Remember the numbers we gave to your fingers?? Play C with the finger 3.??
Now lift your finger off and play D, (open 4th string).
Then play in succession ( only one note at a time) E, F and G.
On E you use finger number 2, on F use finger 3 and on G play the open 3rd string
Now use finger 2 on A this time which is 3rd string, 2nd fret.
B is 2nd string open.
And C again is 2nd string, 1st fret played with finger 1.
Play slowly, lift your fingers from one note before you play the next note and don't worry at this point if there is a short pause between each sound.? Just keep playing the notes you have learned until you feel they are even and smooth. C D E F G A B C.
Do not go on until until you are happy with the evenness and smoothness of your playing.
Next try the 8 notes in descending sequence starting with the top C. You use the same fingers as you did for the ascending sequence but in reverse.
Happy with that??? Ok,? Now try at the beginning again from middle C to top C but this time,? without stopping, play from top C to middle C.? In other words play both ascending and descending.? Do this several times until you are comfortable with it.
PLAYING FROM MUSIC.
If you have revised the lesson so far and are sure that you can now recognize the notes on the stave, you are ready for that exiting moment when you actually play from music.
Your first attempt is not an actual piece of music but pleasant enough to listen to all the same.? This example doesn't have any particular timing.? We will concern ourselves more with that later.? Play slowly and aim at accuracy.? Read each note and say it out loud as you play it.? Go back and look at your previous diagrams if you are still unsure of any notes.
Make sure you play only one note at a time to begin with and when you are confident that you can play them in the correct sequence it is ok to speed things up a bit to make it sound better.
Try playing 2 notes together.? Try C and E using fingers 3 and 2.? Then try C E and G with fingers 3 2 0.? Next try E G C with fingers 2 0 1.? Just let yourself go and feel the enjoyment of playing.
When you have had enough of that try the following example.
Make sure you play only one note at a time to begin with and when you are confident that you can play them in the correct sequence it is ok to speed things up a bit to make it sound better.
Try playing 2 notes together.? Try C and E using fingers 3 and 2.? Then try C E and G with fingers 3 2 0.? Next try E G C with fingers 2 0 1.? Just let yourself go and feel the enjoyment of playing.
When you have had enough of that try the following example.
