thunderstruck, starting on 60 bpm. I play the whole thing, then go to 70 bpm. Going all the way up to 130 bpm.

Practicing scales was just boring and somewhat useless to me. I'd rather learn the theory from tunes.

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