Lol. Well the thing about the pentatonic is the skips in intervals where the penta can sound interesting instead of the generic bluesy licks we usually fall prey for in the 2 notes per string pattern. You can use them in the Diatonic or other more advanced scales but mix up your intervals (repeat the same note once or twice and revisit it for more melodic build up) with string skipping and you'll sound more musical as well.
@@RickGraham You might want to add the title to the title "scale 2 notes per string" that way if someone searches for it they can find it easily. The word "scale" included because some people have videos on 2 notes per string but they are talking about picking. This is is a unique backward motion you have. I would like to hear an advanced polished solo using this method. It could also open up a lot of improving paths but I'm not playing guitar these days. I noticed another video, from 11 years ago that has a nice 2 note per string lick but it goes forward (although only 4 notes) > Bet You Cant Play This (channel = Chris Goodchild) (description) "Basically what im doing is a 2 note per string legatto pattern. The notes are 7, 1, 3, 5 and go up 3 octaves. I finish with an A pentatonic scale finishing on the A note on the 12 fret, A string" novelty
Gonna have to report you to the Music Police, the 2 note per string is given has a gift not for the masses. Same with the soul scale, Harmonic pentatonic and diminished pentatonic not for the masses, it like Kung fu secrets.
This was actually really nice Rick, I have been playing for a fairly long time but I love it when a simple idea pops up that is so musical. I notice similar things when I transcribe vocal melodies and am looking for different ways to express a melody but this made that "inherent" thing click somewhat. Thank you.
Hey Rick what preset (amp/cab combo) you using on axe FX II? Cheers m8 Edit: maybe anyone else that could awnser this question? Really appreciate it.... been curious for quite some time and asked it a couple of times..
You're probably going to ask for cab IR and I would advise to use whatever normally pairs well with a hot-rodded Marshall - V30, G12-65 Creamback ... In the end use your ears
This is fantastic! What a fun way to practice connecting the visual and audible elements of major scales and their relationships to chord and positioning. Killer!
The descending scale, with a slide off the 1st finger, is one I've used for decades, because it allows the other 3 fingers to be in-play, as if you had 5 digits on the fretboard. Cello players do actually use the thumb on top too, but you need a different LH positioning on guitar, to make that work.
not three, but two instead I did this concept in my mid teen years, it just helps you memorise the neck much deeper same with the extended pentatonic with 3 per string, dominant pentatonic it is not related to creative process of music, where scales have merely 10% significant role (at least to me)
@@slot2 you can also play that as much as you want but these exercises will provide you nothing. You have to extract what is creating the effect the essence lies there.
Thank you Rick for this lesson. You teach pretty well, even a fench guy from Canada can easily understand your videos. Always keeping me motivated to grab my guitar and play something different. 😎✌️
I've been practicing two notes per string patterns for a while and would start with 4 notes per string now. Thanks Rick and have a nice Sunday ahead! Yes, the idea of a streaming service sounds interesting. Thanks again champ!
Thank you for your perspective. I never thought to make playing notes backward and down on the fretboard a standard method of guitar playing. I was headed for a 3 note per string tutorial. I think 3 note per string is kind of inherent trying to play all the notes in a single position reaching forward. I shifted gears and come here since you don’t get better doing what everyone else is doing.
all of your guitars you own have great tones whatever software/gear you're using. The single coil pickups sound beefy enough but still single coily and bright and very nice...
Great lesson as always, Rick. I actually believe that learning scales using any pattern is highly detrimental. You should learn scales by playing them starting on only one string, then two, and then up to six. By doing this you will get familial with the intervals in the scale and how they "look and feel" when crossing the strings and by the end, you'll have intuitive knowledge where the intervals are and how the scale "looks" on the fretboard, and you'll be able to traverse it across any string, up and down, left or right on the fretboard. Everyone, good luck with your practicing and have a great day!
Would love to see yours lessons / courses streamed, I so much prefer monthly affordable payments to check stuff, and ofc later if something is good would still consider having it on my hard drive :)
Took me 45 years to discover 3 notes and felt like I understood and could do it. The next day I ran into this (Stop). By the time I achieve this excercise, I probably can't hear, see and walk. But I will try!
