Awesome Fingerstyle Exercise for Speed, Stretch and Fluidity!
E Minor Arpeggios!
Hey guys, today I want to show you how you can combine different techniques in one awesome fingerstyle exercise.
We will be focusing on three different aspect of your technique: Fingers stretch, speed and fluidity.
When I first started playing guitar (22 years ago), teachers used to teach these three techniques separately. I used to practice Abel Carlevaro for the fingers stretch, scales and arpeggios for speed and mechanical exercises for fluidity and strength.
It was slow and frustrating!
Nowadays practicality is the most important aspect of modern teaching and as a teacher I feel I have to do my best to provide the most effective exercises that can not only help you improving your technique but also keep you motivated.
Few days ago I received an email saying “I learned one of your melody in one day and played for my wife!”.
That’s my mission!
In this awesome fingerstyle exercise I am going to show you super fun arpeggio sequence in E minor key to be played with alternate fingering.
The left hand arpeggios will be mainly played on the first string so it should be easy for you to memorize them however the positions are pretty stretchy so really make sure you take things step by step.
Almost the entire exercise needs to be played using right hand alternate fingering.
The most friendly way to go through the exercise is to learn the left hand first then focus on the right hand.
Honestly guys, this is one of my favorite exercise so I hope you get inspired.
Have fun learning and playing this awesome fingerstyle exercise.
The Video
Left Hand Arpeggios
Honestly guys, the left hand is the most exciting part to learn in this awesome fingerstyle exercise.
We will be playing a bunch of minor and major arpeggios on one string that will make angry and happy at the same time.
It is a fact that these type of arpeggios are super fun to play however they are pretty challenging at first so it will take time before you can play the up to speed.
Each arpeggio is repeated four times following this order: E minor, D major, A minor then we will play a C major and D major chord with a simple melody.
Check the diagram below to learn how the arpeggio looks like on the TAB.
Notice that the D major arpeggio is the is the only chord with a note on the second string. The E minor and A minor will be played on the first string only.
Right Hand Alternate Fingering
Once you learn all the arpeggios and chords you can then start focusing on the right hand alternate fingering.
If you want to make this awesome fingerstyle exercise sound beautiful you have to play each arpeggio alternating with middle and index finger.
It is a pretty challenging task at first, but after a while your fingers will become extremely fluent.
The only time the alternate fingering isn’t required is when you’ll play the chords and the last arpeggio in E minor.
Check the diagram below.
