BEADGCF Memorize this sequence or at least have it in front of you.

You will play these notes in that order on each string one string at a time while saying them out
loud.
Here they are notated string number/fret. For example B-6/7 means B is on the 6th string (Low fat
E) at the 7th fret. Ready?

E string B-6/7 E-6/0 A-6/5 D-6/10 G-6/3 C-6/8 F-6/1

A string: B-5/2 E-5/7 A-5/0 D-5/5 G-5/10 C-5/3 F-5/8
D string: B-4/9 E-4/2 A-4/7 D-4/12 G-4/5 C-4/10 F-4/3
G string: B-3/4 E-3/9 A-3/2 D-3/7 G-3/0 C-3/5 F-3/10
B string: B-2/0 E-2/5 A-2/10 D-2/3 G-2/8 C-2/1 F-2/6
E string B-1/7 E-1/0 A-1/5 D-1/10 G-1/3 C-1/8 F-1/1
Remember to say them out loud! Some of my students like practice tremolo picking and vibrato
while they are doing this exercise. I will show some more exercises and variations in a future post
but this should get you going for now. Feel free to let me know your progress.

Sharps and Flats

Once you have the natural notes memorized it's no problem to know the sharps and flats. Just spot
the B E A D G C F's and remember one fret away from the guitar is flat (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb Fb)
and 1 fret toward the guitar is sharp (B# E# A# D# G# C# F#).

B E A D G C F on Chords
Same idea as the single notes. Take a chord shape and run it horizontally through the BEADGCF
sequence.
Example using CAGED chord shapes
C shape bar chords (pinky on the root)
• B fret 14
• E fret 7
• A fret 12
• D fret 5
• G fret 10
• C fret 3
• F fret 8
A shape bar chords
• B fret 2
• E fret 7
• A fret 12
• D fret 5
• G fret 10
• C fret 3
• F fret 8
G shape bar chords (3rd finger on the root)
• B fret 7
• E fret 12
• A fret 5
• D fret 10
• G fret 3
• C fret 8
• F fret 13

E shape bar chords

• B fret 7
• E fret 12
• A fret 5
• D fret 10
• G fret 3
• C fret 8
• F fret 1

D shape bar chords

• B fret 9
• E fret 2
• A fret 7
• D fret 12
• G fret 5
• C fret 10
• F fret 3

Guitarists! What is the one thing that will put you light years ahead of all guitar
players?
Regardless of your technical ability, there is one skill you need to make amazing progress
no matter how good your playing is already; something so simple and basic that all
guitarists should know, yet most don’t!
This is the absolute key to your ultimate success on the guitar.
Most guitarists are held back their entire career because of their limited knowledge of this
basic necessity even though it’s so unbelievably easy to master. It is the primary key to
understanding scales, chords, music theory, improvisation and reading music on the guitar.
So what is it? “The single most overlooked skill for guitarists is the complete knowledge of
where the notes are on the fret board.” That’s it. Period! Get this fundamental knowledge
down now and you’ll be stunned at how fast your guitar skills will grow.