Finger Exercises-3

Class Objective- Getting coordination between your left and right hand .

Title : Left Hand Exercises.

Objective : Using your left hand more efficiently.

Concept A : Practising alternate picking .

I. Play the following exercise with alternate picking
II. Press the frets firmly using your fingertips.
III. Play the given exercises without looking at your right hand .

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Concept B : What is ‘Metronome’?

I. A device used by musicians that marks time at a selected rate by

giving a regular tick.
II. In simple language it is called rhythm or beats .
III. We have to play all the exercises , songs and solos etc. on the beat .
IV. If we play any solo without rhythm we call it meterless.
V. It follows a particular time signature.
 VI. You can tap your feet in a rhythm and practise the exercises or
download a mobile app.

Concept C : What is ‘tempo’?

I. The speed of a metronome is called tempo.
II. It can be slow , medium or fast.
III. Different songs have different tempo .
IV. We can start practising all the exercises with a slow tempo and
gradually increase the speed in order to play faster.

Concept D : What is ‘Bpm’?

V. The unit used to measure the speed of a metronome is Bpm.

VI. Full form of Bpm is ‘beats per minute’.
VII. So the tempo can be set at a particular speed by varying the
bpm.
VIII. Typically we start practising any exercise or a song at a very low
tempo i.e 60 or 70 bpm and then increase it according to your
grip.

Practice A : MCQs

1. What is the synonym for metronome ?

A. Beat
B. Rhythm
C. Both A & B

2. What is the term used for speed for a metronome ?

A. Time signature
B. Bpm
C. Tempo

3. What is fullform for ‘Bpm’ ?

A. Beats per minute
B. Beats per millisecond
Answers to practise A : (1-C , 2-B , 3-A)

SELF-ASSESSMENT :

Good I was able to read the TABs immediately and play the
exercise in rhythm .

Fair I was able to read the TABs easily but facing little
difficulty in tapping the feat..

Bad I was not able to locate notes correctly and played it

meterless.