In this lesson we are going to take a look at a very common major scale system on the guitar. So to answer your question what is the advantage of 3 note per string scales. Three notes per string here i graph out a pattern for the e minor pentatonic, playing three notes per string. Oct 25, 2016 3 note per string scales in different keys. Click on the bullet points below to move to each shape in detail. Melodic minor scales using 3 notes per string advanced.
Its a good idea to learn the notes that your guitar strings are tuned to early on in your playing career. To truly master this you need to learn to dive into a 3 notes per string pattern from any note in the traditional blues scale patterns. So when building this scale pattern, we must move a note across to the adjacent string to keep to the 3 notes per string rule. Northern section to join in the project and share the. Mix 3 notes per string with more confined inside the box movements. I enjoy this because it opens up a whole lot of exercises. By merging these positions, however, we can create 3 notes per string patterns and play more quickly and economically across a wider area of the fretboard. Learn how to play and maximize this scale to get cool outside sounding tones in your playing and improvising as well as soloing. Arpeggios in positions derived from 3 notes per string scales. Melodic minor scale 3 notes per string jens larsen. The guitar tutorial based on the extended 3noteperstring.
Melodic minor scale 3 notes per string jens larsen jazz guitar lessons, guitar. As we did in the block positions lesson for this same topic, well be looking at each mode from the perspective of g major. I use them to warm up, to become a faster guitar player and to spice up my improvisation. With a as our root, a 1 3 5 7 chord or arpeggio yields a c e g, which form an am7 chord or arpeggio. Jul 11, 2018 as guitar players tastes and abilities evolve, and they begin to gravitate toward an appreciation for, and desire to learn, more technically demanding music, the pentatonic scale often gets a bad rap. Arpeggios in positions derived from 3 notes per string scales jens. Natural minor 3 note per string scales playing through all 7 positions on the guitar neck. Hey im learning the major scale right now and i have a question thats been slowing me down, should i learn the major scale with the caged system.
Watch g minor blues using 3 notes per string pentatonic minor shapes on songsterr. Sliding the same scale position up and down the neck will change the key each time. The 5 block caged system isnt the only way to view the neck. Dec 18, 2014 3 notes per string pentatonic minor scale 3 note per string scales conclusion. Rip up the fretboard with threenoteperstring pentatonics. One of the best ways i know of really understanding the guitar neck is to start combining and overlaying scales, arpeggios, pentatonics in. Oct 26, 2016 learn to play guitar scales with 4 notes per string as made popular by alan holdsworth, the jazz guitar maestro. Well, the first note could be any of the three, so thats 3 possibilities.
Mastering the modes of g major with three notes per string. It can be useful to think about what fingers to use to limit the amount of positions switches per position. We have 3 game modes but there are much more to come. Oct 28, 2007 the three note per string system uses seven different positions. As the name suggests, a 3nps scale is any scale that contains three notes on each string, and as youll see in this ebook. This is the first lesson dealing with major scales arranged for the 3 notes per string. There are six 2 string 3 notes per string patterns that look like this. Allan holdsworths fournoteperstring scales guitar world.
This is an app that shows the song list for each guitar hero game. Two blogozons in one this week the first a very detailed look at the construction of sunshine of your love by cream and the second half examines three notes per string blues scale box shapes. Advanced guitar lesson 3 notes per string major scales. Major scale forms 3 notes per string there are many ways to play major scales on the neck of the guitar. This is made in 3 note per string scale fingerings so it might be useful. Arpeggios in positions derived from 3 notes per string scales heres a list of the pdf s and pictures with arpeggio fingerings in positions. Apr 17, 2017 used by modern players such as allan holdsworth, whose playing first inspired me to check out these fingerings, fournote per string scales can help bring a more modern flavor to your lines, expand your knowledge of the neck and allow you to cover a large amount of fretboard real estate with just one scale shape, which are all beneficial to players looking to explore nontraditional scale.
Jul 14, 2010 playing 3 notes per string exercises is something i do on a regular basis. The major scale has 7 notes, and a 3nps scale pattern can be built from each degree of the scale which is why its sometimes called the 7 pattern system and incorrectly imho, some call them modal patterns. The 3 note per string scale moves you farther up the neck. There are minor variations to the patterns, i teach a 5 pattern. All three note per string scales will involve 2 or 3 position shifts throughout the scale. It covers 6 frets from start to finish and 9 or more if you add in a couple of slides. This lesson is a complete breakdown of the 7 scale forms created when you arrange a major scale for 3 notes per string. Although were playing four notes on each string now, i hope you can see why im still calling this a three notes per string pattern. Here ive written out the f major scale and its related modes with 3 notes on each string, which divides the neck up into 7 overlapping areas. When you use a different scale, any notes altered from the major scale stay on the same string, shifting by the appropriate number of frets. Each different way has its advantages and disadvantages for different situations. You can look at it as the combination of pattern 4 and pattern 5 in e minor, if youre familiar with the caged system or simply as a pattern itself. The 3 note per string system 3nps pretty much does what it says on the tin, each scale pattern will have 3 notes on every string.
