Exercise #8
We begin by moving around on the fretboard, moving both the hands and changing strings within the same phrase. This is clearly more difficult, mostly regarding the coordination of the hands. Play slowly and make sure that all the notes are heard. I also suggest that you play this series of exercises using only one finger of the right hand, at least until your coordination improves.
Then you should try to play the same exercises alternating the index and middle fingers in tapping. In this phase you can work on two measures at a time, to make it easier to memorize.
Analyzing the exercise, a short song in tapping appears, useful in solos that use a classic rock style (i.e. Malmsteen). In fact, in the score the chords of a basic accompaniment are identified. If you look closely at the notes that make up every sixteenth quatrain, they form a triad relative to the same chord.
Exercise #9
Using only one string, it is possible to move within a scale, which in the example is C major. In this case, the triplet sixteenth rhythmic division implies a good dose of final execution speed. Every group of three notes is formed by one in tapping followed by the others in pull-off. The movements of the right hand are followed by the left, in that the right moves towards the body of the instrument, then the left follows. This is only done for this exercise.
Note the smaller writing on the tablature, which makes it easier to read due to the incresed number
of notes in the measure.
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