
Chris will guide you through this 6 week guitar note memorization program dedicated to help commit them to memory.
Lesson 1
Welcome to week 1 of this 6 week program! This lesson covers all of the 6th string octave relationships found across the fretboard.
Length: 14:57 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 2
Chris demonstrates the same note memorization technique used in the week 1 lesson. This time around, octave relationships are based on the 5th string.
Length: 8:37 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 3
In week 3 of this 6 week program, Chris demonstrates how the 5th interval can be used to determine the location of various notes on the fretboard.
Length: 8:36 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 4
Chris moves the octave relationship to the 1st and 2nd strings, which will cause you to think backwards to find the correct note.
Length: 8:23 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 5
Welcome to lesson 5 in this 6 week series! Chris demonstrates the same 5th interval technique used in lesson 3. This time he applies it to strings 1, 2, and 3.
Length: 4:54 Difficulty: 2.0 Members OnlyLesson 6
Welcome to the final week in this 6 week series! Chris demonstrates a great practice tool to apply everything you have learned in this series.
Length: 4:44 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
About Chris Liepe
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Chris Liepe was born on September 17th, 1981 in Portland OR. His first instrument was piano which he pursued until discovering his love for the electric guitar in high school. He became fans of such groups as Soundgarden, Collective Soul and U2 inspiring him to start singing, songwriting and helping others in their musical endeavors with teaching, co-writing and album production.
Having moved to Colorado with his family, he began gigging, recording and teaching in a number of music stores as well as out of his apartment until deciding to pursue music full time. He moved to Denver, CO to complete a Bachelors in Music Technology and was then hired on by Sweetwater Productions, a division of Sweetwater Sound and one of the largest, most successful recording studios in the Midwest.
Chris spent nearly 4 years at Sweetwater as a producer, recording engineer, studio musician and writer. During this time he had the privilege of working with many artists including Augustana, Landon Pigg, Jars of Clay, and Mercy Me. He also wrote for and played on numerous independent albums and hundreds of radio/TV commercials.
Wanting to get back to his favorite State in the world (Colorado) and feeling the urge to 'go freelance', Chris moved to Greeley, CO and opened his own recording and teaching studio. He continues to write and produce music for artists and agencies and is happy to be among the proud JamPlay.com instructors.
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Member Comments about this Lesson
Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Chris, other than the highly valuable goal of memorizing the location of 1-5 notes relationships on fretboard, is there another transcending and perhaps more practical reason to tie tonic and 5ths together in our minds? For example, it was big revelation to learn the 1,3, & 5 always make up a major chord.....or am I looking for something extra that isn't there?
well, for the purposes of this series, its really about learning the notes. But the 1-5 relationship makes up all power chords you hear in almost every rock/pop style song. So knowing how to play and use those all over the neck is a huge tool!
Chris....This lesson really putting "meat on the bone". You have moved from basic octive pattern (lesson 1 ,2 ) to 5th patten(this lesson)....rock and roll is coming alive. great Job. Smartdog
the volume seems a little lower on this one for chris