My opinion is: Just learn the fretboard, the notes and start with the root note of any scale anywhere on the fretboard. 3-NPS, 4-NPS, 7-NPS, Modes, moving scales up and down, 3, 4, 5 or more positions on the fretboard whatever ... use the fretboard and your ears, just feel free! 😁🎸
4:08 using urea to help me with scales is a bit unorthodox don't you think. jokes aside reading the title i thought youll be playing 4 notes progressing forward by "sliding" and progressing forward. just when he said 2 notes i though wouldnt that require my index finger to "walk" back like a spider... that was uncomfortable
Re: modes. I get how they're derived (i.e. Dorian as 2nd scale degree to the 2nd an octave higher) but do you have any tips on how to understand them contextually? Like, when to use them, when you can switch... modal interchange. Borrowed chords etc. Would love to see something on that. Sorry if you've already done it & I missed it*
I was messing about with tuning and fell on a nice 2 note per string pattern for both major and minor scale I took of the top and bottom E strings , which left me with 4 strings Then tuned a minor 3rd interval then a major 3rd , then finally another minor 3rd I think ! It was definitely interesting
Wow, awesome. Every lesson that shows me a whole new way to think of the fretboard is a great lesson. “You should be able to play all the modes by ear”-but no, that’s a bit lofty a goal for mortals.
I have a problem with my left hand due to old damage I made to it, so when possible I always try to avoid 3 notes per string when it is "whole step - whole step". So I love two notes per string techniques
I was never a fan scale positions that forced a 5 fret stretch, even tho I was taught them that way. All the 7 modes can be placed in nice positions that allow the hand to sit over a 4 fret stretch , although sometimes that 4 fret stretch has to move over a fret , but it’s still more comfortable and natural. A lot of the time i enjoy having more 4 fingers in a 3 fret stretch because it just feels so good. I tend to think most of us would be much more suited to a shorter scale length . I am about 6 foot tall with average size hands and although I’ve always played 25 1/2 inch scale guitars ive come to accept it’s just not the right scale for me. Hard to admit being a fender guy
@@ourclarioncall 3 notes per string are very convenient for fast legato phrases. I just realized, that in spite of my problem with left hand, I still don't have any short-scale guitars! Good reason to buy a new one )))
@@SergeiVlassov sorry, I should say , I love 3 notes per string And even over 5+ frets I think it’s still a good tool to have in your tool box. Makes you think and play differently You have my encouragement to go buy guitars 😄
@@SergeiVlassov yes sir ! I remember the first time I played a Jaguar, I was really impressed at how comfy it was, how well it balanced on the body and how much easier to play with the frets being closer
When I first started playing, I learned playing 2 notes per string scales. Then a guitar teacher told me to do the 3 note per string scales because its more efficient. Same result less work.
these look like great exercises for all the reasons you say, plus, for me it will help learn the fretboard. i've been practicing 3NPS for years and can never remember them!!
I've been working on this kind of concept for a few years now. I'm certainly a product of the 3 note per string generation of play, and I'll say the thing I've noticed about doing specifically two notes per string is that the timbre of each note sounds more balanced. When playing in a single position, there is always a pretty dramatic change in tone when going from the D string to the G string, but if you move back on the fingerboard as you're going up in pitch, it keeps a more balanced tone. IMO. I've been messing around with 2 and 4 note per string, and making combinations between 2, 3, and 4 note per string concepts together. Really just freshens up the perspective of the scales and really inspires new ideas. Great video Rick.
I recommend 4 notes per string on scales cycling 4ths from keys F through C. Always begin on your lowest note possible in each scale on the low E string. Begin with 3 notes per string first in order to learn your keys. Sing each note name (match pitch or displace octaves) while looking at your fretboard. Great way to "map" in your brain the note locations and hear notes ahead of time when soloing. www.antjamnow.com
just when I learned the 7 modes and started to feel comfortable moving up and down the fretboard!! back to square one again! Great video anyway Rick!!!! I´ll start right away practicing it!
been there, just enjoy your journey without rushing through , you sound like needing to know a lot in order to find satisfaction in your playing, find what you like and makes sense to you. Testing ideas and refining own systems takes very long time. And after a while new ideas may bring you to older ideas and systems through a different route, and enhance them, then you know you tapped into something worth treasuring.
