MODAL FRAGMENTS AND CHROMATIC FINGER INDEPENDANCE STUDIES!!!!

THESE EXERCISES WILL DO MORE FOR YOUR PLAYING THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE. REALLY, THEY WILL PUSH YOUR FINGERS TO USE LESS MOTION - CONDENSED MOTION!!!! THIS WILL RESULT IN FASTER PLAYING AND SMOOTHER LEGATO RUNS. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WILL PLAY FASTER AND LESS CHOPPY.

IN THIS FIRST EXAMPLE MAKE SURE TO HOLD DOWN YOUR FINGERS ON EACH NOTE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE . CONTINUE TO HOLD THE BASS NOTE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE BEAT. PAY ATTENTION TO THE FINGERING, THE FIRST TWO NOTES ON THE 1ST BEAT ARE BARRED WITH YOUR FIRST FINGER . THE FIRST TWO NOTES ON THE SECOND BEAT ARE BARRED WITH YOUR 1ST FINGER. THE 1ST TWO NOTES ON 3RD BEAT ARE HELD WITH YOUR 3RD FINGER ON THE 3RD STRING AND YOUR 2ND FINGER ON THE 1SR STRING AND SO ON. Copyright 2008 Tapella