I’ve been teaching the bass for more than a decade. And, I’ve found that many of my new students, even though they’ve played the bass for many years, still don’t know the location of all their bass guitar notes on their fretboard.
Learning your bass guitar notes shouldn’t take a long time.There’s a certain logic to the fretboard. When you understand that logic, everything falls into place.
In this lesson, I’m going to show you:The exact method I used to learn my bass frets and notes in 2 weeks time (with video explanation).
Learning The Notes On The Bass Guitar: Notes On The 3rd String
Bookmark this page for quick reference if you’re a beginner still learning the notes on bass or just having a tough time memorizing the fretboard.
For most styles of music, particularly Western music, there are only 12 notes that you need to learn. And, the fastest way to learn these notes is to understand the logic of how they are spelled—one note at a time.
Tip: Musical notes are spelled in alphabetical order. So, if you know your alphabet, specifically the letters A to G, you’re more than halfway there.
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A, B, C, D, E, F, and G account for 7 notes. These are often callednatural notes. They are also the same notes as the white keys on a piano.
This order repeats itself, no matter the instrument: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, etc…
The remaining 5 notes are the sharps and flats: A♯/B♭, C♯/D♭, D♯/E♭, F♯/G♭, and G♯/A♭. These are the same notes as the black keys on a piano and ad located in between the natural notes.
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So, while a note can be the same pitch, the spelling can be different based on context. Don’t worry so much about context when you’re starting out. Once your master your fretboard, learning the which spelling to use, and when, will come naturally.
Tip: There’s no black key between the notes E and F. And, there is no black key between the notes B and C. This logic is the same on a fretboard, whether it’s a bass fretboard or a guitar fretboard!
The notes E and F are always a half-step apart (one fret). And, the notes B and C are always a half-step apart (one fret).
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Next up, let’s immediately apply this to our fretboard. The approach I’ll show you is much less tedious than memorizing notes chromatically.
Let’s focus on your lowest string, the E string. The easiest way to learn your bass guitar notes is to start with one string.
This next step is crucial to accelerating your knowledge of the fretboard. Octaves serve as signposts on the fretboard. Actually any interval, such as a 5th, can serve as a signpost. But, I recommend learning octaves for all beginner bass players, because they’re the same exact note and confuse less.
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To keep things simple, there are many octaves on your bass guitar fretboard. And you’ll want to learn where they all are.
You can learn the notes of your bass with the first 3 steps. But, it’s step 4, applying logic and using the octave as a signpost, that’ll get you learning your notes fast.
The more you do it, the more the notes will become second nature and you’ll master the fretboard sooner than you realize.
How To Find & Memorise The Notes On The Guitar Fretboard Like A Pro
In this video, I’ll show you how to apply the stuff you just learned, using a simple bass line and a metronome to keep time. While playing the root note, I’ll often think about where the octave is and then play the same bassline an octave up.
This is a very helpful way to learn all the notes on a bass in a short period of time. And, something I used to do often is say the name, locate the fret, then go for the note. When I was learning to read standard music notation, I’d often say the note spellings out loud to reenforce the locations on my fretboard.
I would do this during band practice , jams, and even in live performances. That way I’m learning while playing in time.
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This forced me to think on the fly. It was also a good confidence booster when I was first starting on the bass.
Learning your bass guitar notes is essential if you want to be able to improvise, read music, or play along to a chord chart (while keeping time).
Similar to learning your octaves, learning your fourth intervals can be a very helpful pattern for learning what the notes are across strings.
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It’s far more important to understand the logic of note spellings and the logic of the fretboard. Because, once you understand that, the locations on the neck just make sense.
The fretboard is laid out no different than a piano. All natural notes are a whole-step apart, except for the notes E and F (half-step apart), and B and C (half-step apart). All the other natural notes (no sharps or flats) are a whole-step apart.
Hi! I’m Posido Vega, a multi-passionate creative. I’m an artist, bass player, jazz theory enthusiast, children’s book author and illustrator, and SEO 😅.Whether you are a complete beginner or have been playing for a while but don't quite know all of the fretboard; this lesson is for you!
Guitar Fret Board Layout
The bass guitar is an instrument of shapes and patterns. We can use these to help us learn the entire fretboard with ease. Watch this 60-second video to see 5 cool things you can do when you know the bass guitar fretboard well.
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The fretboard may look confusing at first but it's actually really easy to learn once you know a few key points. Let's get right to it.
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The piano was invented way before the bass and the seemingly random order of notes on a bass is best explained by looking at the piano. The musical alphabet goes A B C D E F G. No H or above. So the notes repeat themselves when you get to G.
A sharp (#) is when you go to the next highest (right on the piano) black note from a white note. A flat is when you go the next.
- Every other note has a gap of a fret. Look at the piano picture again. These ‘gaps’ are the sharps (#) and flats (b.
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- Notes get higher when you go this way on a bass ———-> and a sharp is added when you go to the next highest fret.
- It REALLY helps to learn the piano keyboard as it explains why B and E don’t have a sharp (B and C, and E and F have no black note between them.
Notes get lower in pitch when you go this way on a bass <———- and a flat is added when you go to the next lowest fret.
Connection Between Guitar Fretboard And Piano Keyboard
- Same as before, when you go one note to the left you ‘flatten’ the note. C and F don’t have a black note left of it on a piano (check the diagram again) so that’s why you don’t see a flat there on the fretboard diagram.
Spend as much time as you need getting your head around all this and then use the exercises and patterns from the other lessons on this blog to memorise the notes. It really doesn’t take long at all to learn EVERY note on the fretboard.
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