@YoVinnie when I started on guitar properly back nearly 7 years ago, I taught myself to associate numbers against the root note having a certain tonality, and generating a certain emotion. This is what a jazz guy suggested to me years ago. He said "think numbers, then no matter what key you're playing, or what you're playing, you'll be able to play it"
So I have these ideas in my head about the relationship between notes over the root, like a minor 3rd or a major 7 have "that sound"