Playing with the fingers of the right hand supplements the pick technique. It gives the song a softer sound and makes it possible to chain chord progressions more easily using arpeggios. This technique will eventually allow you to play the melody and bass simultaneously (not approached in this volume, see volumes II and III of this guitar course).
Exercise # 1 is very simple. To allow you to understand and learn 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, then B and then treble E. Strictly respect the fingerings indicated for each string. Play regularly and with a steady tempo.
AVOID MAKING THE FOURTH NOTE LAST LONGER THAN THE OTHERS (it is the most frequent error beginners make).
 | NOTE: Playing with the thumb, forefinger, middle and third fingers may seem easier to you or, on the contrary, more difficult than with a pick. This is actually quite normal, certain people feel more comfortable with one technique than with the other. |
Exercises # 2 & 3: the arpeggio is identical except that the thumb of the right hand plays either on the second low string (A) or on the third string (D). The playing instructions are identical to those in exercise 1.
Exercises # 4, 5 & 6 are played with only three fingers (the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the right hand), the left hand still does not play. They will prepare you for the “Anatole” with arpeggios in the following lesson of “How to play the guitar – Volume I”.
Related posts:
- Barre Chord – 7 exercises to master the barre chord
- The right hand – How to use a pick (also called a plectrum)
- Shuffle Boogie – To be played with a pick or the fingers (pima)
- Approach, methodology – Guitar tablature or standard musical notation?
Tags: Arpeggios, Beginners, Classic, exercises, right hand, Technique
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