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PLAYING
ARPEGGIOS
Many people are content to simply strum their guitars.
This is great and sometimes, of course, it's the
most effective accompaniment for a song. However,
if you really want to push the envelope with your
acoustic guitar and expand your musical enjoyment,
horizons and skills, you're going to have to get
into playing fingerstyle. So let's get started.
A
principal difference between strumming and fingerstyle
is right hand independence. When strumming the right
hand is one fluidly moving unit, sweeping up and
down like a pendulum, whereas with fingerstyle your
fingers have to be independent of the thumb and
vice versa.
Work
through the exercises sytematically. Do not go onto
the next exercise until you have thoroughly mastered
the exercise you are on. If you're not used to this,
it may be difficult at first, but you will triumph
in the end if you persevere. Use the audio files
as guidance.
RULE
OF THUMB
Here
are the rules regarding which fingers play which
strings:
E
- Thumb
A - Thumb
D - Thumb
G - Index Finger (1)
B - Middle Finger (2)
E - Ring Finger (3)
Once
you know what you're doing you can break these rules,
but for the moment we suggest you adhere to the
fingerstyle rule of thumb.
E
minor arpeggio exercise ¬
PLAY AUDIO
Arpeggio
exercise on D A and G ¬
PLAY AUDIO
Reverse
arpeggio exercise ¬
PLAY AUDIO
Moving
bass arpeggio exercise ¬
PLAY AUDIO
When
you're confident you can arpeggiate smoothly between
chord changes, try this arrangement of "House
of the Rising Sun" on the next page
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