Week 3 · 12 min
Trill in short groups
By the end, you can alternate two frets without plucking every note.
Before this lesson
Lesson steps
1 Four notes from one attack
Repeat bar one twice, slurring 5–7–5–7 from a single pluck.
3 min · 44 bpm · 2 notes per click
Check for · 2 bars at 48 BPM — each pass has two pitches across four notes, followed by two beats of rest.
More detail
In bar one the left index holds fret 5. The ring finger produces the hammer-on and pull-off.
2 Link the combinations
Play the four combinations in bars 1 and 2 on string 3 in eighth notes.
3 min · 44 bpm · 2 notes per click
Check for · 2 bars at 48 BPM — The little finger keeps an even tone with the others.
More detail
Each four-note group starts with one pluck and lasts two beats. The left hand sounds the remaining three notes.
3 Two short trills
Play the two groups in bar two and release the hand during each rest.
3 min · 40 bpm · 4 notes per click
Revisit the tablature · Step 1
Check for · 2 bars at 48 BPM — Each group contains four distinct notes within one beat.
More detail
Start the second group with i after the rest. The left hand supplies the other three notes.
4 Two short trills
Play the two groups in bar two and release the hand during each rest.
3 min · 44 bpm · 4 notes per click
Revisit the tablature · Step 1
Check for · 4 bars at 52 BPM — Each group contains four distinct notes within one beat.
More detail
Start the second group with i after the rest. The left hand supplies the other three notes.
You can move on when…
You pass when, over 4 bars at 52 BPM, each group contains four distinct notes within one beat.
If a movement feels difficult
The pull-off note is muted.
Keep the lower finger down while the other lightly plucks the string.
Your fingers lift too far.
Repeat the piston movement slowly, keeping your fingers hovering close to the string.