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Hi my name is John Armstrong with expertvillage.com I'm a professional guitar instructor and today
we are going to be discussing beginning classical guitar. Next we are going to learn the notes
on the second string the B, the C and the D notes. How you notice that the B is the
third from the bottom 1 and replayed as the open B string. The C is the second from the
top space and we play the first fret using your first finger. The D is the the second
from the top line and we play it with the third fret using your third finger. So we
have B,C, and D. The next exercise would be with those notes. Once again using whole notes,
half notes, and quarter notes using just the B, the C, and the D notes. Once again I would
suggest alternating back and forth between your I and M fingers using rest strokes to
help your self become more comfortable with the rest stroke technique while you are doing
this exercise once again using 4,4 times so we would have 4 beats per measure. Give yourself
a blank measure first here is a example of it 1,2, ready begin and 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,
and 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4, 1,2,3,4. I've also giving you another exercise that uses
the B, the C and the D notes as well as some of the notes from the first string note that
we have learned the E, the Fs and the Gs. Actually they are just Es in this one. Also
we are going to incorporate the use of the dotted half notes. Now a dot placed behind
the note increases its value by half. Since the regular half notes gives 2 beats. Half
of 2 is 1, 1+2 is 3 therefore the dotted half note gets 3 beats. Very common in 3,4 time
which is the time signature which this next exercise is in. So it is a exercise using
your B,C, and D and E notes also a exercise in 3,4 time and the use of dotted half notes.
Here is a example of it 1,2 begin and 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3, and 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3, and 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3.