Guitar Hacks: 3NPS Scales

Graham Tippett

Apr 2017 · Graham Tippett

About this ebook

3NPS (three-note-per-string) scales, as used by legions of guitarists but popularized mainly by Joe Satriani, are one of the most efficient ways to navigate the fretboard and get your scales down IF you follow the guidelines in this book.

As the name suggests, a 3NPS scale is any scale that contains three notes on each string, and as you'll see in this eBook, this makes for a very consistent way to map out scales on the guitar fretboard.

What we’ve done here is revamped the 3NPS scale system and turned it into an incredibly effective means to learn a wide variety of scales all over the fretboard by streamlining the number of patterns, as well as the picking system.

This is not a scale theory book, and contains no pentatonic scales. This is a quick and dirty (and very effective) method for learning 3NPS scales all over the fretboard; something to work on in the woodshed. It will improve your picking technique and speed. It does not require a great amount of thinking as you only need to learn two picking patterns, which is really one in two directions, and only three scale patterns instead of the usual seven per scale.

 

Ratings and reviews

I've watched a ton of videos trying to explain the 3nps scales but it always turns out to be the person making the video showing off. I read this book once and it was like an epiphany, I'm not an amazing guitar player, but this has helped me understand the 3nps scales with ease......on top of everything else it broke me right out of pentatonic shapes

Thanks for keeping it straight forward great readability and i greatly enjoyed the explanation of picking techniqu finally someone who genuinely whats to propel fellow players to the next level and isnt operating out of ego and just hot dogging by showing the ability to you thoery and technical terms to intimidate and confuse people thanx for keepin comprehension and simplicity in mind for people who may not know much bout theory job well do e thanx and God bless

Easy to understand and to the point in you really wanna give your style a twist. Thank you.

About the author

Graham Tippett (1977-) studied literature, music and languages in the UK before making a permanent move to Mexico in 2005. It was there he began to explore and research methods of improvisation on the guitar and published the '2 Position Scale System' series of instruction books in 2014, which are the fruit of that research. He is also well-known for his love of languages and music, drawing parallels between the two art forms as he continues to write and research on the subjects of language learning and improvisation. His relentless research into guitar improvisation has recently lead to the creation of the Hacking the CAGED System series of books, and Soloing Without Scales - an alternative look at how to improvise on guitar. Graham is also a graduate of the ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music) in Guildford, where he was taught by the likes of Guthrie Govan, Dave Kilminster, Eric Roche and many others.