Practice

Note Practice

Learn every note on the neck with tempo-driven drills, audio for each note and timed practice.

Guitar
Ukulele
Banjo
Bass

Note Practice on guitar asking for the note D on string 1, with the answer shown at fret 10 on the high E string and a timer counting down.

String 1, note D: fret 10 on the high E string.

Note Practice on guitar asking for the note D on string 2, with the answer shown at fret 3 on the B string.

String 2, note D: fret 3 on the B string.

Note Practice on guitar asking for the note D on string 3, with the answer shown at fret 7 on the G string.

String 3, note D: fret 7 on the G string.

Note Practice Options on guitar: Practice Mode (Continuous, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes and more), All Notes or Select Notes, All Strings or Select Strings (strings 1 (E) to 6 (E)), Enharmonics (Sharps, Flats or Random Mix) and the Show Fret switch.

Options: practice mode, notes, strings, enharmonics and Show Fret.

Note Practice on ukulele asking for the note D on string 1, with the answer shown at fret 5 on the A string.

String 1, note D: fret 5 on the A string.

Note Practice on ukulele asking for the note D on string 2, with the answer shown at fret 10 on the E string.

String 2, note D: fret 10 on the E string.

Note Practice on ukulele asking for the note D on string 3, with the answer shown at fret 2 on the C string.

String 3, note D: fret 2 on the C string.

Note Practice Options on ukulele: Practice Mode (Continuous, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes and more), All Notes or Select Notes, All Strings or Select Strings (strings 1 (A) to 4 (G)), Enharmonics (Sharps, Flats or Random Mix) and the Show Fret switch.

Options: practice mode, notes, strings, enharmonics and Show Fret.

Note Practice on banjo asking for the note E on string 1, with the answer shown at fret 2 on the D string and a timer counting down.

String 1, note E: fret 2 on the D string.

Note Practice on banjo asking for the note E on string 2, with the answer shown at fret 5 on the B string.

String 2, note E: fret 5 on the B string.

Note Practice on banjo asking for the note E on string 3, with the answer shown at fret 9 on the G string.

String 3, note E: fret 9 on the G string.

Note Practice Options on banjo: Practice Mode (Continuous, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes and more), All Notes or Select Notes, All Strings or Select Strings (strings 1 (D) to 5 (g)), Enharmonics (Sharps, Flats or Random Mix) and the Show Fret switch.

Options: practice mode, notes, strings, enharmonics and Show Fret.

Note Practice on bass asking for the note A on string 1, with the answer shown at fret 2 on the G string.

String 1, note A: fret 2 on the G string.

Note Practice on bass asking for the note A on string 2, with the answer shown at fret 7 on the D string.

String 2, note A: fret 7 on the D string.

Note Practice on bass asking for the note A on string 3, shown as an open string.

String 3, note A: the open A string.

Note Practice on bass asking for the note A on string 4, with the answer shown at fret 5 on the E string.

String 4, note A: fret 5 on the E string.

Note Practice Options on bass: Practice Mode (Continuous, 1 Minute, 2 Minutes and more), All Notes or Select Notes, All Strings or Select Strings (strings 1 (G) to 4 (E)), Enharmonics (Sharps, Flats or Random Mix) and the Show Fret switch.

Options: practice mode, notes, strings, enharmonics and Show Fret.

Knowing the notes on the neck is a strong foundation for fretboard fluency. Note Practice turns it into a habit.

Note Practice uses your instrument’s own strings and frets, and follows the tuning you’ve chosen in Settings.

How a drill works

GTK shows you a note and a string number, at your chosen tempo, and you find and play it. Turn on Show Fret when you’re starting out to see where it is, and hear each note to compare with your instrument.

Reading the screen

String is the string number, counted from the highest-pitched string: string 1 is the thinnest string.
Note is the note to find on that string.
With Show Fret on, Fret tells you where the note is – or Open String if it’s played open. The fretboard view marks the note and highlights its fret on the fret numbers.
Switch between Text Only and Fretboard views at the top.
Set the tempo with the slider or the – / + buttons, from 5 to 120 notes per minute, and use the speaker icon to turn the sound on or off.
Start and Stop run the drill. In a timed practice, Time Left counts down.

Options

Tap Options to set up the drill:

Practice Mode – Continuous, or a timed practice of 1, 2, 3 or more minutes. For example, two minutes of note practice on the bottom three strings across all notes.
Note Selection & Type – All Notes, or Select Notes to tick just the notes you want to practise.
String Selection – All Strings, or Select Strings to tick the strings you want, listed by number and open-string note.
Enharmonics – show sharps (♯), flats (♭) or a random mix.
Show Fret – display the fret number under the note name. Handy when you’re starting out; turn it off once you know the neck.

A practice path

Start with one string and the natural notes only.
Move to string pairs, then collections of strings.
Add sharps and flats.
Raise the tempo gradually – speed comes from accuracy, not the other way round.

Tip: five minutes a day beats an hour once a week.