Rick - Makes 3 notes per string pentatonic tutorial Also rick - Stop Playing using 3 notes per string
@Corehinduism3 жыл бұрын
Yhi toh khel jata h rick baba... Also mera Channel dekhna Bhai...Gautam..
@Thiago_Alves_Souza3 жыл бұрын
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.
@rccarsandmusic26413 жыл бұрын
2 note per string pentatonic is the Dicky Betts Allman Bros scale, same direction.
@kennydunk3 жыл бұрын
Lol. Sigh it's hard breaking old habits.
@AndrewRusinas3 жыл бұрын
Because it kills your gains
@sesarise3 жыл бұрын
LMAO THAT TITLE! It's like Athlean X but on the guitar.
@BelyegAgyu3 жыл бұрын
but Rick dosen't uses fake strings :D
@RudyAyoub3 жыл бұрын
3 notes per strings is killing your gains habibi
@MadanzaBand3 жыл бұрын
LOL I know this 🤣
@davidgorst3 жыл бұрын
LOL!!
@hugodogobob3 жыл бұрын
@@BelyegAgyu ooof
@OmgItsAlexOfficial3 жыл бұрын
Rick... Bro... This just made me start connecting all sorts of dots around the fretboard.. Things are happening.... Bro!!!! 🤯
@aniketjha35573 жыл бұрын
Your enthusiasm is contagious. I picked up my guitar
@unfetteredaxes10323 жыл бұрын
🎸LOVE THAT FEELING 🎼🎶🎶🎶
@ParaaShakti3 жыл бұрын
he says the number “2” exactly at 2:22
@JohnnyKy93 жыл бұрын
Illuminati
@Mr_Smyth3 жыл бұрын
Best comment award, well done
@theonlyjumpyhumpy3 жыл бұрын
Half Life 2 confirmed
@ParaaShakti3 жыл бұрын
@@theonlyjumpyhumpy yes
@rifatskdev3 жыл бұрын
🤔🤔🤔
@thedefienthusiast3 жыл бұрын
A streaming service with monthly and lifetime memberships would be pretty incredible. Thank you Rick.
@MattyD2093 жыл бұрын
Thanks for so many free lessons. That's really kind of you.
@RickGraham3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@SuperDeepzone3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@TobyBurt3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Dan_Ranger3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson for breaking out of habitual playing 🙏👍
@andrepratesgt3 жыл бұрын
Sunday morning in Brazil! It's time to practice!
@joshchristian85983 жыл бұрын
Started using the 2 note and 4 note variations a few years back and it changed my playing permanently... thanks for reminding me
@RobChappers3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant lesson!!
@rccarsandmusic26413 жыл бұрын
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.
@ceasetheday879 ай бұрын
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.
@icarusi3 жыл бұрын
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.
@christopherlloyd44073 жыл бұрын
Rick. I’ve never left a comment for anything before. Your no nonsense approach is to be applauded and you lessons are excellent. Respect
@tofuchewer3 жыл бұрын
pure gold lessons
@ScottInk3 жыл бұрын
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!
@misomor31493 жыл бұрын
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!
@vapporiesat31253 жыл бұрын
ok that sounds like it would make sense. i will report once i made some progress with practising the scales like that thx
@leemaples18063 жыл бұрын
You had me at stop playing..
@PlayFloyd_IN3 жыл бұрын
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!
@NeilTurnbull0073 жыл бұрын
Emphasising the colour and sound of intervals is a valuable lesson in itself.Always inspiring to watch you play.
@etnlavoie3 жыл бұрын
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. 😎✌️
@umpolpip46192 ай бұрын
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!
@scottmontoya63293 жыл бұрын
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...
@gergoretvari63733 жыл бұрын
Axe Fx
@patrickfouhy91023 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnbeverly43623 жыл бұрын
Literally yesterday I watched a video about Stop playing full chords and just play 3 notes per string. Moderation is always the key🎶
@jg0r3 жыл бұрын
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.
@PASHKULI3 жыл бұрын
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)
@PedroSilvaMusic3 жыл бұрын
Well said. Colors vs. shapes and position. Your content is superb. Thank you!!
@MiKeHendrycks3 жыл бұрын
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.
@KRayxKodessA3 жыл бұрын
Dang. I never get tired of seeing how easy you make it look. You absolutely float over the strings.
