Following Notes Up the D String

Now we can use exactly the same simple rules on the D string.

Once again, there are no new note names to memorise.

We already know the seven natural note names:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G

And we already know our spacing rule:

B and C are one fret apart.
E and F are one fret apart.
Everything else is two frets apart.

So we already have all the tools we need.

This time, we simply begin with the open D string and continue through the same seven note names:

D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D

Nothing new to memorise.

We are simply starting from a different place in the same musical alphabet and applying the rules we already know.

Have a look at the map and follow the notes up the D string for yourself.

Next: Following Notes Up the G String