I think it sounds like a grand idea. Unless I am missing something, notation is notation is notation, and the notes are the notes, whether they are being on tuba or shred guitar. So really, it is another tool to make one learn where the notes are on the fretboard, after being able to identify the notes immediately and on the fly from notation, without having to count lines from G on the treble cleft, etc. The exercise builds fluidity, and mastery of our instrument.
I learned on piano, and locating notes on a piano is a whole lot easier for me (and I would suspect for most) because they are laid out the same way, in black and white. I still was not great at playing straight from sheet music, even at the end of my piano playing, because I still had to cipher out the notes in between the clefts and could not just know it was a C or D etc.
It would be a great exercise to be able to do. And you are right on also CB, that learning your shapes on the fretboard is a key complementary skill. For me, starting with the pentatonic up and down the whole board is the starting place, as it is easiest. I can add in the missing full scale notes from there. So once I know what key I am in, it is easier to locate my notes on the fretboard and get to where I can "automagically" find them without looking at the board. Very much like I am doing now as I type this on the keyboard.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
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