Three Note Per String Patterns
(18 Feb 03)
Sequences and licks
Here is the first pattern (in the key of F Major) played ascending, and then descending.
I didn't put any picking-indicators here, because: you can play this with strict alternate pickung (d-u-d-u-d-u etc.), legato (hammer ons and pull offs ) and economy picking (d-u-d-d-u-d)
That is one thing that's so cool about the TNPS-patterns: they work with both alternate picking and economy picking.
Try those different possibilities. Use a metronome to make sure you're in time.
OK, here's some sequence, you might also consider it a lick:
We're playing a part of the scale ascending in pattern 1, starting on the E. Once we reach the Bb at the 6th fret of the high E-string, we move up to the second pattern and descend again.
You can continue this through all the seven patterns, if you like.
Do you remember those "Play up 2, jump back 1"-sequences I showed you in the picking articles. If you don't, the idea's easy: i.e. play F-G-A, then jump back to G and play G A Bb, jump back to A and play A Bb C, continung up through the scale.
Here is that sequence applied to pattern 1 in F Major, starting an octave higher than before:
And the descending version, in a lower pattern of the same scale (F Maj):
Another variation would be "Play up 3, jump back 2" (i.e. F-G-A-Bb, G-A-Bb-C, A-Bb-C-D etc.)
This is what's going on here:
You might have guessed it, let's move up one pattern and descend again:
OK, some other sequences. Let's change the key to C Major, and let's play an "ascend, then descend" 16th notes-sequence:
Now, one day I was playing that exercise over and over, and I came up with a cool idea... well, I guess it's not that much of a genius-idea, but I like it: Play the sequence above a few times, then play the same sequence, but start on the D, while staying in the same pattern! That way, your highest note will be a different one this time.
Guess what's next. Right, same pattern, same sequence, but starting on the E.
Continue this up through the pattern, and also use it in a different pattern. Always practise with a metronome.
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