FaChords Fretboard Trainer

How to Use the Fretboard Trainer

The fretboard trainer is a free game to memorize the notes on the guitar neck: it names a note and a string, you click the fret. Here is how it works.

1. Start the game

Press START. The trainer highlights a string and asks for a note, for example "Where is A on the D string?". Click the right fret (the 7th, in this case) and the next question comes up.

2. Choose a mode

• Game mode: the whole neck, 100 seconds, +1 point for each right answer and -1 for each wrong one. With a free account your score goes on the leaderboard.
• Easy mode: no timer, you practice at your own pace on the part of the neck you choose.

3. In Easy mode, pick what to practice

Set the fret range (From fret / To fret), tick the strings to practice, and add sharps # and flats b only when the natural notes feel easy. A good start: natural notes on the low E and A strings, frets 0 to 12.

4. Stuck? Press Show answer

The trainer shows the correct fret, you lose no points, and a new question comes up.

5. Change tuning, instrument or hand

In the settings you can choose alternate tunings, 7-string guitar, bass guitar, mandolin and more, or switch to a left-handed view.

Play 10 minutes a day and you'll know the neck in a couple of weeks. It works even better with two drills on the real guitar: pick a note and find it on all six strings, then pick a fret and name the note on every string. For the theory, the full neck map and a free PDF, read the guitar fretboard notes guide.