Left hand
- Develop security in different positions and when changing position, using a variety of positions and using different positions for musical effect
- Use some natural harmonics in a musical context
Discuss with learners how to establish the most accurate, comfortable and supportive position of the hand and arm for playing notes that occur immediately before and after a position shift. Without playing, map out the precise movements required in order to move from one set of coordinates to the other.
Look for possible guide fingers when choosing left-hand fingerings that involve position shifts.
Encourage learners to make up patterns using 12th-fret harmonics, playing them with the third or fourth fingers, touching lightly and removing the finger immediately but without haste.
Make sure harmonics are played with the left-hand finger directly above, not behind, the fret: where harmonics are concerned, the finger is the fret.
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