Unlock the fretboard with three notes per string: learn the 3nps system with 85% less memorization

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I accidentally figured this out one day when I imagined having a 100 string guitar. I saw the pattern repeating itself over and over. Instead of having learned 7 patterns of the major scale, I know them all in 1 easy universal pattern! And switching modes is a breeze! I tried to show my guitar playing friends but I couldn't articulate it well enough. I felt like I was the only one who knew this. Thank you for this video. I'm showing it to everyone I know. You and your channel are a national treasure.

UNBELIEVABLE! This is the single most effective method for learning this topic I’ve ever found. I literally went from not knowing anything but chords and basic octave locations to simple soloing in one night from these videos. I’m beyond impressed! Subscribed and buying the pdfs! WOWWWW

I’m a music theory nerd coming to guitar from keys. I saw an ad on YouTube for a paid program that teaches this technique. They purposefully tile the pattern incorrectly in the ad so it’s hard to guess and then do an infomercial hard-sell. I thought I basically got it anyway and didn’t buy. This video completely lays it out and is super clear…for free, so thank you! I had decided to go with the CAGED system’s 5 string system, but this video and one try on the bleachers exercise convinced me that the 7 string system is the way to go for learning the fretboard. This is the first video I’ve watched on this channel, but I subscribed and will be back.

I already knew the 5 pentatonic patterns and full major scale patterns using caged. I've wanted to learn 3NPS and after watching your video and practicing for a few hours, I have it down. Previously, I only had all of the minor and major root notes memorized in the caged patterns. Thanks to you, I now know the scale degree for all 7 notes all across the fretboard. Much appreciated!

After so many years of watching lesson after lesson I thought I’d seen it all but after learning the rectangle and the stack, it simplified the fretboard in a way I never thought possible. Then to know how to seamlessly move into any mode based on the place of the rectangle or the stack was great, and now this is the icing on the cake. Now I can extend the modes all the up and down the fretboard using the known patterns. Can’t wait to practice this and implement it more. Thank you x1000 🙏🙏🙏

This is the most important theory lesson I've ever come across.

I’ve been playing guitar for 20 years and I’m just now getting into music theory. This is the first video I have come across that actually makes sense to me… I understand it. Thanks!

The content quality of this channel is just absurd, this is one of the best videos available in the whole youtube, amazing

I dig it! You're videos literally structure my practice for the month.

I really love your videos. I does take watching them a few times to start sinking in but the material is top notch. Please keep them coming. Some of the best training on YT.

Your content is the best I've come across. You changed my understanding of guitar and made it easy to swallow in the process. Even the downloadable cheat sheets are gold. Thank you, and I hope you continue making content as im sure it will change many young musicians understanding of the fretboard as it did mine.

Absolutely love the logical way you approach these lessons -- thank you!

That was a lot of information. I'll definitely be back to watch this video as I try to wrap my head around things Thank you!

I follow more than a dozen guitar YouTube channels and yours is the one that's taught me the most on navigating the fretboard. Thanks Keith!

Easily one of the best guitar instruction videos I’ve ever seen!

This is a very good technical explanation of the 3nps! I used your caged pdf with the triads to help me map all of the major triads into the 7 major scale shapes. I use this method instead of caged (although they overlap a lot) to open up the fret board. Love your videos. Keep them coming.

Очень полезная система, спасибо!

THANK YOU!!!

Keep going Keith! Really nice video