Better Guitar Strings
Sunday, September 18th, 2011


Are there different names for triplets played on guitar?
Here are 3 different triplets in tablature format played on the G string:
G–2-4-5–4-5-7–5-7-9–|
The notes are: A B C, B C D, and C D E.
Considering whole and half note spacing of these triplets, the first triplet begins with A, jumps 2 frets to B, and 1 fret to C; the second begins with B, jumps 1 fret to C, then 2 frets to D; the third begins with C, jumps 2 frets to D, and 2 frets to E.
The pattern is what I am after. I notice that many lead guitar solos, and especially shredder guitar licks, use these above patterns everywhere on the guitar fretboard over and over again.
I would like to know if there is any special name to these 3 note patterns?
It is the pattern names that I am after – not the notes in some scale. For example, look at
http://www.shredacademy.com/lessons/Vejlyt/niels2_tab.PNG
The same 3 patterns are used over and over.
I don’t know the name for the pattern but I notice that it skips sharps and flats and utilizes notes like you mentioned. Might be connected to a scale. It uses notes from C Melodic Minor / A – Whole Half Scale and if there played one after another it’s basically just a certain technique applied when playing scales that you play a string and then repeat the notes of that string and one new note since its actually only 5 different notes.
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