The study evaluated more than 10,000 users over a three-year span using Gitori's "Find the Notes" game. Performance drops significantly in the upper-middle region, with the G string between frets 6 and 9 proving especially problematic. Furthermore, locating accidentals adds significant latency, requiring roughly 2.5 seconds per note compared to just 2.2 seconds for natural notes.
Key points
Players consistently demonstrate the highest accuracy along the low E and high E strings…: Players consistently demonstrate the highest accuracy along the low E and high E strings at the edges of the fretboard.
The pitches F-sharp, B-flat, A-flat, and E-flat represent the most difficult note names f…: The pitches F-sharp, B-flat, A-flat, and E-flat represent the most difficult note names for guitarists to identify.
Navigating the middle strings between frets 6 and 9 presents the most substantial navigat…: Navigating the middle strings between frets 6 and 9 presents the most substantial navigation barrier for instrumentalists.
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The Hardest Notes to Find on the Guitar Fretboard
Gitori's Find the Notes game challenges users to find a given note in a highlighted area of the fretboard. Over the last 3 years, the game has been played by over 10,000 people, and I've collected 275,169 different data points on note identification. Based on that data, I have a heatmap of the hardest notes to identify on the fretboard. Reds are the hardest and greens are the easiest.
Summary of findings
- The upper middle of the neck is hardest. The G string at frets 6 to 9 is the red zone, with the B and D strings at frets 7 to 9 close behind. The single worst spot, the G string at fret 8 (E♭), is answered incorrectly about one-third of the time.
- The edges are easiest. The low E string is the easiest string, then the high E. Open strings and the 12th fret are missed about 6% of the time, against roughly 20% around frets 8 and 9.
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