Guitar Tricks
May 2006



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1) Fingerpicking 2 - Benoit Nadeau

This is a variation of one of my songs. It's a ballad best played on a 
nylon guitar but the sound file is done on a acoustic electric guitar 
for recording purpose.

You need to let ring the fifth string. This will give the piece more 
depth.

The third bar is kinda tricky but breaks the routine of the riff. 
Concentrate on getting this bar right. Once you can play it well, the 
rest of the riff is quite easy.

Also, concentrate on getting from bar 8 to 1. You need to shift from the 
third fret to the 7th quickly. Sounds easy? not at first, at least not 
for me :)

I suggest (on bar 8) to position your index on the second fret and doing 
the hammer-on on the third fret with your middle finger. That way, you 
don't have to change string to go to the 7th fret and your index is free 
to be place on the 7th fret of the fifth string.

So it should go like this: index on 1 string - 2 fret, hammer-on with 
middle finger on third fret, shift middle finger to 7th fret and 
position index on fifth string 7th fret for the first note of bar 1.

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2) Ave Maier - Basic Touch Technique  HPCRAZY 
(VIDEO LESSON)
This lesson about touch technique actually is the beginner lesson to get 
into the basic movements.

1. Play chords with tapping : In the first part I play G