Three-note-per-string licks (we'll call them 3 n-p-s, for short) are great for navigating comfortably around the neck because of the natural arrangement of a lot of notes and scales on guitar. Many ...

In this video lesson, Paul Gilbert demonstrates a typically high-octane picking lick - in this case, a 3-note per string idea high up the neck. The first sextuplet in bar 1 below is the simplest as it ...

it's five strings, three notes, two hands and one asshole." This was followed, of course, by that same laugh, but also a lengthier description of how he came to play it. Actually, it's a very old ...