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8: 3 Notes-Per-String Pentatonic Scale Shapes Explained (Free Tab in The Description!) · The Guitarjet Podcast

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  Welcome to the guitar Jet Podcast, where you'll skyrocket your knowledge of theory,
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  techniques and fundamentals for guitar. Hello, and welcome to the guitar Jet Podcast.
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  I'm your host Miles and of course in sday's upisode, we're going to
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  be talking about three notes per string pentatonic scale shapes. And these patterns are
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  easy to memorize and they make the pentatonic scale even more fun to use.
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  And this does have an accompanying freebe on my website and I will link to
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  that in the description below, so make sure you check that out and also
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  so that you don't miss out on set your lessons on theory and techniques for
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  guitar. So let's talk about why you would want to learn the three notes
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  per string pentatonic scale shapes for guitar. And the first reason I would want
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  to learn them is to break out of the pentatonic box. You can break
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  out of typical pentatonic box shapes by extending the range of your pentatonic scale,
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  which is exactly what we're doing with the three notes per string pentatonic scale shape
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  and that will make it easier for you to improvise, and you can do
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  a lot of cool things by breaking out of the typical pedatonic box and combining
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  pentatonic positions. For example, you can start by memorizing shapes one and five
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  of your three notes per string minor pentatonic shape and then move back and forth
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  between them and sets of two strings. So you'd start by playing three notes
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  on the low e string shape five, then three notes on the A string
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  of shape one, and you continue to do this with each set of two
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  strings ina and E, dng gmb B and E. All right, The
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  next reason to use three notes per string pentatonic shapes is epic legato lines.
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  You can construct epic legata lines with these shapes if you have a good grip
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  on using hammer ons and pull offs, and I suggest drawing inspiration from under
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  the radar shred guitar icons like Rick Graham, Sean Lane, Brestein, Scott
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  Stein, Todd Dwayne, and Derek Taylor, and also Darryl Gable has some
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  really cool pentatonic YouTube videos as well. And then the third reason is faster
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  pentatonic licks. So by using three notes per string shapes, you'll incorporate three
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  fingers on single strings rather than two like a typical pentatonic box, which is
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  arguably more efficient for playing fast licks and phrases. And the fourth reason is
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  economy picking. Economy picking is ideal for playing an odd number of notes per
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  string, such as three, which makes it an ideal candidate for playing these
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  three notes per string pentatonic shapes. And the fifth reason, lastly is soloing
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  in lead guitar versatility. So you'll diversify your lead guitar techniques and repertoire by
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  memorizing these shapes, and you won't sound like every other guitar player who's stuck
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  in two notes per string pentatonic limbo. And speaking of two notes per string
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  pentatonic limbo, you'll want to make sure that you've memorized the normal pentatonic box
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  shapes all five positions before you dive into learning three notes per string pentatonic scale
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  shapes. Anyways, that's it for today's episode, so as a recap,
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  the five reasons why you would want to use three notes string pentatonic shapes are
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  Number one, break out of your pentatonic box and combine pentatonic positions. Number
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  two, learn and play epical gotta lines, epic pentatonical goida lines. Number
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  three, play faster pentatonic licks. Number four, implement economy picking into your
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  pentatonic playing, and number five diversify your lead guitar playing and sololy So,
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  thank you so much for listening, and once again, if you like this
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  episode, definitely subscribe to the show and make sure you download your freebie in
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  the description below. Have a good day, m hm and and