Guitar Note Chart For Beginners

This allows you to quickly see what notes are found on the first three frets of the neck from a guitar note chart. You can also click right into the grid on the note chart itself or use your keyboard to navigate around quicker if that’s easier. This guitar note chart only uses open strings and naturaly occurring notes. It provides a strong starting point for those new to learning the instrument and helps establish a connection between sound you’re hearing and where it is visually located.

To use it, just tap the note you want to learn, which plays the sound of that note, with the note’s name appearing below. There are also buttons for each string (starting at E on bottom and finishing with a e at the top), and each line represent a fret position (open strings then frets 1,2,3). This is the layout: It’s a nice quick way to get used to where notes are located on the guitar.

How to Use the Guitar Note Chart

You can use your computer keyboard to navigate the grid without a mouse; Tab moves focus between different interactive elements like buttons and note spots. Hit Space or Enter while the focus is in an element to start the action of toggling the control or playing the sound. With this arrangement, you can keep your hands over the home row if that’s how you like to work. This means you get to practice using your hands without having to grab a mouse. It makes cycling through notes in a quiz easier and quicker.

This part sums up what’s on offer here. It shows how the chart is laid out and explains the colour-coding of sharps/naturals. It also has a help button in the header that will expand a panel with some simple instructions. It hides by default to keep things clean on the interface, but is one-click away at all times should you need a reminder about the musical alphabet or wish to refresh your memory as to which string is which.

The open string names are listed at the top of the chart from thick to thin. The phrase Eddie Ate Dynamite, Good Bye Eddie will remind you of the order: E, A, D, G, B, and e. The natural notes are represented by a light shade to distinguish them from sharps and flats, and knowing where those open string anchors is key. Each note on the fret board is created in relation to these anchor points. It’s just one more visual clue that helps you remember which letter matches with a white key on piano.

You can press this one and hear what a standard tuned electric or acoustic guitar sounds like: all six open strings played in turn, lowest to highest. There’s also a nice natural fade-out that is like how a steel string (or nylon) would ring out, making it good to get your head around which strings are next to each other in terms of pitch. Use it any time you need to return your ears back to the starting pitches.

A quiz-me button starts a fun way to practice memory. You must identify the note name shown at the top of the screen by tapping anywhere on the chart that plays the matching pitch, whether it is a fretted note or an open string. Correct answers flash green and contribute to your score, while wrong attempts flash red. Active retrieval practice like this is much more effective than passively observing information over time if you want it to be remembered in the long term.

To adjust the master output level for your working environment, simply drag the volume slider right for full-on volume. This is best when you want to really hear the attack and sustain of each note. Drag it left to lower the volume if you’re in a quiet room or sharing a workspace. You’ll only have to do this once per session and the setting will carry over into both quiz mode and free play.

Fullscreen: If you’re viewing on a small monitor, or would just like to project the grid into the room (think classroom), pressing the Fullscreen button will expand it to fill your screen. This removes other distractions and gives you even greater clarity of the fingerboard in front of you. Simply click the button once more, or use Escape to go back to standard view when you’re finished.

Begin by locating every column of C notes on the neck (these are the vertical columns). These will be your starting point. Then, attempt to locate every column of D and A notes to observe their relationship to one another. Before attempting the quiz mode, practice clicking through the chart several times manually to get a sense for its layout. Alternating between exploring freely and recalling what you saw will help lock this mental map in your mind.

There’s no need to memorise it all in one go… Return to this chart on a regular basis and take as long as you like with the first three frets. Because they’re based around visual patterns alongside auditory feedback, the association between pitch and finger placement is strong. So begin clicking around now and see how fast you can find your favourite notes.