# Fretting Hand Efficiency - Ascending 3NPS Scale Troubles **URL:** https://forum.troygrady.com/t/fretting-hand-efficiency-ascending-3nps-scale-troubles/61909 **Category:** Playing Technique **Created:** [January 18, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/fretting-hand-efficiency-ascending-3nps-scale-troubles/61909 "2023-01-18T23:50:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![joebegly](https://forum.troygrady.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@joebegly](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/joebegly) #### Post date: [January 19, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/fretting-hand-efficiency-ascending-3nps-scale-troubles/61909/2 "2023-01-19T00:11:20Z")
> [@araptis94](#): > > Would it be more efficient / cleaner to move the index finger above the 5th fret on the A string once the middle finger has played the 7th fret so once the string change occurs it is more fluid / clean. > > A -----5------7------8 > E -----5------7------8 Yes > [@araptis94](#): > > I have found this isn’t really discussed anywhere on any forums or videos on the internet i have come across (maybe that’s because its incredibly obvious) but i have found it interesting that i have only just noticed this now after playing for 15+ years. what about this forum? Lol! > [@Efficient Digital Cycles](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/efficient-digital-cycles/18608): > > I have been preparing a post about the left hand postures and fretting strategies I use in my playing, after reading through the following thread: That promised post is still in preparation, and I will present it when I’m satisfied with it. In preparing that post, I watched through several instructional videos and CTC interviews again. While re-watching Shawn Lane’s Power Licks for the first time in a while, I realized something about his fretting sequences that I felt was extremely interes… > [@The Fastest Lane - Video Lessons on Efficient Fretting Mechanics in Shawn Lane's "Power Licks"](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/the-fastest-lane-video-lessons-on-efficient-fretting-mechanics-in-shawn-lanes-power-licks/42471): > > It was suggested by our moderator @tommo that I come up with a title that more clearly reflected the content of my posts so they may be found more easily in future and which which may draw some more attention. The title I’ve come up with feels like clickbait to me, but I think it serves those ends specifically. I hope the content merits the lofty title. I present a series of videos on the concept of Efficient Digital Cycles, which is a principle I’ve discovered which underlies most of Shawn Lan… Seriously I agree with you though, I haven’t heard it discussed anywhere other than @Tom_Gilroy’s excellent work. Each finger should release right as the next finger is playing because then you’ll have the duration of 2 more fingers until you need it again. If you drum your fingers on a table as fast as you can (ring finger, middle finger, index finger is very natural and easy to repeat fast), you’ll probably find your fingers _want_ to do this without you even thinking about it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/fretting-hand-efficiency-ascending-3nps-scale-troubles/61909)._