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In this 2nd part of sight reading made easier at the guitar we will employ octaves. This will reinforce our familiarity with the notes in the 5th position, frets 1 to 8. This way we can assure ourselves that our fingers will know where to go when seeing the notes on music manuscript paper. This is essential so that we can just fret the notes without having to look at the finger board and decide which finger to use.
Example 1: C to C octave. Close your eyes and visualise this as you pretend to finger those notes on the guitar fretboard:
Feel the 4th finger to the 1st finger
Now do the same, but, see it in music notation: C to C octave, Feel the fingering as if you are actually touching the guitar strings and say the names of the notes to yourself.
4th finger to the 1st finger
As you do this you will familiarise your mind, fingers and sight with where to fret.
Now let’s do the same with the other simple octaves from the A minor pentatonic scale.
4th finger to the 1st finger
NOW: 3rd finger to 1st finger
3rd finger to 1st finger
The octaves in 5th position. Frets 1 to 8
The octaves give concrete knowledge of the notes in this 5th position and which fingers to use. This way we can read the music and not panic or fuss about looking for the notes or which fingers to employ. For example when we see a note of D
We can be assured that all we need to do is fret with the “First finger” on the 5th fret of the 5th string.
Or up an octave=”3rd finger ” 4th string 7th fret
In the next part we will look at 4ths, 5ths and arpeggio shapes in this position.
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