Awesome! I know what I’m playing around with today! I remember a Satriani lesson years ago about playing the same notes across all strings across the board and I always loved the sound and fun of doing that.
3:35 Why should we be sooo concerned to cover allover the fretboard? If it sounds good, it sounds good. If it doesn't look as weird or complicated, don't force it
You can play different licks at the bottom of the fretboard compared to the top. Plus, having the open string notes close to the fretted or far away can make your playing completely different
Rick- you are a good dude. You’re doing great things for the guitar community and you’re an excellent teacher. I often talk about the risks of only using 3nps scales to my students (I use them all the time, but not exclusively) and I feel like this video does a great job at explaining some of that. Keep up that great work my friend. Cheers
I always come to your videos for inspiration but by the end I just want to give up!! Lol but it doesn’t stop me from coming back to your channel time and time again.
You're an excellent technician but I think your guitar tone could use an overhaul. That amount of gain obliterates hearing the natural tone of the instrument at the same time lending only a very thin , tinny tone, lacking body. Not hating, just lending my opinion! Great instructional videos👍 your playing is very tasty and, your technique is just excellent as well 👍 Cheers
TrippyTheShroom one of my buddies has one of these but it's the two humbucker. same neck as this one. Man, I've been looking at them since I've played his. Absolutely amazing feeling and sounding guitar. I have really nice guitars but this.....this right here..... Dang! Do it
This kind of reminds me of Steve Vai's trick where he plays the same note all over the neck at high speed, to a non guitarist it looks cool and to anyone who's played a guitar its a damn fast impressive trick! The pitch increasing as the hand moves the "wrong" way across the neck is quite tasty! Anyway I've got a new thing to practice for sure, thanks man!
Regardless of hand size/finger length, I suggest using 4 fingers to fret 4 notes per string scales at first, then apply sliding later. These are called "cello fingerings." Practice releasing tension from each finger and applying energy like a bouncing ball from finger to finger when working through scales. Work 3 notes per string scales, 4 notes per string, and 2 notes per string arpeggios: M7, m7, Mm7, mM7, m7b5 (diminished), and M7b5 (half diminished). Then move on to suspensions and extensions for your arpeggios (sus2, sus4, 6ths, 9ths). Using a software to input notes (or TAB, if that's your thing) is extremely useful for gathering a plan for your practice routine. Study hard so you can play easily. Chopin wrote, "Simplicity is the highest goal" which is true in any subject of study. antjamnow.com
Hey thanks for clarifying what you meant by "using your ear"; when I went off excited to try it, before hearing your clarification, it was taking far too long to build up the callous on my lobe! 🤔
Great lesson, Rick! Clear, succinct, and easy to digest, but most importantly...interesting. I know what I am gonna work on this weekend...besides my stupid thesis paper, of course. lol.😅
Multiple approaches allows us to see more possibilities and allows more opportunity for creative playing. I had seen these two approaches (2NPS, 4NPS) separately as well as the idea of directionally, but they’re cool to see together. Great lesson, Rick!
I probably already do this, but I never thought about it really since I never practice. Maybe I should think more and play less. Hah! Thanks for sharing these ideas!
Rick - Makes 3 notes per string pentatonic tutorial
Also rick - Stop Playing using 3 notes per string
Yhi toh khel jata h rick baba...
Also mera Channel dekhna Bhai...Gautam..
Lol. Well the thing about the pentatonic is the skips in intervals where the penta can sound interesting instead of the generic bluesy licks we usually fall prey for in the 2 notes per string pattern.
You can use them in the Diatonic or other more advanced scales but mix up your intervals (repeat the same note once or twice and revisit it for more melodic build up) with string skipping and you'll sound more musical as well.
2 note per string pentatonic is the Dicky Betts Allman Bros scale, same direction.
Lol. Sigh it's hard breaking old habits.
Because it kills your gains
LMAO THAT TITLE! It's like Athlean X but on the guitar.
but Rick dosen't uses fake strings :D
3 notes per strings is killing your gains habibi
LOL I know this 🤣
LOL!!
