First of all, don't beat yourself up. If you wan't to know a secret about learning the fretboard on your guitar its that this is an on going process even for the pros. I mean that's partly what guitar playing is all about - perfecting your knowledge of the great musical tool, the fretboard. However, it can be very challenging in the beginning, so let me offer some advice to make this a littel easier.
If you are really new to playing the guitar, you may want to consider picking up a set of stickers that you can place on the frets that tell you the notes. Who ever invented that was ingenious, because it really does help out a lot of newer players.
Don't be afraid to be reliant upon your inlays, which are usually going to be little dots or etchings set into your fret board. You will find these marking the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 17th, 19th, and 20th frets. Break the fretboard down into smaller sections, by either learning the notes or frets one string at a time, or learning patterns across all the strings in 5 fret blocks.
Its been proven that the slow you take things on a mental level when learning guitar, the faster you will be able to compute the knowledge that you are learning. If you have diagram of a guitar neck available, it helps to make copies of it and then practice writing the names of the notes and fret numbers in repeatedly, just like you would do if you were practicing your signature. It also helps to use a certain colored pen or marker for certain notes, and keep the pattern consistent.
In all, learning guitar geography isn't all that bad or complicated, but it does require a little work put in each day in order to learn and master guitar. Learning the guitar is an ongoing process, so don't ever let it get you down.
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