3 Nps Scales And Improvisation |
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3 Nps Scales And Improvisation |
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Aug 17 2008, 10:14 AM |
Hi Matt
3nps are most common patterns in todays playing as pentatonic of course which is 2nps mostly. So first of all it's good to learn positions of many scales over whole fretboard, the more you've learn the better are chances to apply it easier into your own playing. Now,to get best from it I would suggest you to try jumping from one position to another also, not just playing up and down the scale,note by note. As you imagine,fretboard knowledge is important here. Another important thing is timing. 3nps runs are usually executed as triplets cause it's easier to track it down but try 8th,16th etc as well,that will give more color to your playing. So,once you learn bunch of 3nps licks from GMC lesson (and I know you have learned many of them by now ) simply try to incorporate them into your own playing, which means you'll have to do some transposing as well cause not every lesson is in same key or scale. Improvising is not really improvising in total, 80% of it are some licks we learned before, it's just that we use them in different contents and situation. -------------------- Youtube
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Aug 17 2008, 11:30 AM |
You can start with A major if you feel comfortable with it,sure.
Try it all over fretboard,apply some licks you learned before and transpose them into A major if they are in some other key. Good thing about guitar and scales is that we have same patterns all over fretboard for every scale of same type,major scales per example. I'm talking about whole and semi tone relations inside of scale/s. Just follow root and maybe fifth as a guide and you'll have no problems, even when jumping from one position to another. -------------------- Youtube
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Aug 18 2008, 06:24 PM |
I really can't remember what was the first scale I learned,
probably Amin pentatonic or som. Transposing,well it's easy and it is not at the same point. Here is how I do it. When I play the song I try to watch degrees and chords I have in use, lets say I play tune in key of A and progression is D,E,A,Bm. That is IV,V,I and II, right? Very important thing here,I don't even try to see D as D or E as E,I only look at them as degrees and that's easiest way when you want to apply it to trasposing. Now,the same rules as we discuss on msn recently You move the tune in key of F# and you locate those degrees in F# scale,notes are B,C#,F# and G#. Major will be major,minor will be minor and we have progression that goes like this Bmajor,C#major,F#major and G#minor. Now,this explanation doesn't have much to do with soloing cause we were talking about chord progression BUT it's pretty common rule for soloing as well. Example,Always with me Always with you(Joe Satriani), it's in key of B and first notes in main theme are B(sometimes swallowed),D#,E,F#. Those are I,III,IV and V degrees in B major scale. Now you wanna try it in key of G, you simply start with G as I in G major scale and go for III,IV and V, you get G,B,C and D,piece of cake! This was only tip for transposing tho but will help you for improvising as well cause you will always be aware of notes that you're playing,which degrees are those in scale that you use and you'll have less chances to play wrong note. -------------------- Youtube
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Aug 18 2008, 06:26 PM |
You can transpose fairly easy mate by shifting the position you are playing left or right to the key you wanna transpose. As Muris stated - fretboard knowledge is the key to success here, Try to memorize notes (at least the main ones) on the fretboard.
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Aug 18 2008, 06:31 PM |
Some great advice in here from Muris.
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Aug 18 2008, 06:35 PM |
Some great advice in here from Muris. Thanks ESJ,hope it helps somehow. -------------------- Youtube
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Aug 18 2008, 06:49 PM |
Really great reply Muris! I learned a lot from it, thanks!
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Aug 18 2008, 07:12 PM |
Excellent, thanks again Muris! and top tips from Ivan too The really good news is I have absolute fretboard knowledge with pitches so no problems there! This is really exciting for me as I will be able to use all my hard practiced licks and runs in my own stuffs Awesome,give as some mp3s so we could help you even more!! -------------------- Youtube
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Aug 18 2008, 07:29 PM |
Of course! I hope to upload some mp3's or videos soon I can learn more here at GMC in an hour than I have from a live lesson in the UK !! Great!! -------------------- Youtube
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Aug 18 2008, 07:37 PM |
We're glad to help in any way!
If you need some 3nps patterns I can upload some as well I'm currently recording similar serial to my pentatonic series, but this time we go full throttle into modes, using - 3nps patterns! Stay tuned! This post has been edited by Ivan Milenkovic: Aug 18 2008, 07:38 PM -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Aug 18 2008, 07:44 PM |
Thanks Muris for the great tips. The degree transposing really helps a lot.
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Aug 18 2008, 07:50 PM |
I just realized this is your board Muris (I got here through "view new posts" link so havent' noticed). Excuse me mate!
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Aug 18 2008, 07:56 PM |
I just realized this is your board Muris (I got here through "view new posts" link so havent' noticed). Excuse me mate! No need to excuse at all, your help is always appreciated Ivan. -------------------- Youtube
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