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Thursday, May 11, 2006

My First Complete Song "Theme for Young Lovers" by The Shadows

Things I learned while learning to play this song:
a) Learned to Time moving from 1 string to another and plucking the strings.

b) Learned to play 'Arpeggio' i.e plucking individual string with the Thumb and first 3 fingers.
In this style the Thumb plucks the 6th, 5th, 4th strings (Bass Strings),
the Index finger plucks the 3rd string
the Middle finger the 2nd string
and the Ring finger the 1st string (Melody Strings 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings)

c) Learned to cover the whole octave from the 1st to the 12th fret.
12 notes/4 fingers ie. cover the whole octave with 3 movements across the fretboard.
ie
+ Index finger covers the 1st, 5th, 9th, 12th frets
+ Middle finger covers the 2nd, 6th, 10th frets and
+ the Ring finger covers the 3rd, 7th, 11th frets

d) Re-Learned the importance of good Body position and classical stance to reduce unnecessary tension while shifting from fret to fret. In the classical stance the left hand doesnt take up the weight of the guitar. This allows it to move freely over the fretboard avoiding stickiness.

e) Learned how to use the strings Vertically. Its natural to play the scale horizontally on a string ie up and down the string. By playing the Same note but on adjoining strings produces variety in playing the scale!!

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