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Gymnastics for Guitar

Gymnastics Exercise # 1

 Gymnastics Exercise # 1A

Gymnastics Exercise # 2

Gymnastics Exercise 
# 1A 

Lesson by 
Michael Chodosh
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Now, we're already into the real stuff.  A funny thing happens once you get past the very first level.  All players benefit by practicing these exercises, no matter how good they are.  In fact, the better the player, the more they're doing these! 

Same as #1 except use alternate picking and we're coming back across the neck to where we started, on the first string.  Place your accents properly to create eighth notes and then for triplets.  Have you tried sixteenths, sixteenth triplets?

I put "D" and "U" to indicate the use of alternate picking above the top line of the exercise.

   D U D U D U D U 
E:-0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-----------------------------------
B:-----------------0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-------------------
G:---------------------------------0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1---
D:-------------------------------------------------0-
A:---------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------

  
E:---------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------
D:-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-------------------------------------
A:---------------0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-----------------0-1-
E:-------------------------------0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-----

 
E:---------------------------------------------------
B:---------------------------------------------0-1-2-
G:-----------------------------0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-------
D:-------------0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-----------------------
A:-2-3-4-3-2-1---------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------

 
E:-----------0-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-0-----------------------
B:-3-4-3-2-1-----------------------------------------
G:---------------------------------------------------
D:---------------------------------------------------
A:---------------------------------------------------
E:---------------------------------------------------

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