Right Thumb and Fingers Together

Lesson 2/62 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Classical Guitar

Right Thumb and Fingers Together

In lesson 10 you learned how to play notes simultaneously with the right hand fingers i m and a. It is also essential to be able to play notes simultaneously using the thumb (p) and one or more of the fingers. To begin with, the easiest way to develop this technique is to practice it with open strings

Photo A Prior to plucking $(p) and # (i).

Photo B After plucking $ (p) and # (i).

Photo C After plucking $ (p) and # (i).

Be sure to observe the correct right hand position and allow p to come together lightly with i (Photo B) on adjacent strings, to form the cross shown in Photo C.

It may take some time before you develop good control of this technique. As you continue through the book, be sure to spend a few minutes each day with this exercise. In time, it will become automatic and you will be totally free to concentrate on the music.

These pieces both feature the use of the right thumb and fingers together. Play them using i and m, and also m and a. The fingers can play either rest stroke or free stroke and it is recommended that you practice them both ways.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Free Stroke With the Fingers 3- The Eighth Note 4- The Major Scale 5- Music in Two Parts 6- Notes on the Sixth String 7- Chords 8- Notes on the Fourth String 9- More About Chords 10- Notes on the Third String 11- Learning All the Notes 12- Notes on the First String 13- Picking the Strings 14- Playing Pieces 15- Right Thumb and Fingers Together 16- Simple and Compound Time 17- More About Major Scales 18- Minor Keys and Scales 19- Relative Keys 20- Sixteenth Notes 21- Tones and Semitones 22- D.C al Fine 23- Chord Progressions 24- Rhythm Notation 25- The G Major Scale 26- Sequences 27- Approach to Practice 28- Left Hand Fingering Numbers 29- Right Hand Co-Ordination 30- Note Summary 31- Free Stroke With the Thumb (<em>p</em>) 32- Notes on the Second String 33- The Octave 34- Using i m and a 35- Electronic Tuner 36- The F Major Scale 37- Sharps 38- Duets 39- Pivot Fingers 40- The Lead-in 41- Arpeggios 42- Notes on the Fifth String 43- Chord Symbols 44- Picking Two Notes Together 45- Using the 4th Finger 46- Parts of the Classical Guitar 47- Other Major Scales 48- The Key of C Major 49- Picking Three Notes Together 50- How to Hold the Guitar 51- Keys and Key Signatures 52- The Chromatic Scale 53- Left and Right Hand Technique 54- Rest and Free Stroke Together 55- Flats 56- The Rudiments of Music 57- Enharmonic Notes 58- Note Values 59- Visualizing 60- Time Signatures 61- Learning the Open Strings 62- Nails

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Right Thumb and Fingers Together