Re: Tap Theory - 3 note string rudiments
Lee Vatip wrote:
As opposed to the one finger per fret concept, these are also called "extended fingerings" since your "type A" covers five frets and utilizes a stretch.
Very useful for the whole tone scale
Steve A
(Can you do with the piala mode?)
I do like talking scales and stuff!
Very useful for everything, Don't you think, Steve? Or no?
3 notes per string stuff is extremely widespread and highly effective... Just a few players who have done pretty well for themselves using that approach... Buster B. Jones, Yngwie Malmsteen, Frank Gambale, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Steve Morse, Paul Gilbert, Tony MacAlpine, Joe Bonnamassa, Guthrie Govan, Eric Johnson, Adam Fulara etc etc
If you look at Berklee Books 1-3 (I have, extensively) Bill prescribes a 4 frets for 4 fingers approach with either a first finger, or pinky stretch. The scale fingerings as such are most useful for sight-reading (Bill states this in these books) whereas other fingerings might be more suited for composition and improvisation.
Bob, and now Josh present a really clear way for the Stick of looking at how various fingering geometry is cyclical. John Finn had a series of articles on this very thing waaay back in the '90's in one of the guitar mags (Guitar For The Practicing Musician) and it was great!
Good info Josh! Keep it coming!