Flash Cards

Here’s a useful freebie – downloadable and printable Flash Cards!

Print them out using both sides of an A4 size card, then simply cut out the individual cards. I like to print out the cards for each position on different coloured card paper so as to have three easily distinguished sets. You’ll find using these cards a great way to help memorise the notes. Start with the notes in 1st position and, once familiar with these, try the more challenging cards in 5th and 9th positions; these three positions cover the whole of the guitar neck up to the 12th fret. So come on, what are you waiting for? See how quickly you can learn all of the cards to become a Flash Card master! 

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5th Position

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9th Position

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1) Say it and Play it! – Name the notes and then play them.
2) Against the Clock – How quickly can you identify all of the cards?
3) Make up Words – e.g. BADGE, FEED, EGG
4) Find the Notes – Find the notes with the same letter name.
5) ‘Flash!’ – Play against a friend. The person who can ‘Say it and Play it’ first wins the card. If one says it and the other plays it, it’s a draw and you go on to the next card. The winner is the one who wins most of the cards.
6) Shuffle and Play! – Shuffle the cards and then lay them out in a line with the notes on the stave facing up. Play the notes one after the other as quickly as you can.
7) Sing the Notes – Use the flash cards to help develop your sense of pitch. Sing the notes on each card and then play them to see if your pitching is correct.

Flashnote Derby – This fantastic note-learning app is especially suitable for the younger student. My students love it! 
 
Guitar Notes Flash Cards – This flash card app enables the student to ‘flash’ notes in higher fret positions. It is therefore particularly suitable for older, more advanced students.  

www.musicards.net/music_flash_cards/read_guitar_notes.html   This flash card site teaches you the notes in first position, and also shows you where to play them on the guitar neck.


www.musictheory.net/exercises/fretboard  This site gives more advanced flash card options. By adjusting the settings (via the cog wheel at the top right of the page), the student can  choose which notes to practise, whether they be confined to the beginner notes in first position, or expanded to include the more advanced higher-position notes.  

Flash Cards

Here’s a useful freebie – downloadable and printable Flash Cards!

Print them out using both sides of an A4 size card, then simply cut out the individual cards. I like to print out the cards for each position on different coloured card paper so as to have three easily distinguished sets. You’ll find using these cards a great way to help memorise the notes. Start with the notes in 1st position and, once familiar with these, try the more challenging cards in 5th and 9th positions; these three positions cover the whole of the guitar neck up to the 12th fret. So come on, what are you waiting for? See how quickly you can learn all of the cards to become a Flash Card master! 

Flash Card Games

1) Say it and Play it! – Name the notes and then play them.
2) Against the Clock – How quickly can you identify all of the cards?
3) Make up Words – e.g. BADGE, FEED, EGG
4) Find the Notes – Find the notes with the same letter name.
5) ‘Flash!’ – Play against a friend. The person who can ‘Say it and Play it’ first wins the card. If one says it and the other plays it, it’s a draw and you go on to the next card. The winner is the one who wins most of the cards.
6) Shuffle and Play! – Shuffle the cards and then lay them out in a line with the notes on the stave facing up. Play the notes one after the other as quickly as you can.
7) Sing the Notes – Use the flash cards to help develop your sense of pitch. Sing the notes on each card and then play them to see if your pitching is correct.

Flash Card apps
Flashnote Derby – This fantastic note-learning app is especially suitable for the younger student. My students love it! 
Guitar Notes Flash Cards – This flash card app enables the student to ‘flash’ notes in higher fret positions. It is therefore particularly suitable for older, more advanced students.  

Practising Flash Cards on the Internet

www.musicards.net/music_flash_cards/read_guitar_notes.html   This flash card site teaches you the notes in first position, and also shows you where to play them on the guitar neck.
www.musictheory.net/exercises/fretboard  This site gives more advanced flash card options. By adjusting the settings (via the cog wheel at the top right of the page), the student can  choose which notes to practise, whether they be confined to the beginner notes in first position, or expanded to include the more advanced higher-position notes.