Map of the fretboard

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Notes on the fretboard

Horizontal lines represent strings, tuning pegs to the left, body of the guitar to the right.

The number of each fret is indicated above, the fretboard dots are below. Notes repeat beyond the 12th fret. (In other words 13 is the same as 1, 14 as 2, etc., but one octave higher).

Learn the natural notes first, shown here in red. The sharp (#) / flat (b) notes fit between. While it's important to know where all notes are, it's far more important to know where chords are, as chords carry much more information than notes -- just as words carry more information than the letters of the alphabet.

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E ||---F---|-F#/Gb-|---G---|-G#/Ab-|---A---|-A#/Bb-|---B---|---C---|-C#/Db-|---D---|-D#/Eb-|---E---|---F---|-F#/Gb-|--

B ||---C---|-C#/Db-|---D---|-D#/Eb-|---E---|---F---|-F#/Gb-|---G---|-G#/Ab-|---A---|-A#/Bb-|---B---|---C---|-C#/Db-|--

G ||-G#/Ab-|---A---|-A#/Bb-|---B---|---C---|-C#/Db-|---D---|-D#/Eb-|---E---|---F---|-F#/Gb-|---G---|-G#/Ab-|---A---|--

D ||-D#/Eb-|---E---|---F---|-F#/Gb-|---G---|-G#/Ab-|---A---|-A#/Bb-|---B---|---C---|-C#/Db-|---D---|-D#/Eb-|---E---|--

A ||-A#/Bb-|---B---|---C---|-C#/Db-|---D---|-D#/Eb-|---E---|---F---|-F#/Gb-|---G---|-G#/Ab-|---A---|-A#/Bb-|---B---|--

E ||---F---|-F#/Gb-|---G---|-G#/Ab-|---A---|-A#/Bb-|---B---|---C---|-C#/Db-|---D---|-D#/Eb-|---E---|---F---|-F#/Gb-|--

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