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mc9mm
Guitar Tricks Instructor
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mc9mm
Guitar Tricks Instructor
Joined: 08/16/01
Posts: 532
07/18/2004 11:36 pm
You play i-m-i-m-i-m etc. Don't use the a finger, that will just mess things up.
Of course you could play with your ring finger, and with your pinky as well if you
would want to, but I recommend you to only use i & m fingers.

Here are two runs you can practice the i-m-i-m technique on. Enjoy!

This is a run from "Gran Jota".
Start with i then m then i etc etc.
It takes some time to get used to it, because you pick the open strings
with different fingers almost each time, so it might seem a bit awkward at first,
but as usual; practice hard and thee shalt be enlightened.

-----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------0-1-2-3-4-5-
-------------------------------0-1-2-3--------------
---------------------0-1-2-3-4----------------------
----------0-1-2-3-4---------------------------------
0-1-2-3-4-------------------------------------------


This run is from "Passacaglia", it's a bit more difficult.
All of the notes are 8ths, except the three last notes, they're 4ths.

-3-2---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----5-3-----------------------------------------------------------------
---------5-4-2-------------------------4-5-7-5-4-2-------------2-5-0----
---------------5-4-2-------------4-5-7-------------5-3-2-0-2-3-------3-2
---------------------5-3-2-4-6-7-----------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------0-------------
----------------0-1-3-1-0-7-0----0-5-3-----5-----3--0--3----3-1-0-------
------------0-2---------------2-1-------5-2--0--2--5--0--0---------2----
1-----1-2-4------------------------------------4------------------------
--2-4--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------


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--------------------------
-0------------------------
---4-2-0------------------
---------3-2-0------------
---------------3---2---0--