Memorizing notes of the first 12 frets...

[Merak]

And when you know Standard tuning, memorize Spanish tuning, cross note tuning, etc.

[rllink]

I think that anything you can learn is helpful and makes you a better player.

[Cecil6243]

Originally Posted by Nama Ensou

The more you intrinsically understand the tool you're using, the more freedom you'll gain was my only point and it seemed a little confusing that you didn't see the parallel to the extent of even suggesting that there was little to no value in knowing all of them.

I'm still in the category of knowing certain notes anywhere on the neck all the way up to the 24th fret, and then having ones that I have to work from the known point to determine which note I'm on, or going to. Laziness is one of the reasons for this, and my overconfidence in a good (not infallible) intervallic sense. One of the reasons I always sign in to any thread on fretboard memorization is that it at least gets me thinking about it and I like some of the suggestions put forth too.

Fair enough. There are more ways than one to skin a cat. And what works for one person may not work for another.

[Don W]

I know a guy who sets a metronome and plays every A then every A#....etc on the entire fret board. He is a bass player. great exercise. I myself know the notes of the fretboard but am not very fast...need to think some. Great thing to know well but I played for 50 years without it. I also learned standard notation about 3 years ago. Everything helps. When it comes to theory...I know a lot more than I thought I knew just by playing for a long time.

[Nama Ensou]

Originally Posted by Cecil6243

There are more ways than one to skin a cat. And what works for one person may not work for another.

Cats are a whole separate category of their own now! LoL.

Anyway, knowledge properly applied is seldom a negative.

[Cecil6243]

Originally Posted by Don W

I know a guy who sets a metronome and plays every A then every A#....etc on the entire fret board. He is a bass player. great exercise. I myself know the notes of the fretboard but am not very fast...need to think some. Great thing to know well but I played for 50 years without it. I also learned standard notation about 3 years ago. Everything helps. When it comes to theory...I know a lot more than I thought I knew just by playing for a long time.

According to the link I posted that is exactly what you do with the metronome. I think you would find you would get faster.

[alnico5]

I have been looking at guitar fret boards for 50 years. I know all the notes by now.

[rick-slo]

I also play the piano. I know the note names of all the black and white keys (sharps or flats), but when playing a
piece of music it's virtually all about location. Sort of like the typewriter example.

[zephystar]

What worked me is the old fashioned way. I got the whole series of Mel Bay Guitar Method books and spent a year working through the first 5 which pretty much covers the whole fretboard. 30 minutes to an hour a day or more practice.