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story’. A few articulations were used such
as grace notes and ‘turns’ as notated in the
embedded PDF.
As always, I would like to recommend ex-
ploring the above-mentioned techniques
in order to compose your own pieces. We
have to allow ourselves to make mistakes
and reflect on the reasons why we like or not
a particular sound, a chord progression or
modulation. Eventually, these sounds will
become part of your musical lexicon and
you’ll be able to use these with fluidity and
effectiveness.
The picking-hand pattern is predominantly
as follows:(Please note E=low E string, e= high E
string)‘p’ focuses predominantly on the bass lines,
while ‘i, m, a’ play the melody and counter-
melody or harmony part.Play this part in a relaxed and clear manner,
making sure your thumb is a little forward
compared to the ‘i, m, a’ fingers, in order to
prevent it from colliding with the ‘i’ finger.
As always, focus on attack and tonal consist-
ency. The melody and the supporting harmo-SPONSORED BY THE QUIET ROOM GIORGIO SERCI CREATIVE FINGERSTYLE