Ariel's Song Lesson

Gerardo Siere

Ariel's Song

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- Alexiaden935th June 2009
  Stunning ! All your lessons are so beautiful and calming !
- Danilo Capezzuto30th July 2008
  So beautiful Gerardo!!
- kaznie_NL27th July 2008
  Nice Gerardo! Thnx It looks so easy when you do it
- Vinod Saranga27th July 2008
  Your Compositions are very beatiful Gera!
  I like to listen and to play them.
  They also have a nice musical structure.
  Thanks for sharing them with us
- Nice Guy27th July 2008
  nice nice
- Kristofer Dahl26th July 2008
  Aaah this is so nice Gera - as usual, thanks!
- Marcus Siepen26th July 2008
  beautiful lesson
- Gabriel Leopardi26th July 2008
  Beautiful composition Gera!
- SensE26th July 2008
  I really like it
- JuanMV26th July 2008
  Very nice Gera! I will try this one.
- Muris Varajic26th July 2008
  Lovely composition Gerardo.
  many thanks for sharing with us!!
- Juan M. Valero26th July 2008
  cool !!
- Ivan Milenkovic26th July 2008
  Great progression Gerardo, I gotta learn this
- Joe Kataldo26th July 2008
  Beautiful Song
- chast26th July 2008
  That's beautiful, good job man!
- Pablo Vazquez26th July 2008
  Thanks Gera!! Beautifull song, and really nice lesson!!!
- Bogdan Radovic26th July 2008
  Beautiful lesson Gera!! I'm loving these classic guitar pieces!
- DeepRoots26th July 2008
  awesome!
- Dejan Farkas26th July 2008
  Beautiful piece Gerardo

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- Tags: Fingerpicking, Acoustic, Beginner, C major, Fingerstyle, Chord progression, Classical piece, Nylon strings, Spanish guitar
Hello everyone. Today I´m starting a series of compositions of my own. These little compositions are aimed for the newbie in fingerpicking guitar, each piece will have some characteristic difficulty.

Here the difficulties are holding the long notes, dealing with a melody against a pedal, some contractions, and two chords far away from the first position. I have suggested note grouping in the first measures. If you are having trouble with the left hand stretchs, try using a capo to higher position. By the way, Ariel is my 2 year old nephew.

Notation:
Left hand fingers
1= index
2= medium
3= ring
4= pinky

Right hand
p= thumb
i= index
m= medium
a= ring

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