So far, most of what we've learned on the guitar has been
focused on the bottom few frets of the instrument. Most guitars
have at least 19 frets - by only using the first three, we
aren't using the instrument as effectively as we could. Learning
the notes all over the guitar fretboard is the first step we
need to take to unlock the instrument's full potential The
Musical Alphabet Before we begin, it is very important to
understand the way the "musical alphabet" works. It is similar
in many respects to the traditional alphabet, in that it uses
standard letters (remember your ABCs?). In the musical alphabet,
however, the letters only progress up to G, after which they
begin again at A. As you continue up the musical alphabet, the
pitches of the notes get higher (when you go past G up to A
again, the notes continue to get higher, they don't start at a
low pitch again.) Another complication of learning the musical
alphabet on guitar is that there are extra frets in between
some, but not all of these note names. T