Week 4 · 12 min
Six attacks per beat
By the end, you can fit six attacks within a click in patterns 25–35.
Before this lesson
Lesson steps
1 Giuliani 21–24
Practise one pattern from 21–24 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. 21, the first beat reads p+m+a · p+m+a · i. A plus sign joins simultaneous fingers. Move to the next number after two clean bars.
2 Giuliani 25–29
Practise one pattern from 25–29 on C and then on G7.
3 min · 40 bpm · 1 note per click
Check for · 2 bars at 40 BPM — Each beat contains 6 attacks on both chords.
More detail
Return to 40 BPM as you move from three attacks per beat to six. In no. 25, count p-i-m then i-p-i within the same main beat.
3 Giuliani 30–35
Practise one pattern from 30–35 on C and then on G7.
3 min · 40 bpm · 1 note per click
Check for · 2 bars at 40 BPM — Each beat contains 6 attacks on both chords.
More detail
In no. 30 play p-i-p then m-i-a within a single beat. The metronome marks the beat. After two clean bars, try the next number.
4 Giuliani 30–35
Practise one pattern from 30–35 on C and then on G7.
3 min · 40 bpm · 1 note per click
Revisit the tablature · Step 3
Check for · 2 bars at 44 BPM — Each beat contains 6 attacks on both chords.
More detail
In no. 30, the first beat reads p · i · p · m · i · a. 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 44 BPM, each beat contains 6 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.