■ Three Main charts: Formula Chart, Chromatic Interval Chart, and Blank Guitar Neck Charts are needed to plot our resulting notes. To make it easier, I've made a sheet with all three of these charts on too.

■ Example: Let's look at how we can find the notes in a Dminor chord anywhere on the guitar neck.

■ 1 - Find the formula for Minor in the Chord/Scale Formula Chart = 1, b3, 5.

■ 2 - Next, find those numbers in the Chromatic Interval Chart.

■  Along the top line - 1 being where D is. This gives us the notes  D=1, F=b3, and A=5.

■ 3 - Print off some Blank Guitar Necks to circle out the notes D, F, A on the guitar neck.

■ If you've done it correctly it should look something like the yellow guitar chart.

■ Now we've done this for Dminor, the same principle applies to every other minor chord.

■ The minor formula works for all 12 keys.
■ However, every chord and scale formula, major, dominant 7, etc... works for all 12 keys.

■ Now do this for major, minor 7, etc..and then scales too!
■ See the Unlocking Chords and Unlocking Scales charts for a visual guide!

■ BUILD YOUR OWN CHORD | SCALE LIBRARY 

■ Print out blank guitar or bass necks, grab yourself some highlighters, and get going. Pretty soon you will have acquired your very own chord/scale library reference book. Use this

■ Use this to see patterns and shapes across the entire neck, and see how many different ways you can play the same chord or scale.

■ I've seen students amass a huge volume of fretboard information in a matter of weeks using this method.

■ Most importantly, because you've done it yourself, you will understand it better on a much deeper level.

■ Effectively, we're unlocking the guitar fretboard and understanding basic music theory all in one go.

■ You'll no longer be stumped when any chord or scale is needed to play a song, and song writing itself becomes a lot more fun.