@ourclarioncall3 жыл бұрын
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
@TheOddPlatypus2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant approach!🤘🎶
@fagittarius5553 жыл бұрын
Damn you didn’t have to shred so hard on a major scale man. Impressive
@SketchEtcher3 жыл бұрын
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.
@aufmischa2 жыл бұрын
It helps to get out of the allways same kind of thinking and playing. Danke Rick 👍
@jadelouisetidman74003 жыл бұрын
Ricks legato gets me sliding off my seat as fluidly as the run he plays
@taunokekkonen57333 жыл бұрын
Rick: stop playing 3 notes per string. Allan Holdsworth: he is starting to believe!
@RC32Smiths013 жыл бұрын
It's really cool to mix it up every once in a while, it's what makes guitar fun to come back to it! Awesome work as always!
@roathripper3 жыл бұрын
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!!
@indiasuaujunca3 жыл бұрын
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!
@1000BrokenKeys3 жыл бұрын
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.
@RandyBakkelund3 жыл бұрын
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
@xjackinthebox9 ай бұрын
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
@klausonstrings3 жыл бұрын
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! 😁🎸
@Fifus923 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@steellemonstudios3 жыл бұрын
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!
@antjamnow12863 жыл бұрын
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
@chefkdowg3 жыл бұрын
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.
@vminc333 жыл бұрын
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
@dorielementary3 жыл бұрын
@@vminc33 KZfaq uses a compression algorithm to make the file sizes smaller. I'm sure it sounds much better in the room he is playing in.
@JayKayProductions3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Rick! 😊
@frenchyton1013 жыл бұрын
I miss you Rick. Your the best
@ezrakoenigsberg24382 жыл бұрын
Very helpful! Could you do a video on country bending?
@jacksonanderson29263 жыл бұрын
You are changing the way I look at guitar. Thank you Rick
@patrickkeenan63313 жыл бұрын
Bloody brilliant. It's a whole new way to look at the fretboard!
@Jp-ps8fr3 жыл бұрын
Incredible video really changed up the way I improvise. Makes this Pat Martino Step thing way mire visual
@hyperboogie3 жыл бұрын
I believe Rick learned this from Oz Noy whos been advocating this approach for years
@Desmond-ul7cw8 ай бұрын
Fun lesson. Thanks Rick.
@rockstarjazzcat3 жыл бұрын
FordScales II, chromatic, six note per string starting on A and Eb, alternating... I wouldn’t be able to play without it. Great for getting through bop charts... Thanks for helping break the world out of the 3nps vs caged, inane debate! 2nps goodness!!! And hope you are doing extremely well, Sir Rick! Best, Daniel 🤙🏼
@rockstarjazzcat3 жыл бұрын
“Fret 19, god damnit!” Very liberating indeed! :)
@carlosfigueroa7903 жыл бұрын
Very helpfull Gabriel!! Cheers from Central America! Guatemala City!!
@phutureproof3 жыл бұрын
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!
@hafizmuizz72693 жыл бұрын
Best guitarist on KZfaq
@hugocapelobl3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this Rick! I definitely feel sometimes stuck in the 3 note per strong patter and this really opened my view.
@chriskoutsoumpas67723 жыл бұрын
That intro is just like Scorpion's "Bad boys running wild" intro..
@taLLdavidproduction3 жыл бұрын
I found economy picking from the 2nd note down to the 3rd note of the previous or adjacent string makes the 3nps faster and provides more options at the turn around.
@luiscuaresma73273 жыл бұрын
Nice lesson Rick. I really needed some fresh aproach like this in my practicing. Thanks.
@jorgejuri10633 жыл бұрын
Genio🎸👍🏼
@Jasper123 жыл бұрын
Awesome lesson sir
@bradleystroup14573 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this lesson Rick. This opens up the ear in an easy to understand way (to me) like the pentatonic or blues licks do. Normally I just add the notes of a diatonic scale to either the pentatonic scale or a modified version of it. This is cool because it opens the sound up to my ear without having to use that sort of system and it's easier to make music ideas from. Thanks Rick
@bradleystroup14573 жыл бұрын
Also, I've seen Guthrie Trapp do a dyad lesson in a similar way. Good stuff
@mksounds63263 жыл бұрын
Interesting approach to the scale. Really cool. Thanks. MK
@SergeiVlassov3 жыл бұрын
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
@ourclarioncall3 жыл бұрын
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
@SergeiVlassov3 жыл бұрын
@@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 )))
@ourclarioncall3 жыл бұрын
@@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 😄
@SergeiVlassov3 жыл бұрын
@@ourclarioncall I just realized I need some of the Fender Jaguar / Mustang / Duo Sonic )
@ourclarioncall3 жыл бұрын
@@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
@steveettling3 жыл бұрын
Super cool Rick thanks! Been stuck in three note box for a while. Needed something different.
