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HOW TO USE   
THE RIGHT HAND FINGERS   

fingers

Parallel to the lessons, started to practice the exercises to master BAR in seven weeks?
GOING THERE!

  Playing with the right hand fingers supplements the pick technique. It gives a softer sonority and makes it possible to chain chords progressions using arpeggios in an easier way. Pushing it further will allow you to play a melody and the bass simultaneously (approached in this volume II).

  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 have to play the low E string and the B one simultaneously, then the G string separately. Strictly respect the fingerings indicated for each string. Play regularly and in a steady beat. AVOID MAKING THE FOURTH NOTE LAST LONGER THAN THE OTHERS (it is the most frequent error beginners do).


EXERCISE 1
Arpeggios exercise 1.

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Important
NOTE :Playing with the right hand thumb, forefinger, middle and third fingers may seem easier to you or, on the contrary, more difficult than with a pick. It is normal, some 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 for play are identical to those of exercise 1.


EXERCISES 2 & 3
Arpeggios exercises 2 & 3.

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  Exercises in arpeggios 4, 5 & 6 : the arpeggio is identical except that you do not strike the E treble string and the low one together, but the B string and the low one. The right hand thumb can, as in the preceding exercises, play either on the low E string as well as on the A string or the D string. The playing instructions are identical to those of exercises 1, 2 and 3.


EXERCISES 4, 5 & 6
Arpeggios exercises 4, 5 & 6.

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5
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  Exercises in arpeggios 7, 8 & 9 are played with all the fingers (thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the right hand), the left hand still does not intervene. No difficulty. Preserve the same practicing method as for the other exercises.


EXERCISE 7
Arpeggios exercise 7.

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EXERCISES 8 & 9
Arpeggios exercises 8 & 9.

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9
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  In arpeggios exercises 10, 11 & 12, the left hand still does not intervene. No difficulty, be careful to respect the rhythm indicated, without what these arpeggios do not make any sense! Preserve the same practicing method as for the other exercises.


EXERCISE 10
Arpeggios exercise 10.

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EXERCISES 11 & 12
Arpeggios exercises 11 & 12.

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12
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  Exercises in arpeggios 13, 14 & 15 are composed of a larger number of notes. No difficulty, but be careful with memorizing! Preserve the same practicing method as for the other exercises.


EXERCISE 13
Arpeggios exercise 13.

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EXERCISES 14 & 15
Arpeggios exercises 14 & 15.

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15
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  Exercises in arpeggios 16, 17 & 18 exploit the repetition of certain notes. No difficulty, but be careful with memorizing! Preserve the same practicing method as for the other exercises.


EXERCISE 16
Arpeggios exercise 16.

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EXERCISES 17 & 18
Arpeggios exercises 17 & 18.

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18
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