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HOW TO USE THE RIGHT HAND FINGERS |

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).
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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.
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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.
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.

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