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In this lesson we will be looking at some music theory and how it relates to the guitar neck. Its really important to be able to know how to work out the notes on your fret board. In later lessons it will allow you to work out what chords to play and where on the fret board, it will allow you to work out the notes of a scale you might be playing. It will also allow you to communicate to other musicians. Pretty important! We will look at the musical alphabet which runs from A-G. We look at the differences between Sharps and Flats (# or b) and we also look at how all this looks on the fret board. I'll try and build it all up stage by stage, Usually when someone see's all the notes on the fret board they freak out, it's perfectly normal if you don't know what # or b means but hopefully after this lesson you will be able to work out any note ...