- Practice going up the neck calling out the names of the notes as you go, holding down each subsequent finger as you progress. You should end on the same note you began on at the 12th fret.
- While doing this exercise, make sure your thumb is burning a hole through to between your fingers 1 and 2, your pointer and middle finger. Your thumb should be flat on the apex of the back of the neck.
- Practice/think about intervals, both whole and half steps, as well as 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, etc...
- Work on memorizing the names of the strings, EADGBE.
A chart of major scale intervals. The top-most numbers with plusses preceding them show how far away the intervals are from the root note (pink box number 1) in terms of half steps.
A Chart of the notes on the piano keyboard. Note that the black keys come in either sets of two or sets of three, which should be your primary landmarks.
