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OutlawSteph1975 · July 2nd, 2009, 12:43 AM

I'm learning how to read standard notation and convert it directly to the fretboard.. which of course means learning the whole fretboard. I already know CAGED patterns but the key is to know all the INVERVALS as well as simply the patterns. It also means knowing every key and understand the key signatures.

I'm working with the book the Chord Shapes of Charlie Christian which give a little TAB but is 90% standard notation only, like most jazz books. I've also used the Jazz Theory book by Mark Levine that someone here recommended a while back. That's written for all instruments and has no TAB.

I guess it's my goal to be a whole musician and not just a guitar player. The downside is that I get a little frustered since I know the "language of music", yet those I may be communicating with, especially in bluegrass, have to fall back on slang terms like "Sally Goodin' position" when the break is played in Em up the neck over a G chord, instead of understanding the concept of relative minor.

Anyhow, it's a work in progress.

July 2nd, 2009, 12:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
OutlawSteph1975 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,289 7 Photos	Sight reading standard notation --> fretboard I'm learning how to read standard notation and convert it directly to the fretboard.. which of course means learning the whole fretboard. I already know CAGED patterns but the key is to know all the INVERVALS as well as simply the patterns. It also means knowing every key and understand the key signatures. I'm working with the book the Chord Shapes of Charlie Christian which give a little TAB but is 90% standard notation only, like most jazz books. I've also used the Jazz Theory book by Mark Levine that someone here recommended a while back. That's written for all instruments and has no TAB. I guess it's my goal to be a whole musician and not just a guitar player. The downside is that I get a little frustered since I know the "language of music", yet those I may be communicating with, especially in bluegrass, have to fall back on slang terms like "Sally Goodin' position" when the break is played in Em up the neck over a G chord, instead of understanding the concept of relative minor. Anyhow, it's a work in progress.