Minor scales instead of going over exactly the same process again, which you should be familiar with at this point of the lesson, here i will list the seven 3 notes per string patterns for a minor scale. Free guitar technique lesson covering major scales with 3 notes per string. How to play the diminished scale with 3 note per string. We are continuing our study of the 3 notes pre string method by applying melodic minor scales using this format. Now play your scales, which is the basis of a good technique. Dec 02, 2009 3 notes per string major scales guitar lesson. The below poster chart shows you how we can merge our scale positions into seven 3 notes per string patterns click to enlarge. This lesson combined with the understanding keys lesson can be used to learn the complete guitar neck in all keys. May 20, 2010 in this lesson we are going to apply the 3 notes per string format to melodic minor scales. I think 3nps three notes per string is one excellent way of learning scales. By learning scales with 3 notes per string you can also improve your fretboard knowledge and bring new sounds to your lead playing. With major scales, you have 3 notes on most strings but on one string you would have just 2 notes. Caged vs 3 notes per string 3nps scale systems justinguitar. Modes for guitar 3 notes per string the lick factory blog.
Like before, start at 80 bpm on the metronome and speed up gradually using quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes. If you can play the same scale up and down in different places or even combine the patterns then. This lesson combined with the understanding keys lesson can be used to learn the complete guitar neck in all keys this is the first lesson dealing with major scales arranged for the 3 notes per string. Ill keep these as general patterns, as you know how to apply them to a scale and also how they fit together. The main advantage ist that it uses a regular number of notes per string 3, allows you to quickly cover a lot of terrain on the fretboard in a very fluid manner and unlike the 4note per string system is still very fingerfriendly. However, just alternate picking every note is perfectly fine for practicing guitar scales now. If youve ever wondered how 3 note per string scales change as the underlying key changes then this video is for you. Open guitarpro5 file for g minor blues using 3 notes per string pentatonic minor shapes. So no matter where you are in the scale you can go from playing in your regular shape to playing a two string, three note per string pattern. Pentatonic scale shapes for guitar including how they overlap across the neck in any key. Threenoteperstring scales the 5 block caged system isnt the only way to view the neck.
As the name suggests, a 3nps scale is any scale that contains three notes on each string, and as youll see in this ebook, this makes for a very consistent way to map out scales on the guitar fretboard. Playing 3 note per string scales can lead to new combinations of notes and can help you to find new sounds in your solos. Guitar note trainer is a tool to assist in learning the 4string, 6string and. Were just repeating one of the three notes each time. Ive been thinking of ways to combine the 3nps method with the caged method so i can move in and out. Major scale 3notesperstring for guitars fingerings. Utilizing 3, 4, and 6 note sequencing, chris begins to dive into instrumental rock style phrasing and provides several licks influenced by the 3 on a string concept. Here is a simple worksheet that will help guide you through the modes of c major. This blogozon is a reverse engineeering look at that great blues based song sunshine of your love by cream. The easiest way to map them out is with a major scale, starting on each of the seven notes. Here is an overview of the major scale in the key of c, using the 3 notes per string system. Four notes per string from threenotesperstring patterns. Open up your chords, tabs or sheet music as pdf or text file, or browse your favorite. Now, note here that we moved position up one fret is all but it it is worth noting.
One of the systems that i personally like a lot is the 3 note per string system that is widely used these days. Melodic minor scales are essential for many styles of music, but they are predominately used in jazz and fusion styles. Various positions of the major scale 3 notes per string for guitars with fingerings on the guitar neck. Playing 3 note per string scales using 3 note per string scales rather than standard scale shapes can help improve your speed and fluency. Since these scale patterns have three notes per string, you can play them using economy picking economy picking is a technique where notes on a repeated string are played using alternate picking, but when switching to the next string, you will use something like sweep picking where two consecutive strings are played with the same picking motion. F pentatonic minor 3 notes per string starting on the root note. Arpeggios in positions derived from 3 notes per string. Heres a list of the pdfs and pictures with arpeggio fingerings in positions. Dec 03, 2009 this lesson is a complete breakdown of the 7 scale forms created when you arrange a major scale for 3 notes per string. What we have done is combine well known concepts like the 3 note per string technique with a comprehensive fretboardnavigation system that allows you to move in all possible directions on the fretboard at will and actually make sense of the complexity of the guitar. Mostly the trick is to start the lower strings with 1 2 4 if there is a whole step between the first 3 notes. Chris liepe starts off his rock essentials series with a lesson on 3 on a string scales.