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Alternating Thumb Fingerstyle- Lesson #2

guitar intermediate

In this lesson

  • Lesson Preview & Overview preview
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Indict the Index
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Index Skills Check
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Middle Class
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Middle Skills Check
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Final Exam
  • ๐Ÿ”’ Gaps Exercise

Intro the synco! Now that we have ahold of our thumb, let's usher in some syncopation! It's all about the back beat, baby!

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  1. Sam Whitlock

    โ™ฅ 7

    Slowed the video to 50% and worked it a measure at a time. Two weeks in and it's coming. Patience is the lesson here as much as the notes.

  2. flatpick_dad

    โ™ฅ 3

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  3. MandoMary

    โ™ฅ 1

    Not just you. I still count this one out loud and I've been at it four years.

  4. Marcy Kern

    โ™ฅ 4

    The pinky thing goes away, I promise. Took me about three months.

  5. Deb Carrigan

    โ™ฅ 2

    Count it out loud. Everyone says it and everyone's right.

  6. Ben Clark Instructor

    โ™ฅ 11

    There's a slower track in the resources for this one. If you want it slower still, let me know and I'll cut one.

  7. Sam Whitlock

    โ™ฅ 4

    Same here at first. What fixed it for me was practicing that measure by itself for a week, no B part at all.

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