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Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Johnny Mac on March 18, 2006, 07:02:26 PM
Does anyone know if this is any good?

http://www.fret2fret.com
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: willo on March 18, 2006, 07:07:18 PM
Erm, yeah I bought it for a fiver off eBay or something.

Basically, it's just a memory recognition trick, the kind of thing thats been in use since the ancient Greeks, to memorize the names of the notes in various positions. It's OK for that kind of thing, and certainly interesting, but it doesn't give you what the guy claims it will - it certainly doesn't make you master the fretboard!
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Johnny Mac on March 18, 2006, 07:16:15 PM
Blimey that was a quick responce! It seems nothing can get away with wild claims now we have this forum lol!

I'll buy a copy off you just to see what it's like!

Does it use colours to help remember notes?
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Dakine on March 18, 2006, 07:43:52 PM
Dunno if anything like this, but this is free :)

http://www.francoisbrisson.com/fretboardwarrior/
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Johnny Mac on March 18, 2006, 09:25:29 PM
Thanks for that! I'm suprised i could actually get any of those right!
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Dakine on March 18, 2006, 09:39:10 PM
you mean the fret warrior? Cool lil time taker for the pc that :)
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: sambo on March 18, 2006, 09:41:24 PM
yer just tried it thats cool... how do you do it? by ear? i know the notes by the frets so just count up.....
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: badgermark on March 18, 2006, 10:06:45 PM
i found it really easy to learn where the notes are, i use the octave positions to work them out ;) seeing i memorised the 2 low strings (useful to know what powerchord your playins) and the octave positions show the notes and the high e string you already know. took a bit of time but its much more fun, better practice and easier than nmonics (sp? cant spell that word. curse you dyslexia!)
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: sambo on March 18, 2006, 10:09:12 PM
haha yer the octaves do help a lot.... make it much quicker.

ive known about octaves for ages but only recently realised that when you play a powerchord your playing two of the same note....
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: donovan.x on March 18, 2006, 10:28:27 PM
Just learn your scales then its a lot easier. That is the simplest way and it has got a real mathmatic quality to it!
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: donovan.x on March 18, 2006, 10:31:24 PM
LOL LOL! That advert is so cheesy, I am nearly crying with laughter, "Impress the opposite of sex"!!!!!!! What!!!!  :lol:   :lol:   :lol:   :lol:
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: sambo on March 18, 2006, 10:33:55 PM
what advert!?!?!? i wanna see this!!!!
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: donovan.x on March 18, 2006, 10:37:19 PM
The very top link bud! :lol:  :lol:
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: donovan.x on March 18, 2006, 10:38:15 PM
"I WILL EAT MY PENTIUM PROCCESOR"  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: sambo on March 18, 2006, 10:59:56 PM
:lol:  AHAHAHAHHAHAHA thats sooooo good...

hes basically saying... "this will make you as good as steve vai"

cant believe i read it that far.... dear god im sad...

but it would still be interesting....

if willo could send copies it would be awesome... if not might try and download it off limewire
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: _tom_ on March 18, 2006, 11:16:29 PM
Hahaha soo cheesy, I love it!
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: badgermark on March 18, 2006, 11:56:53 PM
i just love the fact he calls himself Mike Slaiter
Advanced Guitarist, Instructor, and Celebrated Inventor.
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Searcher on March 19, 2006, 01:57:37 AM
Quote from: donovanx
LOL LOL! That advert is so cheesy, I am nearly crying with laughter, "Impress the opposite of sex"!!!!!!! What!!!!  :lol:   :lol:   :lol:   :lol:


LOL!

Yeah, that must be why I'm the only guy in the crowd when I go to see  Steve Vai.     :roll:
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: willo on March 19, 2006, 04:16:12 AM
i can send it


cpoyright girsl betere! :D  :D  :D  :shock:  :D
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: sambo on March 19, 2006, 09:38:44 AM
^ worst spelling EVER!  :lol:  :P
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: The amazing Phil on March 19, 2006, 12:14:59 PM
What an unbelievably cheesey crock of poo. :lol:
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Johnny Mac on March 19, 2006, 01:08:31 PM
Just got it from limewire and I've got to say it's incredible!!! I can now play like Steve Vai and Satch plus a coach load of page 3 girls are all wearing out the batterys in my doorbell and shouting out there demands through my letterbox and Total Guitar want to do a feature with me on the cover! I shall never be synical again!  :lol:
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: 38thBeatle on March 19, 2006, 01:56:00 PM
Be careful Johnny, a lot of professional guitarists are going to be angry when they find out.
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Johnny Mac on March 19, 2006, 02:33:08 PM
Quote from: 38thBeatle
Be careful Johnny, a lot of professional guitarists are going to be angry when they find out.


I know, I've had Eric hammering on the door challenging me to a fist fight!  :D   :D
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: indysmith on March 19, 2006, 03:11:47 PM
Quote from: Johnny Mac
Quote from: 38thBeatle
Be careful Johnny, a lot of professional guitarists are going to be angry when they find out.


I know, I've had Eric hammering on the door challenging me to a fist fight!  :D   :D

I think you could take him ¬¬
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: willo on March 19, 2006, 03:35:16 PM
The thing about the system is that it is good for getting you to remember the names of all the notes in various positions - if it was advertised as simply a memory technique then we probably wouldnt be standing here poking fun at it. The problem is that he makes all these ridiculous claims, claims which the product simply cannot fulfill.

And besides, to say that what made Jimmy Page a great guitarist was that he knew the notes is cr@p. Sure, that's part of it, but there are other minor issues, such as technique, emotion etc, which the creator neatly sidesteps.
Title: Anyone heard of this teaching method?
Post by: Elliot on March 19, 2006, 05:11:37 PM
I reckon learning all the interval shapes and note names from any root does wonders for your playing - you get to know the note names, the interval sounds, the relationship between notes, the major and minor inversion, harmony.   - and you get to understand what the hell Guitar Magazines are going on about when they are talking about scales and modes.