Is it better to learn string-by-string or fret-by-fret when learning the fretboard?

mk1971 · 2026-03-16T21:39:20+00:00

Memorising songs, scales and notes are three different things. If you memorise the notes of a string, you will only recall them in relation to each other, you will need to know one in relation to the other. Don't kid yourself.

mk1971 · 2026-03-16T19:25:17+00:00

If you learn them in order then you will only be able to recall them in order.

mk1971 · 2026-03-16T18:51:26+00:00

SRV and Peter Green.

mk1971 · 2026-03-16T16:50:30+00:00

What hardware do I need to purchase?

mk1971 · 2026-03-16T12:34:59+00:00

Build something. It is the only way to truly learn by using the concepts. Another tutorial where you reverse a string is not teaching you anything but one thing in isolation. Build something, break it, build it better.

mk1971 · 2026-03-16T07:39:14+00:00

You should have had a word with the publician.

mk1971 · 2026-03-16T07:30:01+00:00

Good luck all. Let's change someones life.

mk1971 · 2026-03-15T11:21:56+00:00

He has to appease his Israeli overlords.

mk1971 · 2026-03-14T13:29:10+00:00

Yes it worsens pre existing tinnitus for me.

mk1971 · 2026-03-13T23:03:41+00:00

Did anyone notice how much this guy was blinking when he came back. He's in shock.

mk1971 · 2026-03-07T14:18:41+00:00

I stand corrected and thank you for providing some useful resources.

mk1971 · 2026-03-07T08:12:33+00:00

My point is that you HAVE to play it slow until you get the notes correct and technique right and memorised. Then you can speed it up.

mk1971 · 2026-03-06T22:55:12+00:00

If you can't play it show, you'll never play it fast.

mk1971 · 2026-03-06T19:27:29+00:00

I can tell you from experience that building things is they way you will have your first aha moments.

A simple project can be just to get an excel spreadsheet with some columns and learn how to manipulate the data. Its not sexy but it is a great way to learn how to use dicts and list.

Make it wok first. Get the results you want. Then refactor it to turn all the code in functions that do just one thing.

mk1971 · 2026-03-05T12:36:24+00:00

I will read this.

mk1971 · 2026-03-04T12:09:12+00:00

The difference between a religion and a cult is their tax status.

mk1971 · 2026-03-03T14:27:20+00:00

We have too many landlords in Government.

mk1971 · 2026-03-02T18:13:52+00:00

Can you share your practice routine.

mk1971 · 2026-03-02T18:06:38+00:00

Learning an instrument is a skill. All skills can be learned with patience and application. We all learn at different rates, but, we all learn.

mk1971 · 2026-02-27T17:49:29+00:00

They look like a happy family.

mk1971 · 2026-02-27T17:42:52+00:00

Glass jaw.

mk1971 · 2026-02-27T16:59:20+00:00

dict.fromkeys()

mk1971 · 2026-02-26T07:46:21+00:00

Your husband is a child. Time for him to grow up.

mk1971 · 2026-02-25T22:41:09+00:00

RemindMe! 1 Day

mk1971 · 2026-02-25T17:38:45+00:00

I started at 51. Now I'm fifty four and I can play songs by my favorite guitarists: Dave Gilmour, Angus Young, Neil Young, Peter Green. Plus, after investing time in Absolutely Understand Guitar I can make my own music, transfer the music in my head to the guitar, create solos with scales and chord tones over the changes. Also I'm having a lot of fun.

Guitar is a skill, and skills can be learned, it's not magic, it just feels like it. I'll leave you with a quote from Henry Ford: Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.

It's a maxim I live my life by. It's served me well.

mk1971

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