Thx guys,I find i think about music theory a lot and it helps to remember things as one runs through them in one,s mind.A thought came to me today and i checked it out and it has enabled me to find any note on the fretboard quite easily and once i,ve spent a while running this through my mind i,ll be flying round the note on the fretboard,chords of course is another matter but for now i,m concentrating on the individual notes of the fretboard.I was advised to learn each fret individually and that wasn,t really getting me any where fast.So any how i thought well i,ll learn the E string {top string first} having music theory knowledge i soon worked that out fairly easily.Then i thought right all i have to do is learn each string but then it dawned on me that using the knowledge of knowing the two E strings then there,s only four to learn but even better was the thought that each note on each fret from the top down thick E to thin E .....was a perfect 4th which meant that if you know the circle of 5ths clockwise and go counter clockwise you have a circle of 4ths so you just fly through the circle and it sure helps me learn but there is an anomally that the string B or one nearest to the thin E string you use the same system but reduce it by a half step ie F# to an F in all working out of that strings notes.Hopefully i will find chords as easy too but it just goes to show you can learn so much just using the head to work things out and run through them in your mind to learn music theory and its application which in this instance is to the EADGBE stringed guitar.Many courses i,ve seen offering wonderful ways to learn the fretboard but i can,t think of any better than this way.But of course one has to know the circle of 5ths reverse its order in ones mind and run through from the top of each fret note,for instance
EADGBE BUT REMEMBER but remember BOTTOM THINNEST E string is not counted on after B string as it,s just a repeat of the top string E in note terms....... and using the the system remembering to reduce the B string notes on each fret a half step means each note tallys correctly
a half step down.So as you can see with the open note strings reading on the circle of 4th EADG THEN C BUT GO DOWN HALF STEP gives once again the correct note of B. I hope that helps other beginners on the guitar gain a little insight if they know the circle of 5ths in music theory and reverse its order to get the circle of 4ths.