These exercises are taken from the PraxTrax.org Complete Fretboard Course.
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Learning the Fretboard

Here we look at the Fret 7 - not quite, but almost a "Super Fret"

Fret 7 - Another Important Fret

Fret 7 is another fret that displays an interesting and helpful pattern. Because there are 12 frets in an octave, and each string (*except the B string) is tuned 5 frets higher than the adjacent lower one, that means Fret 7 will be an octave higher than the adjacent string at the nut. This sounds confusing, but it is really quite simple. Here is the result of this relationship:

- E0pen is E, and E is found an octave higher at A7
- A0pen is A, and A is found an octave higher at D7
- D0pen is D, and D is found an octave higher at G7
- G0pen is G, and G is found an octave higher at B8*
- B0pen is B, and B is found an octave higher at E7

This is really just an application (or illustration) of the 7 Fret Rule, isn't it.

So this makes Fret 7 an important reference point in the middle of the fretboard - right where remembering the note positions seems to be the most difficult.

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*The value of the G string at fret 7 is actually Gb. When relating the same note on the G string to the B string you have to go up 8 frets rather than 7. This is because the B string is only tuned 4 frets (rather than 5 like the other strings) above the G string.

These exercises are taken from the PraxTrax.org Complete Fretboard Course.
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