SCHEDULING YOUR WORK As usual, to begin with, practise the first measure: • Practise the fingerings of the left hand without the rhythm. • Introduce the correct picking directions (be careful the strokes are not systematically alternated). • Then, play the whole song with the indicated rhythm. • Having done this, train yourself to play the pattern in measure [...]
Tags: Blues, chords, hammering-on, Intermediate, pulling-off, shuffle
There are two possibilities with regard to the technique used for the right hand: you can either use your thumb for the bass and your fore finger and middle finger for the treble strings, OR you can use the pick to play down strokes on the bass and up strokes on the treble. For the [...]
THEORY: • The eighth notes (straight by definition) divide time into two equal parts, i.e. you play two notes, of EQUAL duration, per beat. • The shuffle eighth notes divide time into three equal parts. The first note occupies the first two thirds and the second note occupies the last third. See figure I. EXAMPLE: Here are [...]
Tags: music theory, musical notation, rhythm, shuffle