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i dont mean fancy impressive solos just very basic simple tunes. like albatross or even better for my example ode to joy from beethoven 9th symphony? lets imagine i try and play the tune. its in my head and im trying to play the next note and im guessing where it is on the fretboard. im not looking at tabs or sheet music or playing from memory. i can usually do that tune ok cos its simple but half way through it goes to the lowest note and its quite a way from the previous note and i sometimes only get it right after 2 failed placements. so my question is how are you able to always select the right note when converting a tune in your head onto the fretboard? is it something you either can or cant do? i can sing in tune quite well and can hear the notes in my head perfectly. but i cannot visualise the fretboard in sounds. i just watched a youtube video about intervals thinking it might be something to do with that. even though i can hear the tune in my head perfectly and sing it, i cant say oh yes that note is an A which would make it easier to pick the right fret. so do i need to be able to put names to the notes in my head? or what do i need to be doing/learning. im not trying to be a goodsolo player, its just inbetween chords in some songs you get the odd couple of infill notes and playing them correctly at first is hard. then its just down to memory

When singing a melody through, in your head or out loud, try to pick out the highest and lowest notes, when you get to them. That's when to pick up the guitar and find those notes, and only those notes. That'll determine where on the fingerboard the rest of the melody lies, so, having established the extremes, now find the initial, starting note, keeping in mind these extremities. Does this help..?

dad ive always been a tight git. i just go on ultimate guitar its free. plus ive just started learning to use fl studio which was given to me for nowt so i can make my own drum beats and backing stuff. dunno if you need to have a face book account to wacth this but here is a very short clip of my doing my best Ian mcCulloch impersonation. i was only going to put the chorus bit in and was virtually mouthing the lead up lines but decided to leave them in. ive watched youtube clips of echo and the bunnymen live and i can safely say i "p1ss" all over what he can do nowadays on the high notes. he needs to go on ultimate guitar and transpose it down a bit lol. https://www.facebook.com/alan.jackson.7731/videos/2532299470293234