Classes and courses by ZOOM WHATSAPP +5216658517458 [email protected] / rafaelizondoguitar / clasesdeguitarrarafaelelizondo Link to subscribe to my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/rafateca... TECHNIQUE BOOKS https://www.carlo-marchione.com/produ... https://www.carlo-marchione.com/produ... https://www.youtube.com/user/rafateca... / rafaelizondoguitar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Points to take care of in the video The placement of the guitar in relation to the body, which should always be the same. The placement of the finger in relation to the hand. Keep the finger close to the string In the placement of the finger on the string: the figure that the finger acquires with the contact on the string should be curved. A) Make sure that the little finger is aligned (in the video you hear me mention aligned but it is not true hahaha) with the other fingers of the left hand, especially when we play the basses, due to the nature of our anatomy if we are not careful the left hand will be positioned in relation to the use of the thumb and index finger. B) The placement of the little finger and its point of contact with the string must be lateral, in this way the phalanx will not give out and therefore it will be a very safe finger. Strength: second tip The little finger (finger 4) will probably need more work when we practice our technique, since the technique is also about equalizing the qualities and conditions of the fingers. Exercise 1 Practicing strumming with the little finger will help us so that the muscles that normally don't work when we play or that work little will now have to do so. This exercise is in the first technique book and as always I leave you the link to download the books here in the description of the video. Exercise 2 Practicing frets with the little finger. In addition to helping us with strength, we will add a technical resource that can solve some situations. Exercise 3 This hitting exercise is also found in the first technique video book, but we are also going to turn the guitar and hit the back of the fretboard. Precision (third tip) It mainly has to do with the first tip that I mentioned in relation to the position, but we can also use two exercises from the second technique book called coordination exercises. Exercise 1 hitting the string and making a ligatureExercise 2 Touching and lifting the finger with the string in the air Exercise 3 Pumping nylon exercise Independence (4th tip) This tip consists of two points which are the independence of movement and the independence of the strength of the finger in relation to the other fingers of the left hand. In the independence of movement we have to train the finger to be able to move separately from the other fingers and above all anticipating the note where it will have to reach, this is achieved by slowly studying our repertoire and having the habit of reaching with the finger before pressing with the right hand always as a practice exercise since when we play our repertoire this musically will not be possible most of the time, schottish chôro (prelude 2 Villalobos and adelita Tárrega) The second point which is the independence of strength will consist of the little finger having the ability to press harder than the other fingers and what better example than that of the cathedral prelude that we are going to work on in the group class for the memberships. GOOD PRACTICE!