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Guys, I've started adding the fretboard note maps as promised! And I've not forgotten about our bassist friends ;) As I've previously mentioned, I will be covering various combinations in the forthcoming weeks (got a plan to fulfill).

Some examples:

I will most likely not be posting every item here, so keep checking the website for charts that are of interest to you!

Check them out here

Here's list of scenarios to give you an idea of how powerful simple maps like these can be!

■ Visualize and memorize notes on the fretboard. ■ Find different chord voicings, inversions or shapes. ■ Understand scales in different positions across the fretboard. ■ Explore new scales and modes. ■ Find better and more convenient patterns to play common arpeggios. ■ Experiment with colorful modal arpeggios. ■ Experiment with different instrument tunings.

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Mixolydian b6 is here - 3NPS Patterns for the 5th mode of Melodic Minor!

The chart is already available in all 3 common variations that I usually produce:

■ with beginner-friendly note names ■ as scale degrees ■ and as flat style notes for those who like it clean!

Download them all here (variations are linked down at the bottom)

This week I'm finishing up 3NPS for Shredding series with Hungarian Minor patterns and next week I'm starting a new series! Stay tuned!

I've just released the last of the common Minor scales for the 3NPS system: the Melodic Minor scale patterns.

The chart is already available in all 3 common variations that I usually produce: ■ with beginner-friendly note names ■ as scale degrees ■ and as flat style notes for those who like it clean!

Download them all here (variations are linked down at the bottom):

And we're getting closer to finishing the 3NPS for shredding series. Still a couple of scales left in the family of Melodic Minor and one scale from the Double Harmonic Major scale.

Hope you have fun with it!

Hi everyone,

Another essential scale in the series of 3NPS for shredding: the Harmonic Minor scale!

The chart is already available in all 3 common variations that I usually produce: ■ with beginner-friendly note names ■ as scale degrees ■ and as flat style notes for those who like it clean!

Download them all here (variations are linked down at the bottom)

Hope you have fun with it!

Hi everyone,

We're wrapping up the modes of the Major scale with 3NPS patterns for the Locrian mode.

The chart is already available in all 3 common variations that I usually produce: ■ with beginner-friendly note names ■ as generic intervals ■ and as flat style notes for those who like it clean!

Download them all here (variations are linked down at the bottom)

Hope you have fun with it!

Hi everyone,

Another essential scale in the series of 3NPS for shredding: the natural Minor scale.

The chart is already available in all 3 common variations that I usually produce:

with beginner-friendly note names

as generic intervals

and as flat style notes for those who like it clean!

Download them all here (variations are linked down at the bottom)

Hope you have fun with it!

Hi everyone,

The next chart in the series of 3NPS for shredding is completed: the exotic Phrygian mode.

You know, we keep saying it's exotic, even though it's so widely used, that we can just stop saying that :P Just kidding. I guess it's just that we convey the emotion with this word, the mood, and not the fact that it's from faraway lands…

The chart is already available in all 3 common variations that I usually produce:

■ with beginner-friendly note names ■ as generic intervals ■ and as blanks for those who like it clean!

Download them all here (variations are linked down at the bottom)

Hope you have fun with it!

Hi everyone! Are you striving to shred on guitar and embellish your solos with fast technical runs?

The system that excels at this specific task is called 3NPS which stands for "patterns with 3-notes-per-string". Now, don't get me wrong, that's not a magic pill that will solve all your problems, but it's a foundation that all your future practical work builds upon. This should not be discarded if your area interest is playing really fast. In fact, if you're not yet using it then that might be the sole reason which is holding your progress back.

I've already released a lot of charts for 3NPS but, as I do with all of my work, I approach the subject from different perspectives. It's like with the Circle of Fifths, it's so much more than a wheel which tells you the number of accidentals in the Key. You just need to know what to look for in it. Likewise, the focus of my previous 3NPS charts was to show you how to learn scale patterns (and scales) more efficiently by not dismissing the things you already know but instead use that to learn new material and see how they are related.

With this series of 3NPS charts that I'm starting now you see them in context—stacked and aligned horizontally to provide a clear visualization of how they progress along the fretboard, how they relate to one another, where they line up, where adjacent patterns are, and just be focused on a single 3NPS pattern.

