Week 6 · 12 min
Bring out Adelita’s melody
By the end, you can sustain the tune as the mazurka accompaniment enters.
Before this lesson
Lesson steps
1 Giuliani 1
Play the three notes together on each beat.
3 min · 44 bpm · 1 note per click
Check for · 2 bars at 52 BPM — All three notes start together on each of the four beats.
More detail
The C bass notes follow strings 5, 4, 3, 5. Both upper notes sound with each bass.
2 The group in no. 21
Play two p+m+a attacks followed by a single i.
3 min · 44 bpm · 3 notes per click
Check for · 2 bars at 52 BPM — The two chords are followed by a single note on string 3.
More detail
The thumb changes strings within the bar. The index stays on the same string.
3 The chord beneath the melody
Hold fret 4 on string 1 as the inner voices enter.
3 min · 40 bpm · 1 note per click
Check for · 2 bars at 48 BPM — The chord on beat two leaves the sustained top note audible.
More detail
The first note lasts one and a half beats. Bring the inner chord in on the second click.
4 Two bars of the mazurka
Connect bars 9 and 10 with the bass beneath the melody.
3 min · 44 bpm · 1 note per click
Revisit the tablature · Step 3
Check for · 4 bars at 52 BPM — The melody, the inner chord and the entrance of string 5 are all audible.
More detail
The thumb moves from string 6 to string 5 on beat three of each bar.
You can move on when…
You pass when, over 4 bars at 52 BPM, the melody, the inner chord and the entrance of string 5 are all audible.
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.