@@BelyegAgyu ooof
Rick... Bro... This just made me start connecting all sorts of dots around the fretboard.. Things are happening.... Bro!!!! 🤯
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I picked up my guitar
🎸LOVE THAT FEELING 🎼🎶🎶🎶
he says the number “2” exactly at 2:22
Illuminati
Best comment award, well done
Half Life 2 confirmed
@@theonlyjumpyhumpy yes
🤔🤔🤔
Thanks for so many free lessons. That's really kind of you.
Glad you like them!
@@RickGraham You might want to add the title to the title "scale 2 notes per string" that way if someone searches for it they can find it easily. The word "scale" included because some people have videos on 2 notes per string but they are talking about picking. This is is a unique backward motion you have. I would like to hear an advanced polished solo using this method. It could also open up a lot of improving paths but I'm not playing guitar these days.
I noticed another video, from 11 years ago that has a nice 2 note per string lick but it goes forward (although only 4 notes) >
Bet You Cant Play This
(channel = Chris Goodchild)
(description)
"Basically what im doing is a 2 note per string legatto pattern. The notes are 7, 1, 3, 5 and go up 3 octaves. I finish with an A pentatonic scale finishing on the A note on the 12 fret, A string"
novelty
Great lesson for breaking out of habitual playing 🙏👍
Brilliant lesson!!
Gonna have to report you to the Music Police, the 2 note per string is given has a gift not for the masses. Same with the soul scale, Harmonic pentatonic and diminished pentatonic not for the masses, it like Kung fu secrets.
This was actually really nice Rick, I have been playing for a fairly long time but I love it when a simple idea pops up that is so musical. I notice similar things when I transcribe vocal melodies and am looking for different ways to express a melody but this made that "inherent" thing click somewhat. Thank you.
You had me at stop playing..
A streaming service with monthly and lifetime memberships would be pretty incredible.
Thank you Rick.
Sunday morning in Brazil! It's time to practice!
Hey Rick what preset (amp/cab combo) you using on axe FX II? Cheers m8
Edit:
maybe anyone else that could awnser this question? Really appreciate it.... been curious for quite some time and asked it a couple of times..
ua-cam.com/video/b3x6fN5M_As/v-deo.html&feature=emb_logo. RICK'S Q&A
You're probably going to ask for cab IR and I would advise to use whatever normally pairs well with a hot-rodded Marshall - V30, G12-65 Creamback ... In the end use your ears
@@tcmontario tnx allot m8, appreciate it!
This is fantastic! What a fun way to practice connecting the visual and audible elements of major scales and their relationships to chord and positioning. Killer!
The descending scale, with a slide off the 1st finger, is one I've used for decades, because it allows the other 3 fingers to be in-play, as if you had 5 digits on the fretboard. Cello players do actually use the thumb on top too, but you need a different LH positioning on guitar, to make that work.
Started using the 2 note and 4 note variations a few years back and it changed my playing permanently... thanks for reminding me
not three, but two instead
I did this concept in my mid teen years, it just helps you memorise the neck much deeper
same with the extended pentatonic with 3 per string, dominant pentatonic
it is not related to creative process of music, where scales have merely 10% significant role (at least to me)
Rick: stop playing 3 notes per string.
Allan Holdsworth: he is starting to believe!
That intro is just like Scorpion's "Bad boys running wild" intro..
Didn't Satriani teach this exact thing a while back? Good stuff.
Actually this lesson is from the book of mick goodrick
@@tridibsarker2343 The Advancing Guitarist? Love that book.
@@slot2 yes
@@slot2 you can also play that as much as you want but these exercises will provide you nothing. You have to extract what is creating the effect the essence lies there.
@@tridibsarker2343 Agreed
Thank you Rick for this lesson. You teach pretty well, even a fench guy from Canada can easily understand your videos. Always keeping me motivated to grab my guitar and play something different. 😎✌️
Damn you didn’t have to shred so hard on a major scale man. Impressive
I always use my ears when playing. I have very calloused earlobes!
the picking ear must get quite bruised too
I've been practicing two notes per string patterns for a while and would start with 4 notes per string now. Thanks Rick and have a nice Sunday ahead!
Yes, the idea of a streaming service sounds interesting.
Thanks again champ!
Thank you for your perspective. I never thought to make playing notes backward and down on the fretboard a standard method of guitar playing.
