Technique Exercises For Guitar

Chord Exercises Example 4 This is a slash chord exercise for the diminished scale using D/B and A�/D.

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Example 5 Here's an exercise that moves in minor 3rds using altered dominant chords.

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IE Example 10 Here's a chord progression that uses the open high E string as a drone. lt is a good exercise far devel­ oping independence between the right-hand thumb and fingers.

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Example 11 This example uses a Flamenco technique; the chords are Emi, D, and Bmi7. Use the following strum technique: The first stroke is thumb down The second stroke is thumb up The third stroke uses the nails of fingers 2 and 3 on a downstroke The fourth stroke is thumb up The fifth stroke is a ghost downstroke (don't make contact with the strings) The sixth stroke is thumb up The seventh and eighth strokes are muted strokes with fingers 2 and 3 (down-up)

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