EXAMPLE 1

CD TRACK 10

This is a simple string crossing exercise for two alternating rest stroke fingers, which enforces all finger combinations when crossing strings. Be sure to alternate correctly; as one finger plays the other lifts away so the fingers appear to be ‘walking’ evenly.

Some parts of the exercise are awkward, but working to play with the same tone and volume on every note will help to iron out technical obstacles. The pattern can be extended to the bass strings and should be practiced with ‘i-m’ and ‘m-a’ fingers.