ALTERNATING BASS – FINGERSTYLE GUITAR EXERCISES

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Develop your fingerstyle guitar technique with three alternating bass exercises designed to improve coordination, rhythm and picking accuracy.

This free one-page PDF explores alternating bass patterns using C and E major chords, progressing to a short chord sequence incorporating A and B7.

Includes standard music notation, guitar TAB and picking-hand fingerings.

 

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Download the three exercises and practise developing a steady, independent bass line alongside your fingerpicking patterns.

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