Learning all the notes on the fretboard

OK, it's been a while since I posted anything on this. To summarise what I covered previously:

1. Learn where D is everywhere on the fretboard
2. Use that to see where B, C, E and F are (hint: they have symmetry around D)
3. Learn G#/Ab, as this is the flipside to D—the same sort of axis of symmetry applies to G#, and this also establishes the tritone relationship

So where to from here? I would suggest the following:

1. Use your knowledge of the location of G#/Ab to learn G and A seeing as they are only a semitone below and above. You should now know all the natural note locations.
   
2. You can learn the sharps/flats by their relationships to the natural notes, and I recommend the following:
   
   • that you learn the notes immediately either side of D, so that covers C#/Db and D#/Eb
   • then you should learn the sharp/flat notes either side of G#/Ab, which are a tone above and below at A#/Bb and F#/Gb respectively

Remember that becoming aware of the symmetry is that exists alongside the note names can really help to remember the note relationships and locations.

There are a couple of other helpful things to investigate including becoming familiar with the distinctive tritone pattern occurs on the 4th and 7th degrees of any major scale—so in C major that's F and B. There is also an interesting relationship with the Pentatonic scale which I'll cover next time.