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ThreeNotesPerStringScales,Part1Constructingmajorpatterns
DeepRoots
Jun192008,03:50PM
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Introduction
Onceyou'vedivedintotheworldofscalesandbecomefamiliarwiththe5pentatonicpatternsortheCAGEDmajorpatterns
youwillknowhowthesepatternsaregreatfornavigatingyourwayaroundthefretboard.
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Inthislessonwewilllookatmorepatternsthatcanbeusedtomapoutthemajororminorscale,orindeedanyofthemodes
overthefretboard.
Uses
Youfirstquestionmaybe:"Why?"andthatjustsohappenstobeagreatplacetostart.
Asyoumaybeawarebynowinyourquestfortheoryexpertise,therearemanydifferentwaystoplayanynote,lickor
sequenceontheguitarduehowthenotesarelaidoutontheneck.
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Thisgoesthesameforlearningscalepatterns.Ifyoucanplaythesamescaleupanddownindifferentplacesorevencombine
thepatternsthenyoursoloingandimprovisationswillbefarlesslimited.Threenotesperstringpatternsalsomakelearninga
scaleovertheentirefretboardveryeasy.
Threenoteperstringscalepatternsareespeciallyusefultoplayerswhowishtohonetheirtechniquessuchasalternateor
economypickingorevenlegato.Theconsistentnumberofnotesoneachstringreallyfacilitatestheuseofthesetechniquesand
iswhythesepatternsarethechoiceofsomanygreatplayers,especiallyshredderssuchasPaulGilbert.Thinkaboutitifeach
stringhas3notes,itsaloteasiertogetintoarhythmofplayingaconstantnumberofnotesthenmovingtoanewstring,thanit
wouldbewithanyoftheCAGEDshapeswiththeirmixof2and3notesperstring.Threenoteperstringscalesaregreattouse
whenplayingtripletsasyouwillbeplayingallthenotesonanyonestringforeachtripletwhichhelpsalotwiththetiming.
Infact,theCAGEDshapesareconstructedspecificallytokeepthingseasytoplaywithoutchangingposition,wheras,3note
perstringscales,aswewillsee,involvepositionshiftingthroughout.Thispositionshiftingisalittleharderforabeginnerto
master,whichiswhyCAGEDshapesareoftentaughtfirst.
Constructinga3notesperstringscale
Toconstructa3notesperstringscale,youmustfirstconsiderthenotesinthescale,forthisexamplewe'llusetheCmajor
scale.
CDEFGAB
We'llstartattheCnote,onthe8thfretonthelowEstring.
Fromhere,wecanproceedbyaddingthenextnotesinthescalethesebeingDEthenF.
However,onceattheFnoteonthelowEstringwenowhave4notesonthisstring.Tokeeptothe3noteperstringconceptwe
mustmovethisnotetotheadjacentstringlikeso.
Sowhenbuildingthisscalepattern,wemustmoveanoteacrosstotheadjacentstringtokeeptothe3notesperstringrule.
Now,noteherethatwemovedpositionuponefretisallbutititisworthnoting.Allthreenoteperstringscaleswillinvolve2
or3positionshiftsthroughoutthescale.Thisisnotabigdeal,butmeansalittlepracticeisneededwhenplayingtosmoothly
moveuptheneckatthesametimeasyouarechangingstrings.
Eventuallyweendupwithacompletedoctaveofthispattern.
Howeverthisisnotenoughforus,asoneofthemainbenefitsofa3notesperstringistobeabletoplayascaleovertheentire
fretboard.Sowewillcontinuetobuildthispatternuntilwehaveusedall6stringsandhave3notesoneach.
Secondpatternandbeyond!
Nowthatyouhaveconstructedthisfirstmajorscalepatternyouareabletoplaythemajorscalestartingfromanynoteonthe
lowEstringastheroot.However,usingthisonepatterncanbelimitingsowewillcontinuetobuildmorepatterns.
Todothis,wewillstartfromthesecondnoteintheCmajorscale,D.
Applyingwhatweknowaboutconstructinga3notesperstringscalewilllooklikethis.
..andeventually..
Yournextguesswascorrect,we'llbuilda3noteperstringscaleoffeverydegreeofthescalestartingonthelowEstring.
Heretheyallarelaidoutforcomparisonandasyouknowthefirstpatternstartsfromthefirstdegreeofthescale,thesecond
patternstartsfromtheseconddegreeofthescaleandsoon.
Pattern1
Pattern2
Pattern3
Pattern4
Pattern5
Pattern6
Pattern7
(you'llnoticethatweranoutofroomonthenecktheresothispatternisshownstartingatanoteanoctavelowerontheE
string)
Andsothatyoucanseehowitallfitstogether..
Youcanseethatapatterncanbeusedattheotherendofthefretboardwhetheritbeinganoctavelowerorhigherasitcontains
thesamenotes,inthesameorder,sowecanusethesamepattern.
WhySevenPatterns?
OurregularCAGEDboxesonlygiveus5patterns,sowhydo3noteperstringscaleshave7patterns?Theanswerissimple
everyscalewillhavetheexactnumberofpatternsthattherearenotesinthescale.Pentatonicforinstancehas5patterns,
whereasMajor,Minorandthemodeswillallhave7aswehaveseenabove.ThetrickhereisthatfortheCAGEDsystem,we
aresimplifyingthingstomakeiteasierforalearnertopickup,whereas3noteperstringscalesaremoreadvanced.Forthis
reason,intheCAGEDsystemwemissoutacoupleoftheboxesthatareseparatedfromthepreviousboxesbyonlyone
semitonetoavoidclutteringthingsup(thesewouldbeboxes4and7ofthemajorscale).
Moretocomeyetthough,lookoutforthesecondpartforhowtousemodestohelpususethesepatterns!
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Jun192008,03:58PM
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Jun192008,10:44PM
Thanksguys!
QUOTE(AndrewCockburn@Jun192008,04:11PM)
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