Detailed Description of the Guitar Fretboard

This guitar fretboard chart will be a good guide to help you quickly remember the notes and positions on the guitar.

Looking from the sixth string right down to the first string, we can view the different notes, frets and positions.

The diagrams below illustrate the procedure and will enable you to find the notes and positions on the fretboard quickly.

0 Position (open strings)

6th string - E

5th string - A

4th string - D

3rd string - G

2nd string - B

1st string - E

Fret 1

6th string - F

5th string - A#/Bb

4th string - D#/Eb

3rd string - G#/Ab

2nd string - C

1st string - F

Fret 2

6th string - F#/Gb

5th string - B

4th string - E

3rd string - A

2nd string - C#/Db

1st string - F#/Gb

Fret 3

6th string - G

5th string - C

4th string - F

3rd string - A#/Bb

2nd string - D

1st string - G

Fret 4

6th string - G#/Ab

5th string - C#/Db

4th string - F#/Gb

3rd string - B

2nd string - D#/Eb

1st string - G#/Ab

Fret 5

6th string - A

5th string - D

4th string - G

3rd string - C

2nd string - E

1st string - A

Fret 6

6th string - A#/Bb

5th string - D#/Eb

4th string - G#/Ab

3rd string - C#/Db

2nd string - F

1st string - A#/Bb

Fret 7

6th string - B

5th string - E

4th string - A

3rd string - D

2nd string - F#/Gb

1st string - B

Fret 8

6th string - C

5th string - F

4th string - A#/Bb

3rd string - D#.Eb

2nd string - G

1st string - C

Fret 9

6th string - C#

5th string - F#/Gb

4th string - B

3rd string - E

2nd string - G#/Ab

1st string - B

Fret 10

6th string - D

5th string - G

4th string - C

3rd string - F

2nd string - A

1st string - D

Fret 11

6th string - D#/Eb

5th string - G#/Ab

4th string - C#/Db

3rd string - F#/Db

2nd string - A#/Bb

1st string - D#/Eb

Fret 12

6th string - E

5th string - A

4th string - D

3rd string - G

2nd string - B

1st string - E

Fret 13

6th string - F

5th string - A#/Bb

4th string - D#/Eb

3rd string - G#/Ab

2nd string - C

1st string - F

At the 12th fret/position, the notes are the same as the open strings at the nut/0 position but the notes now sound an octave higher.

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