The Steel Guitar Forum

For standard guitars: http://www.francoisbrisson.com/fretboardwarrior//fretboard/fretboard.html

What programming hotshot out there wants to do a similar one for Steel?

IMHO these things are of doubtful value, as thinking note names when reading music is not a good way to go. A better way is to connect the position of the dot on the stave with where the note is on the instrument. Does the next note go up or down, and by how much? I started to learn this at age 7 on piano and by the age of 12 was pretty good at it. Thinking of the names of the notes can only slow this process down. I don't read for the steel, and fretted instruments present their own difficulties,but I figure the principle must be the same. I can't name any notes on my steel apart from the E string. but I can find 'em all. I would be interested to read any input from members who do read well for the steel.

Wow I've been playing guitar for 40 years and I won't even tell you how many I got in 2 minutes hee hee.

I've always played by ear and I guess I just have learned the fret board that way.

Now don't get me wrong I can figure out every note on the fret board but not in a hurry and I'm not sure I see the benifit of it for me. Heck I can't even sight read.

But I may spend a little time there and see if it comes any easier with some time spent on it. thanks for the link.

Bob

The best I can do is 28 in two minutes.
(It took three trys to get 100% correct)
I think it's a valuable exersize, not just for sight reading, but for building chords, scales, and arpeggios. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Joey Ace on 20 July 2005 at 07:30 PM.]</p></FONT>