@Retrograde63 жыл бұрын
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
@slot23 жыл бұрын
Didn't Satriani teach this exact thing a while back? Good stuff.
@tridibsarker23433 жыл бұрын
Actually this lesson is from the book of mick goodrick
@slot23 жыл бұрын
@@tridibsarker2343 The Advancing Guitarist? Love that book.
@tridibsarker23433 жыл бұрын
@@slot2 yes
@tridibsarker23433 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@slot23 жыл бұрын
@@tridibsarker2343 Agreed
@josephezell28173 жыл бұрын
Great Lesson ! Thanks Rick
@toddamarino3 жыл бұрын
I love your tone. Can you tell us what your patch is in the Axe 2?
@DanDelVecchio3 жыл бұрын
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.
@jakebrabec11413 жыл бұрын
Thanks rick, going to implement this asap!
@henrik6403 жыл бұрын
In all seriousness, very inspiring lesson. Thanks, Rick!
@robcarter65993 жыл бұрын
I’ll give it a shot!
@SoupieGuitar3 жыл бұрын
I like doing this but one fretted note and one open note, aka cascade scales kinda thing, sounds really nice but only works in certain positions obviously.
@HarryS773 жыл бұрын
Campanella.
@SoupieGuitar3 жыл бұрын
@@HarryS77 is that the name of a technique or a song?
@HarryS773 жыл бұрын
@@SoupieGuitar What you described as cascade scales are sometimes called campanella scales.
@SoupieGuitar3 жыл бұрын
@@HarryS77 ahhh, I've heard cascade or waterfall scales, but didn't know the classical term, this is a good video of what I mean: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbFnrb2Ul5ObY3U.html
@Haduj-the-Lion3 жыл бұрын
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
@Haduj-the-Lion3 жыл бұрын
@@tcmontario tnx allot m8, appreciate it!
@sgringo3 жыл бұрын
That is really fascinating. I never thought of doing that.
@TheMetalBison3 жыл бұрын
Kind of an eye opener actually. Thanks rick
@BJ-fj6jw Жыл бұрын
Either you're ready for this lesson, or you're not, but i can see that this is the next step out of the box
@wofu09143 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another lesson rick!!! Best teacher ever ❤
@SixStringStudies3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Rick thanks!
@bigbangattack973 жыл бұрын
so rick is the athleanx of guitar, and ethan becker is the athleanx of art? youtubers are developing quite nicely.
@SashaGarcia2 жыл бұрын
This video changed my playing, entirely. Priceless wisdom, master Rick.
@paullennon85862 жыл бұрын
Do you play like this all the time I'm struggling
@karenyengibaryan85433 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your lessons, really cool and veery helpful
@abhishekcat3 жыл бұрын
Ohh God ..... Great thing for learning... As i play the scale of your way a new way has formed in front of my eyes. How nicely i go from a position to another.
@CapableClericАй бұрын
9:35 "God damn it," hahahahaha
@anthem3560 Жыл бұрын
great concept
@phantom216293 жыл бұрын
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.
@ondinnonk3 жыл бұрын
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*
@ChrisSglimbeaelectricfingers3 жыл бұрын
Sure it allowes player to use more neck for diffrent links to adapt
@jonnymak10793 жыл бұрын
Excillent lesson... I'm acually at the point that I really just play what feel in that way alot also My 1st thing I teach "Play feelings not notes."
@brandonsalvatierra1303 жыл бұрын
Its awesome thanks
@rabbyd5423 жыл бұрын
Over the years I notice myself playing much wider horizontal patterns.
@diegoriveramusic Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@antjamnow12863 жыл бұрын
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
@marksanus29493 жыл бұрын
cool
@Jrat72593 жыл бұрын
People are here for Rick, not you you bum. Make like Michael Jackson and beat it
@AnthonyMeyer3 жыл бұрын
Piano helped me break out of the "position" box because there aren't really positions and shapes, just intervals.
@laugmannguitar32873 жыл бұрын
Damn Rick.. I never do extremely well on the guitar when trying these exercices! Awesome.