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

In this episode, I'm going to explain three notes per string pentatonic scale shapes to you, and 
I'll break down 5 reasons to learn 3-notes-per-string pentatonic shapes. 

Here are the accompanying 3-notes-per-string pentatonic scale tabs on my website.

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Welcome to the guitar Jet Podcast,where you'll skyrocket your knowledge of theory,
techniques and fundamentals for guitar. Hello, and welcome to the guitar Jet Podcast.
I'm your host Miles and of coursein sday's upisode, we're going to
be talking about three notes per stringpentatonic scale shapes. And these patterns are
easy to memorize and they make thepentatonic scale even more fun to use.

(00:23):
And this does have an accompanying freebeon my website and I will link to
that in the description below, somake sure you check that out and also
check out the guitar Jet Facebook groupfacebook page and also subscribe to the show
so that you don't miss out onset your lessons on theory and techniques for
guitar. So let's talk about whyyou would want to learn the three notes

(00:48):
per string pentatonic scale shapes for guitar. And the first reason I would want
to learn them is to break outof the pentatonic box. You can break
out of typical pentatonic box shapes byextending the range of your pentatonic scale,
which is exactly what we're doing withthe three notes per string pentatonic scale shape
and that will make it easier foryou to improvise, and you can do

(01:14):
a lot of cool things by breakingout of the typical pedatonic box and combining
pentatonic positions. For example, youcan start by memorizing shapes one and five
of your three notes per string minorpentatonic shape and then move back and forth
between them and sets of two strings. So you'd start by playing three notes
on the low e string shape five, then three notes on the A string

(01:34):
of shape one, and you continueto do this with each set of two
strings ina and E, dng gmbB and E. All right, The
next reason to use three notes perstring pentatonic shapes is epic legato lines.
You can construct epic legata lines withthese shapes if you have a good grip
on using hammer ons and pull offs, and I suggest drawing inspiration from under

(01:57):
the radar shred guitar icons like RickGraham, Sean Lane, Brestein, Scott
Stein, Todd Dwayne, and DerekTaylor, and also Darryl Gable has some
really cool pentatonic YouTube videos as well. And then the third reason is faster
pentatonic licks. So by using threenotes per string shapes, you'll incorporate three

(02:21):
fingers on single strings rather than twolike a typical pentatonic box, which is
arguably more efficient for playing fast licksand phrases. And the fourth reason is
economy picking. Economy picking is idealfor playing an odd number of notes per
string, such as three, whichmakes it an ideal candidate for playing these

(02:42):
three notes per string pentatonic shapes.And the fifth reason, lastly is soloing
in lead guitar versatility. So you'lldiversify your lead guitar techniques and repertoire by
memorizing these shapes, and you won'tsound like every other guitar player who's stuck
in two notes per string pentatonic limbo. And speaking of two notes per string

(03:06):
pentatonic limbo, you'll want to makesure that you've memorized the normal pentatonic box
shapes all five positions before you diveinto learning three notes per string pentatonic scale
shapes. Anyways, that's it fortoday's episode, so as a recap,
the five reasons why you would wantto use three notes string pentatonic shapes are
Number one, break out of yourpentatonic box and combine pentatonic positions. Number

(03:30):
two, learn and play epical gottalines, epic pentatonical goida lines. Number
three, play faster pentatonic licks.Number four, implement economy picking into your
pentatonic playing, and number five diversifyyour lead guitar playing and sololy So,

(03:50):
thank you so much for listening,and once again, if you like this
episode, definitely subscribe to the showand make sure you download your freebie in
the description below. Have a goodday, m hm and and