See Spot Run

From: Chris Crain [stickmusic@earthlink.net]

One choice you get to make, when ordering a Stick, is the kind of fretboard inlays you want. It seems that you spend more time thinking about your choices than learning how to use them. Download the following file.

Chart: seespots.pdf The foremost defining marker is at the 12th fret. This marks the octave of the open-tuned (or zero-fret) string. From there, the markers are spaced five frets apart from each other - on either side of the 12th fret. There are four markers total (older models have an additional marker at fret 22). Therefore, there are markers at fret positions 2, 7, 12, and 17.

The interval from marker-to-marker, on any one string, is a perfect fourth. It might help you remember this by realizing there are four spaces between markers. Combining this little bit of knowledge with the note positions you already know; you will gain an upper hand in fretboard navigation.

At this point, finding notes between markers becomes a simple matter. Any unknown note between markers is, at most, two frets away from a marker.

There are charts for all the popular tunings and included on each is a table showing perfect fourth intervals for any root.

Chris
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