Using the 4th Finger

Lesson 5/62 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Classical Guitar

Using the 4th Finger

Up to this point, you have mainly played notes using the first three fingers of the left hand. Some of the notes in this lesson are played at the 4th fret with the fourth finger of the left hand. The principle for playing with the fourth finger is the same as for playing with the other fingers. Use the very tip of the finger and keep the finger curved. If you have maintained correct left hand technique in your playing so far, you should have no trouble with these new notes.

Using sharps you can now play five new notes, which occur between the seven natural notes you already know. This exercise uses all twelve notes which occur within one octave of music. Note that there are no sharps between B and C, or E and F. This is because they are already one semitone apart and there is no room for an extra note between them. Play the following exercise slowly and steadily, making sure you use the correct fingering.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Free Stroke With the Fingers 3- The Eighth Note 4- The Major Scale 5- Music in Two Parts 6- Notes on the Sixth String 7- Chords 8- Notes on the Fourth String 9- More About Chords 10- Notes on the Third String 11- Learning All the Notes 12- Notes on the First String 13- Picking the Strings 14- Playing Pieces 15- Right Thumb and Fingers Together 16- Simple and Compound Time 17- More About Major Scales 18- Minor Keys and Scales 19- Relative Keys 20- Sixteenth Notes 21- Tones and Semitones 22- D.C al Fine 23- Chord Progressions 24- Rhythm Notation 25- The G Major Scale 26- Sequences 27- Approach to Practice 28- Left Hand Fingering Numbers 29- Right Hand Co-Ordination 30- Note Summary 31- Free Stroke With the Thumb (<em>p</em>) 32- Notes on the Second String 33- The Octave 34- Using i m and a 35- Electronic Tuner 36- The F Major Scale 37- Sharps 38- Duets 39- Pivot Fingers 40- The Lead-in 41- Arpeggios 42- Notes on the Fifth String 43- Chord Symbols 44- Picking Two Notes Together 45- Using the 4th Finger 46- Parts of the Classical Guitar 47- Other Major Scales 48- The Key of C Major 49- Picking Three Notes Together 50- How to Hold the Guitar 51- Keys and Key Signatures 52- The Chromatic Scale 53- Left and Right Hand Technique 54- Rest and Free Stroke Together 55- Flats 56- The Rudiments of Music 57- Enharmonic Notes 58- Note Values 59- Visualizing 60- Time Signatures 61- Learning the Open Strings 62- Nails

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Using the 4th Finger