Scott Verville shows you in this guitar lesson how to use hammer on’s and pull off’s on the 3 note per string major scale to get you to the speed that all the shredding guitar players play at.  As I said in my last post and in this video, this pattern and the hammer on/pull off technique will work with any 3 note per string scale.  The 3 note per string scales lend themselves very easily to this kind of fast playing.  You could also develop your picking to this level of speed as well.  Just remember, with any new technique, start SLOW and really get it under your fingers before you start speeding it up.  You will save yourself a lot of frustration.  Have fun!

Scott Verville shows you an easy to learn pattern to practice the 3 note per string major scale in this video guitar lesson.  Playing a rhythmic pattern in multiples of 6, ascending and descending, you can get ready for clocking up the metronome and blazing this scale.  This exercise is a very simple finger pattern that plays right off the 3 note per string major scale pattern.  Remember, start slow and then clock up the metronome as you get the feel for the pattern.  Also, if you’d like to check out a practical application of this pattern, go to my DOWNLOADS page and get the 5 free songs.  In “Time Flies” part 1, I use this exact pattern pattern but with a 3 note per string Dorian scale in the key of “C.”  Try and learn all your 3 note per string patterns for all the modes and you’ll be able to apply many patterns like this one and be able to work up to great speeds, which is one of the benefits of the 3 note per string scale.

Scott Verville shows you the 3 note per string major scale pattern in this video guitar lesson.  There are several different patterns for major scales on the guitar and I suggest you go ahead and learn all of them eventually.  Right now though, we will be working with the 3 note per string major scale.  (See the example to the LEFT for the finger pattern)  In this video I show you the scale pattern, and in the next 2 videos I will show you a great pattern to practice it so you can start blazing the scale as you get more familiar with it.  We will be working in the key of B Major.  So looking at the pattern to the left, make sure to put your first finger on the “B” note on the 6th string (or the 7th fret on the 6th string).  Notice how each 2 strings mirror each other.  This is why I started with the major scale pattern to teach 3 note per string scales.  This pattern is very user friendly and you will be able to master this easier than other scales.  Remember to start slow and then start building up your speed.  When you feel you know the scale well enough, then go to the next video where I’ll show you a great pattern to start practicing for a cool speed lick.