MAIN THREAD: Power and Perseverance - The Elegance of the Left Hand (Week 2)
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Here are the Play-Alongs for this week's session! 🎉🥳
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Exercise 6a. I love arpeggios. The tricky thing for me was hitting the correct bass string. Sometimes when going up, I would hit the 3rd string instead of the 4th string. Somehow on the way back down I had less trouble.
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I am practicing the first few exercises, but I also looked at the later exercises. On Exercise 11, I am having a difficult time with my left hand trying to play the "D" note with the third finger after playing the "A" note with the second finger in the third measure. Is it okay to use the fourth finger to play D?
In Exercise 13B, in the second measure, what fingering should I use on my left hand to play this chord?
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Please disregard my first paragraph above about Exercise 11. I have no idea why I was having trouble yesterday. Fingering seems fine today. 😏
However, I am still having trouble with what fingering to use on measure 2 of 13B. I am also having difficulty playing the chord in measure 12 of Exercise 13A. My hand looks all contorted when I try to play the chord.
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Exercise #7a at 60bpm. I tried it with free strokes followed by a version with rest strokes. I just alternated between "I" and "m" for the whole piece even though "a" is indicated on the music. Hope that is okay to start with.
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Good afternoon! I have a question about left-hand fingering on Exercise 12A of the next-to-last measure. When I play the A with my second finger, I have a rough time trying to reach the F#. Is it okay to play the A with my first finger or should I just continue to work on stretching?
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Exercise 7b at 100bpm. I concentrated on alternating my right hand fingers. In the past, I never really paid attention, so this time I wrote in the i and m on the music to help me out. This must become automatic after awhile.
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Exercise 7c at 100bpm. It's so fun to play with this accompaniment. The busier second guitar part makes it sound really pretty.
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Exercise 8a at 60bpm. On this I experimented with right hand muting. I put my finger back down on the 3rd string before playing the d on the 4th string. Then I put my thumb back down on the 4th string before playing the 3rd string. Right hand muting is new for me, so it's pretty challenging.