are there any good exercises to help you learn all the notes on the fretboard? I got all the notes on the 6th and 1st string memorized as those strings use the same notes and there in the exact same spot..but the notes in the middles strings...5,4,3,2....are the ones Im having more trouble with memorizing.
Any good exercises to learn the notes and be confident about knowing the notes?

Check this link out, its a game you can play that will help you memorize the fretboard:

http://www.fretboardmaster.com/fretboardgame.html

Thats pretty cool. I'll be sharing that with my students!

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Actually what helps is to know that there are only 12 notes anyway.

A / A# or Bb / B / C / C# or Db / D / D# or Eb / E / F / F# or Gb / G / G# or Ab

and then it start from the beginning again. This you have to know by heart.

Now you have the 6 strings

E
A
D
G
B
E

now you just fill in the form above and thats it.

HP

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Thanks for the tips everyone! I'll start working on it!

Another thing you can do (might take a little longer but I think it will engrave it into your mind better) is to start by memorizing the "dotted" frets. Frets 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 and the open string of course. Do this for just the top 2 strings for maybe a week. You know you can visually see the numbers of those dotted frets, so all you have to do now is memorize the letters instead. In a week, add another string. Another week, another string.

Once you have them all down you'll have a pretty good basic visual. Then it's just a matter of applying what hpcrazy suggested and fill in the missing frets. Since you'll have practically every other fret already memorized (dotted ones) you should be able to quickly thing what is the one to the left or right of it. Makes it easier than trying to just memorize from 1-12 on every string.

Make sure you don't rush it. When I say a week, it could even take longer. Don't fool yourself into thinking that it's easier than it is. Memorizing the fretboard takes time so just make sure you put the time into it.

This is very cool ,Thanks