Okay I’ll try again.
No. You will do it. Trying is not enough. Keep at it, even if it takes you five minutes per note.
Trust me. We're also going to try to get you using your pinky quickly. That's going to be one of the hardest things, I suspect.
When you master that, learn the same scale (playing whole notes - it'll be a different shape) on the starting on the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 12th fret.
In a few months, you'll just move your fingers without much thought. You will intuitively understand the fretboard. You will have learned to get basic function out of your pinky. And you'll probably be mad at me.
Oh, and no cheating. I don't want you looking online to find out where the whole notes are. I already told you where they are. I want you to figure them out for yourself.
No sharps between B and C and no sharps between E and F.
So, on your fat E string...
E F F# G G# A A# B C C# D D# E (Which, curiously enough, lands you one octave higher - on the 12th fret.) That's each fret up the first E string. Now, figure out the rest of the fretboard.
;-)
Yeah, I just gave you homework. chuckles
I'll do it but I'm like 90% sure you told me at some point you were not my guitar teacher, if you are giving me homework I am pretty sure that makes you some kind of guitar teacher. I think you gave me everything I need to figure it out. I'll practice and report back once I have a handle on it. On a side note, someone else has now told me I wouldn't be able to learn so I've even more motivation.
They're wrong.
You can learn. It's just gonna be a bitch.
And, I'm not your teacher. I'm just nudging you to make sure you learn properly. It'll save so much time and effort if you learn the reason why you play what you play instead of just doing a paint by numbers and playing what's on the paper. It's counter-intuitive, but it's really easier in the long run.
Damned good thing that I'm not your teacher. I'd be telling you to turn off the damned computer and practice! ;-)
This is my student and myself:
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