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Guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson shares his unique method for breaking free from the constraints of fretboard patterns. Learn how understanding the entire fretboard can make your playing more 'liquid' and melodic.

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00:00Most guitar players, except maybe a few, are still addicted or somewhat trapped in patterns,
00:08but I think the less you are, the better, obviously, and we're all trying to get out of that
00:12and become more liquid, you know, as it were, and just be able to just play melodically.
00:17And I think, you know, originally when I started playing guitar and didn't know how to play,
00:23one of the first things I did was I just, I taught myself by sitting at the piano with the
00:27guitar in my hand
00:28and just, like, taking the notes and, you know, moving them over,
00:31and so what I had to do with this strange way of learning guitar was I had to learn all
00:37the notes on all the frets,
00:39so that's one of the first things I did, and I think that helps if, you know, you look at
00:43a string on a fret
00:45and you immediately know what note it is, you know, so that you're not so bound by those patterns.
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