Guitar Fretboard Maps

Guitar Fretboard Maps are extremely useful for learning the tonal geography of the Guitar Fingerboard. Therefore, it is appropriate to include them in our discussion of Musical Scales and Modes.

I've experimented with quite a few. Here is one that I've settled into using most often.

What ??? No Strings ???
Relax. Remember, I said it's the one that best fits your learning modality.

I sometimes want to visualize only the fingerboard regions when mapping scales, chords, or intervals.

But, let's be flexible. Occassionally, we will want to show strings on the fingerboard.

Here is one way they will appear:

These fingerboard maps are easy to build using the Open-Office sCalc spreadsheet. So, it's very easy to modify. Download a free copy of Open-Office at OpenOffice.org if you don't already have it. Microsoft Excel works also, but you'll need a special plug-in to output your maps to PDF. Open-Office allows PDF Export as a standard feature. So, you can save as many maps as required.