I was headed for a 3 note per string tutorial. I think 3 note per string is kind of inherent trying to play all the notes in a single position reaching forward. I shifted gears and come here since you don’t get better doing what everyone else is doing.
all of your guitars you own have great tones whatever software/gear you're using. The single coil pickups sound beefy enough but still single coily and bright and very nice...
Axe Fx
Great lesson as always, Rick.
I actually believe that learning scales using any pattern is highly detrimental. You should learn scales by playing them starting on only one string, then two, and then up to six. By doing this you will get familial with the intervals in the scale and how they "look and feel" when crossing the strings and by the end, you'll have intuitive knowledge where the intervals are and how the scale "looks" on the fretboard, and you'll be able to traverse it across any string, up and down, left or right on the fretboard.
Everyone, good luck with your practicing and have a great day!
ok that sounds like it would make sense. i will report once i made some progress with practising the scales like that thx
I believe Rick learned this from Oz Noy whos been advocating this approach for years
Would love to see yours lessons / courses streamed, I so much prefer monthly affordable payments to check stuff, and ofc later if something is good would still consider having it on my hard drive :)
Brilliant approach!🤘🎶
Literally yesterday I watched a video about Stop playing full chords and just play 3 notes per string. Moderation is always the key🎶
Took me 45 years to discover 3 notes and felt like I understood and could do it. The next day I ran into this (Stop). By the time I achieve this excercise, I probably can't hear, see and walk. But I will try!
Genio🎸👍🏼
Rick. I’ve never left a comment for anything before.
Your no nonsense approach is to be applauded and you lessons are excellent.
Respect
pure gold lessons
My opinion is: Just learn the fretboard, the notes and start with the root note of any scale anywhere on the fretboard. 3-NPS, 4-NPS, 7-NPS, Modes, moving scales up and down, 3, 4, 5 or more positions on the fretboard whatever ... use the fretboard and your ears, just feel free! 😁🎸
Well said. Colors vs. shapes and position. Your content is superb. Thank you!!
4:08 using urea to help me with scales is a bit unorthodox don't you think. jokes aside reading the title i thought youll be playing 4 notes progressing forward by "sliding" and progressing forward. just when he said 2 notes i though wouldnt that require my index finger to "walk" back like a spider... that was uncomfortable
*I CAN'T STOP PLAYING 3 NOTES PER STRING !!!*
😭😭😭😭😭
Re: modes. I get how they're derived (i.e. Dorian as 2nd scale degree to the 2nd an octave higher) but do you have any tips on how to understand them contextually? Like, when to use them, when you can switch... modal interchange. Borrowed chords etc. Would love to see something on that. Sorry if you've already done it & I missed it*
I was messing about with tuning and fell on a nice 2 note per string pattern for both major and minor scale
I took of the top and bottom E strings , which left me with 4 strings
Then tuned a minor 3rd interval then a major 3rd , then finally another minor 3rd
I think !
It was definitely interesting
Did Django Reinhardt play with this technique? I saw the video and that just came to my mind.
Rick, any chance you've been reading Mick Goodrick's book? He talks about playing (C) major scale the exact same way. Great stuff as always
Hello rick can i have a favor? Can you please play a guthrie govan style?? Please rick. I know you can do it easily. Thank you so much
Not very efficient my friend ! Adds to finger fatigue also! Duh!😖
I love your tone. Can you tell us what your patch is in the Axe 2?
Really helpful ! Thank you. What made of guitar is Rick using ?
I thought this was in English. Didn't know I would need translation! ✌️
Wow, awesome. Every lesson that shows me a whole new way to think of the fretboard is a great lesson. “You should be able to play all the modes by ear”-but no, that’s a bit lofty a goal for mortals.
I have a problem with my left hand due to old damage I made to it, so when possible I always try to avoid 3 notes per string when it is "whole step - whole step". So I love two notes per string techniques
I was never a fan scale positions that forced a 5 fret stretch, even tho I was taught them that way. All the 7 modes can be placed in nice positions that allow the hand to sit over a 4 fret stretch , although sometimes that 4 fret stretch has to move over a fret , but it’s still more comfortable and natural.
A lot of the time i enjoy having more 4 fingers in a 3 fret stretch because it just feels so good.
