The following exercises are destined to improve your technique as a guitar player.
The examples are divided in five chapters and they come in two shapes: as Sibelius Scorch - .sib web page where you can also listen in MIDI to the exercise (besides seeing or printing it) and in jpeg - .gif format for those who don't want to download the Scorch software.
| In the Chromatic Scale |
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| Chromatic 1 |
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| Chromatic 2 |
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| Chromatic 3 |
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| Chromatic 4 |
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| The Flight of the Bumblebee |
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| Tapped Arpeggios |
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| Tapped Arpeggio 1 |
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| Tapped Arpeggio 2 |
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| Tapped Arpeggio 3 |
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| Tapped Arpeggio 4 |
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| Tapped Arpeggio 5 |
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| Tapped Arpeggio 6 |
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| Extended Arpeggios |
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| Extended Arpeggio 1 |
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| Extended Arpeggio 2 |
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| Extended Arpeggio 3 |
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| Extended Arpeggio 4 |
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| Extended Arpeggio 5 |
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| Extended Arpeggio 6 |
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Practice the exercises in a slow tempo at first and increase the speed gradually until you master them.
1 - index; 2 - middle; 3 - ring; 4 - small.