Week 2 · 12 min
Fingers together and apart
By the end, you can identify simultaneous attacks in patterns 11–20.
Before this lesson
Lesson steps
1 The start of no. 11
Play p and i together, then m and a in turn.
3 min · 40 bpm · 3 notes per click
Check for · 2 bars at 48 BPM — Each click starts a group of three attacks.
More detail
A plus sign joins fingers that start together. The tab isolates the attack rhythm.
2 Giuliani 11–15
Practise one pattern from 11–15 on C and then on G7.
3 min · 40 bpm · 3 notes per click
Check for · 2 bars at 48 BPM — Each beat contains 3 attacks on both chords.
More detail
In no. 11, the first beat reads p+i · m · a. A plus sign joins simultaneous fingers. Move to the next number after two clean bars.
3 Two chords
Move from C to G seventh keeping all four groups of three.
3 min · 44 bpm · 3 notes per click
Revisit the tablature · Step 1
Check for · 2 bars at 52 BPM — You hear twelve attacks in each bar.
More detail
Listen particularly closely to the attack after the barline.
4 Giuliani 16–20
Practise one pattern from 16–20 on C and then on G7.
3 min · 40 bpm · 3 notes per click
Check for · 2 bars at 52 BPM — Each beat contains 3 attacks on both chords.
More detail
In no. 16, the first beat reads p · m · i. A plus sign joins simultaneous fingers. Move to the next number after two clean bars.
You can move on when…
You pass when, over 2 bars at 52 BPM, each beat contains 3 attacks on both chords.
If a movement feels difficult
The bass overpowers the fingers.
Soften the thumb; play the notes together again without forcing the fingers.
Planting cuts the notes short.
Plant the next finger more gently and a little later; listen to the end of each note.