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Play Song: One At A Time

 
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Now it's time to try this out with the band. Watch without playing as many times as you need to, and then whenever you're ready, you can play along yourself.

I hope you've enjoyed this introduction to the wonderful world of arpeggiation. I know it's probably tricky right to find this kind of precision in your fretting hand, but just remember that if your fretting hand fingers do their job well, your picking can be all over the place and it'll still sound good.

So this is definitely one of those techniques, where you can almost pretend like you master it before you really do; because if you just keep using it, the precision will come eventually. And if you're inspired to really dig in and work on your picking precision, that's of course more than okay. As long as you remember that it's perfectly fine to move ahead without being able to nail every part of the arpeggiation pattern.

Instructor Anders Mouridsen
Tutorial:
Arpeggiation
Styles:
Any Style
Difficulty:
print notation download lesson open guitar tuner
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Play Song: One At A Time By Anders Mouridsen

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3 months ago
My problem with this lesson is not my picking - I'm right on with that but the fretting is a problem switching between the chords, make sure my fingers are properly positioned for a clean note. I even have the video speed at .75. I find myself missing a note or two and must catch up. I spend quite a number of days working slowly by myself, then I go to the video at the slow .75 speed. I have this saved as a favorite to revisit but my fretting is the issue with coordination.
Mike Olekshy 3 months ago

Hey there - thanks for your experience with it!! Keep working on your chord changes at a slow speed. Repetition is the key here - you need to practice back and forth many times to be able to program the fingers and muscle memory so that you can change quicker and smoother. Trust in the process and keep at it -- you'll get it!! Hope this helps!

8 months ago
Thanks Mike! I will continue to work on curling my fingers more. As you suggest I will take 2-5 minutes per day to exercise the muscles in the proper shape.
Mike Olekshy 8 months ago

Excellent!! Let me know how it goes!!

8 months ago
I'm having some trouble getting a clean sound from the A minor and the E-Minor when doing the Arpeggiation. The B and high E string get a bit muted in the A minor strumming and in the E-minor strumming the D string gets a bit muted. Any suggestions?
Mike Olekshy 8 months ago

Hey there - thanks so much for your question! When you fret the A minor chord - make sure your ring finger is curled up enough so that the C note on the B string rings out cleanly. This may take some fiddling - experiment with the position of the thumb behind the neck, and try pushing your wrist forward a little bit so that the fingers curl more and come into the fretboard at as close to a 90 degree angle as possible. You'll also want to check that your index finger completely clears the high E string as well. Same thing for the E minor chord - find a position where the D string note can ring out cleanly using these methods. Turn this procedure into a 2-5 minute exercise every practice session. Repetition will program the muscles to loosen up and hold these chords more cleanly. Keep at it - you'll get it!! Hope this helps!

1 year ago
I love the notations and need them, but i wish it scrolled along rather than just changed. I often forget the next chord we are going to and some notation of what is coming up would be great. just so we can plan ahead.
Mike Olekshy 1 year ago

Hello - thanks so much for your suggestion! Might I suggest a workaround - if you're on a computer you could go to the Notation section (directly below the video) and drag the image of the tab right onto your desktop - then you could print it out. You could also take screen shots of the notation and then print them out. Hope this helps!

1 year ago
Is there a full song for this lovely bit of music?
Mike Olekshy 1 year ago

Hello -thanks so much for your question and kind words. These "mini-songs" were written specifically for this Fundamentals Course, so, no, there is not a full song for this or any of the mini-songs played in the course.

1 year ago
hello I would like to see the next chord before the tab changes, would you guys please do that ?
Mike Olekshy 1 year ago

Hello - thanks so much for the suggestion. We provide the tabs onscreen as well as in the Notation section of the lesson with auto-scroll as an added convenience. I recommend looking over the entire tab before you attempt to play along, and try to remember as much as you can - particulary the sections where you want to make note of the next chord. Hope this helps!

2 years ago
Hey guys! How long should I spend in this until moving on? Should I keep practicing until it's effortless or a certain percentage? Thank you
Mike Olekshy 2 years ago

Hello - thanks so much for your great question! You don't necessarily need to stick with the lesson until it's "effortless". Perhaps you could continue to practice the lesson exercise/song to get better at it, while moving on to the next lesson. Just make sure you fully understand the material presented in the lesson before moving on. Hope this helps!