Meaning of 3-1-3?

[Sayonil Mitra]

I saw those latest pentatonic lessons from Syn (the ones we got through email). There is one called pentatonic 3-1-3 a minor. Why is it called 3-1-3? I do not see a 3-1-3 pattern. help please.

 

[idssdi]

It is kind of the 3-1-3 pattern where every 3rd note is played twice but to make that work for economy picking you need to do 3 note per string. So, technically you are correct it isn’t really the 3-1-3 pattern but I would say it is an extension of it.

 

[Sayonil Mitra]

oh ok. Thanks for the explanation Ids.