Guitar Techniques

PLAYING TIPS

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The intro sets a dramatic atmosphere with the harmonics chord followed by legato flourishes. Play the A5 strongly so it can sustain for three beats, and for each pair of slurred notes in bar 2 you’ll need to prepare by planting down bothGfrUet­ItTinAgRha­TnEdCfiHng­NeIrQsoUnE­tShe before playing. At bBari9dpgl­eayt e-aTcehrnreo­gtea's the¡ ™fourth

™noeote¡on with strong rest stroke thumb and gliss up to E the string. Switch to fingers on the final note of bar 10 to prepare for the scale passage in bar 11. Play bar 11 with alternatin­g fingers – I start it rest stroke and switch to free stroke on the G note, fifth string. The accompanim­ent, consisting oCfAalPteR­rnICatHinO­g bAaRssAnBo­tEes and chords, begins at bar 13 and the main sultry sounding melody begins with a gliss (slide) into the first note on bar 15.

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