I tend to think most of us would be much more suited to a shorter scale length . I am about 6 foot tall with average size hands and although I’ve always played 25 1/2 inch scale guitars ive come to accept it’s just not the right scale for me. Hard to admit being a fender guy
@@ourclarioncall 3 notes per string are very convenient for fast legato phrases. I just realized, that in spite of my problem with left hand, I still don't have any short-scale guitars! Good reason to buy a new one )))
@@SergeiVlassov sorry, I should say , I love 3 notes per string
And even over 5+ frets I think it’s still a good tool to have in your tool box. Makes you think and play differently
You have my encouragement to go buy guitars 😄
@@ourclarioncall I just realized I need some of the Fender Jaguar / Mustang / Duo Sonic )
@@SergeiVlassov yes sir ! I remember the first time I played a Jaguar, I was really impressed at how comfy it was, how well it balanced on the body and how much easier to play with the frets being closer
Excellent Idea! I'm already coming up with some odd time legato sequences on accident from noodling lol which I wouldn't have with the 3nps
It helps to get out of the allways same kind of thinking and playing. Danke Rick 👍
Over the years I notice myself playing much wider horizontal patterns.
When I first started playing, I learned playing 2 notes per string scales. Then a guitar teacher told me to do the 3 note per string scales because its more efficient. Same result less work.
these look like great exercises for all the reasons you say, plus, for me it will help learn the fretboard. i've been practicing 3NPS for years and can never remember them!!
I've been working on this kind of concept for a few years now. I'm certainly a product of the 3 note per string generation of play, and I'll say the thing I've noticed about doing specifically two notes per string is that the timbre of each note sounds more balanced. When playing in a single position, there is always a pretty dramatic change in tone when going from the D string to the G string, but if you move back on the fingerboard as you're going up in pitch, it keeps a more balanced tone. IMO.
I've been messing around with 2 and 4 note per string, and making combinations between 2, 3, and 4 note per string concepts together. Really just freshens up the perspective of the scales and really inspires new ideas.
Great video Rick.
I know I "should be able to", Rick. Thanks for reminding me anyway :)
I recommend 4 notes per string on scales cycling 4ths from keys F through C. Always begin on your lowest note possible in each scale on the low E string.
Begin with 3 notes per string first in order to learn your keys.
Sing each note name (match pitch or displace octaves) while looking at your fretboard. Great way to "map" in your brain the note locations and hear notes ahead of time when soloing.
www.antjamnow.com
cool
People are here for Rick, not you you bum. Make like Michael Jackson and beat it
Wow great.. it will surely take out our mind from imaginary house that we make and walk inside.
Right I need to stick to something now my head is battered will this work if I just do this ?
Django Reinhardt smiles down upon you
I've been obsessed with this idea for a few months now. Really lines up well if you're trying to work on right hand two notes per string pickslanting.
just when I learned the 7 modes and started to feel comfortable moving up and down the fretboard!! back to square one again! Great video anyway Rick!!!! I´ll start right away practicing it!
been there, just enjoy your journey without rushing through , you sound like needing to know a lot in order to find satisfaction in your playing, find what you like and makes sense to you. Testing ideas and refining own systems takes very long time. And after a while new ideas may bring you to older ideas and systems through a different route, and enhance them, then you know you tapped into something worth treasuring.
Awesome! I know what I’m playing around with today! I remember a Satriani lesson years ago about playing the same notes across all strings across the board and I always loved the sound and fun of doing that.
Very helpful! Could you do a video on country bending?
Interestingly most of the notes on guitar are ok the first 4 frets . Then lots of repetition of those notes over most of the fretboard
now do it with double stops 1 note per string. i seen a person do it all over the neck and using different sounds
Sure it allowes player to use more neck for diffrent links to adapt
I wish i can try this but i cant cause i dont own a guitar fck my life 😂😂
Emphasising the colour and sound of intervals is a valuable lesson in itself.Always inspiring to watch you play.
The moment this mad started talking about modes my brain shut down without my permission. That’s my next goal.
Great lesson Rick! 😊
3:35 Why should we be sooo concerned to cover allover the fretboard?
If it sounds good, it sounds good.
