Classical guitar technique/EADGBE

A solid knowledge of the fretboard is essential to playing classical style guitar. The fretboard is set up starting with the lowest to the highest strings in this fashion;

Key of Cmajor up to the 5th fret. (No sharps or flats).

| E A  D  G  B  E | Open Position |--|         | F           C  F | 1st fret |--|         |    B  E  A       | 2nd fret |--|         | G  C  F     D  G | 3rd fret |--|          |          B       | 4th fret |--|         |A   D  G  C  E  A | 5th fret |--|

This pattern continues all the way up the fretboard. Sharps (#) are produced by going UP 1/2 step (1 fret), and flats(b) are are produced in like manner going down 1/2 step (1 fret).