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1. Natural notes are all 2 frets (2 semitones 1 tone) apart from each other except for the pairs BC EF which are 1 fret (1 semitone) apart.
2. The open strings are from 6 to 1 EADGBE (Elephants And Donkeys Grow Big Ears- so silly you won't forget it)
3. The note in between X and Y where XY != BC or EF is X# or Yb; in terms of fret location B#=C, Cb=B, E#=F, Fb=E.
4. using this information you can make a map of the entire fingerboard. Don't think that looking at a diagram in a book is as good as making your own picture with the names of each note on each fret.
The next thing to note is that guitar music is written an octave higher than it sounds, mainly for classical guitarists to keep their tadpoles on the stave. So what sounds as middle C (1st fret on the B string) is written in the 3rd space on the stave, the first leger line below the stave represents the C on fret 3 of the A string or fret 8 of the low E string.
After that, your knowledge of scale and arpeggio shapes should help you find your way around.
Bass music is written in bass clef, which locates F on the 4th line. As a flautist you may not be so familiar with it. Middle C is the first leger line above the stave. I think the electric bass sounds one octave lower than the music is written.
Hope this helps, sorry if I insulted your intelligence.
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Well, try it on your guitar. Play all the Gs - any octave - any position including open strings, from low positions through to high positions. Tomorrow, do C# (so that you're not relying on remembering where the Gs were in order to do G# 1 fret higher). Do it with a metronome so you have to find the next note on the beat. EG play at 90bpm G on the low Estring fret3, octave up on the D string fret 5, open G same pitch, G on the high Estring fret 3, then up to the 5th position so you can get Dstring fret 5, B string fret 8, then move up again ... etc. Teaches you octave shapes for your Wes Montgomery stuff as well ... makes you find these things quick too.
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I'm making pleasingly fast progress! built up a Cmaj scale just using your advice and I'm now focusing on playing that everywhere on the neck, saying the notes out loud as I go
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