Learn: Fretboard Notes, Intervals & Chords
Understand the notes, intervals, and chord shapes on your guitar. The Learn Center combines practical fretboard memorization guides with chord theory lessons and playable diagrams, so you can connect what you know to what you hear.
Explore how chords are built, or develop faster note recall with short daily routines. The FretGenius app offers guided learning paths, while the free online tools give you a place to practice.
Guitar Intervals: Shapes for Major, Minor and 7th Chords
Learn the interval shapes behind major, minor, maj7, 7 and m7 guitar chords. Stack thirds on the fretboard, play the animations and hear every chord tone.
Updated October 22, 2026
How to Build Guitar Chords: Major Chord Shapes Explained
Learn how major guitar chords are built from a root, major third and fifth. Play fretboard animations with guitar audio for E, A, G and C major.
Updated October 7, 2026
Open Guitar Chord Shapes: Why the B String Is Different
See how open guitar chord shapes connect: E to A to D, and G to C to F. Play the animations and hear the one-fret adjustment at the B string.
Updated October 7, 2026
Learn The Notes On The Guitar
Learn every note on the guitar, including the musical alphabet, sharps and flats, string names, octave shapes, and what FretGenius data reveals about real note recall.
Updated May 11, 2026
How to Learn the Guitar Fretboard
Learn why fretboard charts are not enough, which notes guitarists tend to struggle with, and how FretGenius turns note locations into fast recall.
Updated May 7, 2026
How to Memorize the Guitar Fretboard (Fast)
A practical plan to memorize fretboard notes: timed recall, daily 5-minute sessions, drills, mistakes to avoid, and a 7-day/30-day routine.
Updated February 23, 2026
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Put fretboard notes and intervals into practice with guided learning paths, coaching, and progress tracking.
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Free online fretboard note trainer
Pick a tool, review the method, or jump into the full app.