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HOW TO USE   
THE RIGHT HAND FINGERS   

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The playing technique with the right hand fingers supplements the pick one. It gives a softer sonority and makes it possible to chain chords progressions using arpeggios in an easier way. Pushing it further will allow to play a melody and the bass simultaneously (not approached in this volume, see volume II of this method).

Exercise 1 is very simple. To allow you to understand and assimilate what you are doing, the left hand will not play for the moment. You just have to play the low E string separately, then the G string, the B one and the treble E string. Strictly respect the fingerings indicated for each string. Play regularly and in a steady tempo. AVOID MAKING THE FOURTH NOTE LAST LONGER THAN THE OTHERS (it is the most frequent error beginners do).

arpeggios 1.

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NOTE : Playing with the right hand thumb, forefinger, middle finger and ring finger may seem easier to you or, on the contrary, more difficult than with a pick. It is normal, certain people present better aptitude for one technique or the other.

Exercises in arpeggios 2 & 3 : the arpeggio is identical except that the right hand thumb plays either on the second low string (the A string) or on the third (the D string). The instructions of play are identical to those of exercise 1.

arpeggios 2 & 3.

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Exercises in arpeggios 4, 5 & 6 are played only with three fingers (thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the right hand), the left hand still does not intervene. No difficulty. They are the preparation to the "Anatole" in arpeggios of the following lesson.

arpeggios 4.
arpeggios 5 & 6.

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