If it doesn't look as weird or complicated, don't force it
You can play different licks at the bottom of the fretboard compared to the top. Plus, having the open string notes close to the fretted or far away can make your playing completely different
Ricks legato gets me sliding off my seat as fluidly as the run he plays
@6:20 Aaron Marshall would like to know your location
Stop drinking Beer m8 😜🍻🍻🍻🍻
Rick- you are a good dude. You’re doing great things for the guitar community and you’re an excellent teacher. I often talk about the risks of only using 3nps scales to my students (I use them all the time, but not exclusively) and I feel like this video does a great job at explaining some of that. Keep up that great work my friend.
Cheers
How's that Charvel!!!???
I got a dkpro2 same thing basically ,love the caremalized neck
I love everything about it.
Yours Sounds Great bro
I always come to your videos for inspiration but by the end I just want to give up!! Lol but it doesn’t stop me from coming back to your channel time and time again.
The 2 notes per string is how I've always played.
Never thought about it til now.
I learned the Am pentatonic scale and just went with it.
You're an excellent technician but I think your guitar tone could use an overhaul. That amount of gain obliterates hearing the natural tone of the instrument at the same time lending only a very thin , tinny tone, lacking body.
Not hating, just lending my opinion!
Great instructional videos👍 your playing is very tasty and, your technique is just excellent as well 👍 Cheers
@@vminc33 UA-cam uses a compression algorithm to make the file sizes smaller. I'm sure it sounds much better in the room he is playing in.
You slowly, everytime I see it, are convincing me to get a Charvel.
TrippyTheShroom does charvel still make new guitars?
Yess!
TrippyTheShroom one of my buddies has one of these but it's the two humbucker. same neck as this one. Man, I've been looking at them since I've played his. Absolutely amazing feeling and sounding guitar. I have really nice guitars but this.....this right here..... Dang! Do it
They are awesome in everyway possible
I got 1.
Make sure u get the burnt neck TRUST
What model is that Charvel he's playing?
Streaming would be cool
This kind of reminds me of Steve Vai's trick where he plays the same note all over the neck at high speed, to a non guitarist it looks cool and to anyone who's played a guitar its a damn fast impressive trick!
The pitch increasing as the hand moves the "wrong" way across the neck is quite tasty!
Anyway I've got a new thing to practice for sure, thanks man!
Regardless of hand size/finger length, I suggest using 4 fingers to fret 4 notes per string scales at first, then apply sliding later. These are called "cello fingerings."
Practice releasing tension from each finger and applying energy like a bouncing ball from finger to finger when working through scales.
Work 3 notes per string scales, 4 notes per string, and 2 notes per string arpeggios: M7, m7, Mm7, mM7, m7b5 (diminished), and M7b5 (half diminished). Then move on to suspensions and extensions for your arpeggios (sus2, sus4, 6ths, 9ths).
Using a software to input notes (or TAB, if that's your thing) is extremely useful for gathering a plan for your practice routine.
Study hard so you can play easily. Chopin wrote, "Simplicity is the highest goal" which is true in any subject of study.
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Super cool Rick thanks! Been stuck in three note box for a while. Needed something different.
Hey thanks for clarifying what you meant by "using your ear"; when I went off excited to try it, before hearing your clarification, it was taking far too long to build up the callous on my lobe! 🤔
Great lesson, Rick! Clear, succinct, and easy to digest, but most importantly...interesting. I know what I am gonna work on this weekend...besides my stupid thesis paper, of course. lol.😅
Play with plectrum...no cheating with fingers💪👍👌🥰🍻
Piano helped me break out of the "position" box because there aren't really positions and shapes, just intervals.
Hey what you mean by colors?
Fun lesson. Thanks Rick.
I used my ear and now I am at the hospital
I miss you Rick. Your the best
is this the Mexican Charvel?
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Very helpfull Gabriel!! Cheers from Central America! Guatemala City!!
Or try playing it with your feet!
Damn Rick.. I never do extremely well on the guitar when trying these exercices! Awesome.
Multiple approaches allows us to see more possibilities and allows more opportunity for creative playing. I had seen these two approaches (2NPS, 4NPS) separately as well as the idea of directionally, but they’re cool to see together. Great lesson, Rick!
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I probably already do this, but I never thought about it really since I never practice. Maybe I should think more and play less. Hah! Thanks for sharing these ideas!
Grateful...I know I am.
9:35 "God damn it," hahahahaha