Since now your attention is not devoted to seeing the difference between the scales, but rather to the pattern itself, then your mental resources are now free for other things, such as building speed. If you follow the link, there I give more details about how 3NPS can help you with achieving that goal. Also, I bring up the subject of Economy Picking and how it can boost the speed even more.

The charts for the Major scale are already available in all 3 common variations that I usually produce: with beginner-friendly note names, as generic intervals and as blanks for those who like it clean!

Download them all here

Hi all! Today we'll take a look at a cousin of Harmonic Minor: The Hungarian Minor scale! ;) The difference is 1 note but the fun part of this scale is 2 leaps of 2 half-steps! Harmonic Minor has 1 such leap. By contrast, Natural Minor scale and Melodic Minor scale has 0 such leaps, so it's quite a different sensation for your fretting hand :)

Its characteristic interval is #4 which is a tritone. This raised 4th results in 2 consecutive half-steps which introduces natural chromaticism. The takeaway here is that if you like the dark sounding Harmonic Minor then you will appreciate this one as well! ;)

Download here

Soon I'll publish a variation with beginner-friendly note names as well. Keep an eye on the website for updates! :)

Hi all! One more scale from the Melodic Minor modes is the Melodic Minor itself. It differs from the Major scale just by one note which is the Minor third interval from the root. Since both this interval and the Major scale are commonplace, it makes learning patterns of Melodic Minor a breeze! So let's compare them side-by-side!

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As always, in the near future I will publish a variation with intervals for those interested in a more generalized approach. Keep checking the website! ;)

Hey everyone! We're continuing comparing 3NPS patterns for Melodic Minor modes. This time it's the 5th mode Mixolydian b6 versus Mixolydian mode of the Major scale.

Again, there are multiple perspectives, one of them is to view Mixolydian b6 as Aeolian #3, in which case we'd be comparing it with regular Minor scale. I went with Mixolydian b6. Let me know if you're interested in other comparisons as well…

Download here

I'll soon publish a variation with beginner-friendly note names as well. Check the website later!

Hi all! Let us switch to the modes of Melodic Minor. This time we'll compare the Lydian Dominant (the 4th mode of Melodic Minor) with regular Lydian mode (also 4th) of the Major scale. We could also view it as a "Mixolydian #4" and compare it with regular Mixolydian, both are valid choices for comparison, but I decided to go with the Lydian one. I can do the Mixolydian #4 if there is going to be any interest.

Download here

As always, in the near future I will publish a variation with intervals for those interested in a more generalized approach! … which is my personal favorite approach ;)

Hi all!

Today we're comparing the 5th mode of Harmonic Minor: Phrygian Dominant which is loved so much by Yngwie Malmsteen! By now you should be able to see the "pattern" that everything builds gradually, especially if you compare things side-by-side! E.g. from Minor to Phrygian is 1 note change, and from Phrygian to Phrygian Dominant is also 1 note change.

Download here

Tomorrow I will publish a variation with beginner-friendly note names as well, so check my website later!

Hi all!

I'm starting 3NPS by comparison for a different scale family - the Harmonic Minor!

Not only it's a different family of scales, but we also have a cross-family comparison, i.e. in this chart we'll look at differences between "Harmonic Minor" (the 1st mode in its own family) and the Natural Minor scale (a.k.a. Aeolian, the 6th mode of the Major scale), and you'll see that, as before, it's still just 1 change that you need to make to the guitar pattern to get the even more eastern-sounding Harmonic Minor ;)

Download here

In the near future I will publish a variation with generic intervals as well, so check back later!

Hi everyone! I've just published the last entry for the modes of the Major scale - 3nps patterns by comparison for the Locrian mode! Yes, I know, it might be the least interesting mode of all, but I just had to do it as well to complete the set ;) Available in all 3 flavors as usual: with intervals, note names and blanks.

Download it here

You'll find other variations via above link as linked/related items!

Let's continue the series of learning 3NPS scales by comparison. This time it's all about Mixolydian mode!

Download here

In the near future I will post a variation with beginner-friendly notes names as well, so check back later!