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Fretboard knowledge · Advanced · 6 min

Find Every C

The same note in seven places across three octaves.

How to play it
  1. Find each C where the cue says, switching octave on almost every note.
  2. Before each move, picture where the next C is. Use octave shapes: from string 6 or 5, two strings over and two frets up; from string 4 or 3, two strings over and three frets up, because the G and B strings are tuned a major third apart instead of a fourth.
  3. Repeat with another note on your own once this one is automatic.

What the coach checks: Pitch and octave of each note.

Goal72 BPM · 80% accuracy
Your bestNo result yet
Rating–

Tab player

Hear the line

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Tap any number to hear it. Four clicks count you in.

100% is the goal tempo, 72 BPM. The speed presets climb from Learn to Goal about 10% at a time, and the practice slider below uses the same scale. Build a full ladder to your goal

Your practice room

Find each note

Single-note pitch feedback. Practice waits for each note; Play checks the sequence at your chosen tempo. This does not assess chord quality or fret buzz.

This checkpoint needs 72 BPM or faster and the required accuracy. Slower Play attempts still produce practice scores.

Exercise map · 7 targets
  1. 1. C3Bar 1 · beat 1 · string 5 · fret 3
  2. 2. C4Bar 1 · beat 2 · string 3 · fret 5
  3. 3. C3Bar 1 · beat 3 · string 6 · fret 8
  4. 4. C4Bar 1 · beat 4 · string 4 · fret 10
  5. 5. C5Bar 2 · beat 1 · string 1 · fret 8
  6. 6. C4Bar 2 · beat 2 · string 2 · fret 1
  7. 7. C5Bar 2 · beat 3 · string 2 · fret 13

Chord names and stroke directions are visual guidance. Rhythm scoring measures attack timing.

Target 1 of 7C3String 5 · fret 3

Play one note at a time.

Tune first. Audio stays on this device.

Why this drill

Players who know the neck see one note in all its places at once. Once you can find every C, every chord and scale built on C has more than one home.

Common mistakes

  1. Forgetting the shift at the B string

    Fix: From string 4 or 3, the octave is two strings over and three frets up, not two. String 4 fret 10 leads to string 2 fret 13, and string 3 fret 5 leads to string 1 fret 8.

  2. The right note in the wrong octave

    Fix: The coach checks the octave. C3 is at string 5 fret 3 and string 6 fret 8; C4 at string 3 fret 5, string 4 fret 10 and string 2 fret 1; C5 at string 1 fret 8 and string 2 fret 13.

  3. Learning the order instead of the neck

    Fix: Before each move, point at the next C. Once the drill is easy, play the seven places in a new order, lowest to highest.

Tempo plan

100% is the goal tempo, 72 BPM. Each rung sits about 10% above the one before it, so every step up is one you can hold. The speed presets in the player above use the same rungs.

  1. Learn 54 BPM · 75%Picture the next C before you move; Practice mode waits for you.
  2. Build 60 BPM · 83%Name the octave, 3, 4 or 5, as each note lands.
  3. Push 65 BPM · 90%Switch to Play · full check here. Two clean passes in a row earn the next rung.
  4. Goal 72 BPM · 100%Seven notes, one per beat, including the twelve-fret jump on string 2 at the end. A pass at 80% accuracy or better clears the drill.
  5. Stretch 79 BPM · 110%Run a few passes here, then return to the goal. Time above the goal makes the goal feel settled.

Build a full ladder to your goal with holds and back-off sessions, starting from the tempo you can play today.

Make it music

Knowing every C means a C chord, a C major scale or a C minor pentatonic box can start from any of these places. When a solo needs to move up the neck, the next C is your next home base. The C at string 5 fret 3 is also the root of the open C chord you already know.

Variation

Pick another note and find it everywhere. G lives at string 6 fret 3, the open string 3, string 4 fret 5, string 5 fret 10, string 1 fret 3 and string 2 fret 8.

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