Free Stroke Exercise

Once you have counted the beats of each melody line as in the above example, you can simplify it to the following version.

Remember: notes that are written in a vertical line are supposed to be played at the same time.

Free Stroke Exercise

No left hand, all open strings. Put your thumb (p) of the right hand on the 5th string. 

Your middle finger (i) on the G string, middle finger (m) on the E string. 

Now pluck each string lightly,without resting your fingers on the next string. 

The wrist and the fingers will be curved, and not as straight as in the rest stroke.

Order in which 

to pluck strings:

ILLUSTRATION OF FREE STROKE

LESSON 14 ( Reading Guitar Music in 2 to 4 Parts )

LESSON 14
Reading Guitar Music in 2 to 4 Parts

             Sometimes it can be confusing to read guitar music since it can have up to four different lines of music. 

Usually when the stems go up they indicate the melody line, when they go down the bass line.
Each line has to have as many beats as are indicated in the time signature.

 

            The first note played would be the bass since the melody has a rest on the first beat. While the low A keeps sounding you would play the second and third beat of the melody.

It is possible to have more than 2 lines of music, but the same rules as above would still be valid.

LESSON 13 ( Rests )

Rests

Rests in music carry the same importance as notes. Rests are also counted like notes. Each note value has a corresponding rest:

 

Exercise:
These exercises should be clapped or tapped the same way as in the first rhythm lesson.Remember not to clap when there is a rest.

Exercise 12.2

Exercise: Name the notes, and what fret they will be played on:

(12.2)

 

Note:
Accidentals may appear anywhere within a piece of music. However, they will last only for one measure. In the example the sharp in front of the first C will also be applied to the second C of that measure. 

The Cs of the second measure will be played on the first fret again.

 

3. Naturals:
If we do not want the sharp from the example above to be valid for the whole measure, we can put a natural sign in front of the second C sharp and it would become a regular C (C natural) again. 

The natural cancels any sharp or flat for one whole measure.

LESSON 12 ( Exercise 1 )

Exercise:

Name the notes, and what fret they will be played on.

 

Note:
        Usually notes are two frets (one whole step) apart.
        There are two exceptions to the rule:

                                 E- F the distance is one fret
                                 B- C the distance is one fret

        So E sharp and F are identical. The same is true for B sharp and C. Since these notes sound the
same but have different names, they are called ENHARMONIC.
 

2. Flats:
           Flats are used to lower the pitch of a note by one fret. The symbol used is b .

           For example: This D is played on the 3rd fret.

 

 

If we put a flat in front of it it becomes D flat and will now be played on the second fret.

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LESSON 12 ( Accidentals )

LESSON 12

Accidentals

We can raise or lower the pitch of any note by one fret using accidentals. (sharps # or flats b )

1. Sharps:
To raise the pitch of a note by one fret ( half step) we use the sharp symbol # .
 

For example: this C is played on the first fret.

 

If we put a sharp in front of it it becomes C sharp and is played on the second fret.

 

LESSON 11 ( Notes on the low E- String )

LESSON 11
Notes on the low E- String (sixth string)

Note Drill

This Note Drill will help you to make sure that all the notes are learned well enough to go on to
lesson 15.

It is a good idea to go through this exercise before each practice session. If you have difficulties
remembering certain notes go back to appropriate exercises.