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The following diagrams show the names and positions of notes on the guitar. One of the challenges of learning to play and read music on the guitar is that the same note can often be played in several different positions on the fretboard. We will cover more on where to play specific passages on the fretboard in a future post. For now it’s more important to develop a thorough knowledge of the fretboard and memorize the note names and positions. This can seem like a daunting task at first but it will become easier as you progress. Like with anything new and unfamiliar, start by breaking the task up into smaller chunks and don’t try to learn it all in one go. Diatonic* notes and positions: The corresponding fretboard diagrams are: *Diatonic…

There are a number of ways to write or notate music for the guitar. The most useful one to learn is standard musical notation because that is used by all musicians universally regardless of what instrument they play. For beginners and intermediate players, it’s also useful to be familiar with tablature notation (abbreviated as TAB) and fretboard or chord diagrams. Tablature (TAB) TAB notation is a graphical format where each horizontal line represents a string, with the  high E string at the top and the low E string at the bottom: Numbers located on a line indicate the fret position to be held down at that string. For example, a 3 on the second line from the top means to hold down the B string at the third fret. A zero on a line…