Friday, January 3, 2014

Diatonic Scale

This is the first of various technique exercises I'll be posting dedicated to, in this
case, the major scale. I recommend doing the exercise first with the left hand only,
then working on open strings with the right hand using 2, 3, or even 4 fingers for
each group of 16th notes. See exer. 2 (i=index, m=middle, a=ring finger p=thumb).
Dynamics, tempo, accenting and musical phrasing are all important variables that
should be worked on and undergo experimentation.