6 Combining open bass strings with treble notes 1s your rghe-hand ws arched A Rest well away from the guitar? 2 ‘One crotchet rest forthe = fingers while the thumb Plays the bass notes y Bxercise = PoP PF OF ‘Thumb, Finger, Finger’ r Fe > F Serenade a aa W A Sad Song‘The next two pieces can be played asa round. The second suitar can begin when the fist guitar reaches the * Frére Jacques London’s Burning - A March for Two Guitars eo “DuetHome on the Range = ee ‘This line isa tie, Te tes the two notes together. Do not play the second note; leave the frst note to ring an forthe total of the to. Summer WaltzThe Free Stroke After striking the string lift the fingertip up slightly to miss the next sting. Avoid pulling the strc ‘upwards away fiom the guitar as this will produce a harsh tone. Use the fee stroke when playing ‘chords and arpeggios’ When playing fre.stroke pieces for the bass notes for the third-string nots. forthe second:-string notes, for the firststeing notes, — Open String Exercises Exercise 2 we a $s z 3 7 7 7 2 a 7 A CHORD AN ARPEGGIO21 Free-stroke Tunes using fingered notes Adagio eave lefchand fingers on Adagio means play slowly. Hopscotch isctine oy Wand ine 1 ‘Theme and Variation VariationEl Coqui (The Tree-Frog) REST STROKEa Rest tate SP aD. y of eee Ye: Dreaming mp Fre tre = moderately soft So x = ede lod ‘Getting softer LdIntroducing G# Exercise Res ac Fist foger behind inter GR Free stroke Pony Trek Study in A minor imimip 7? Fee sake A Fr po Of eo yu r : r . rll, or rallentando means slowing down,35 More Accidentals @ : 3 i Second finger behind second fet CR Third finger behind tind fet BD ‘The fat sign (p) written before a note makes it one fret (g semitone) lower ‘his is a natural sign. Ie cancels out sharp or flat used previously in the ba, Manhattan Nights ¥ 4 eS [== F Ss : Use third finger for C# in the final chord. L Cowboy Blues3 In "The Wasp’ play the bass notes louder than the top ‘E's to emphasise the tune, 1 The Wasp BE Aero oe fe oO ? Allegro means fa and tively. ox Scale of C major est sske x Se = Silent Night Franz Griber30 Three in One Variation | Variation 2“4 Another F¢ ‘The fourth finger has so far only played when we need @ 1 change of fingering for chord playing. It will also take all notes on the fourth fret in the first postion. 4 S cae Practise the exercises before trying ‘Greensleeves’ é our ages eb four ft Ff Exercise 1 Exercise 246 Repertoire Pieces Turkish Dance Las Maiianitas ‘Mexican Traditional F . TT -F r ‘Be careful to hold on to bass notes for their full valuea Andante in C (Theme from Tales of the River Bank) ~< Giulia fon seranged D. Cracknell