4th fingering

zav

Michael,

While playin' first picking patterns now I look at next Musical Examples for some left-hand aspects.... ;-)

The suggested left-hand fingering for "Minor Horizontal Arpeggios" (Ex. 6.1, 7.1) is 1 2 1 1 2 (etc) (for 5 8 7 7 10 Am arpeggio). So, the 4th is played by the same (first finger). Is this a general gypsy-way to play 4ths (and major 3d between 3-2)?

Thanks a lot,
Anton

MichaelHorowitz

Hi Anton,

Yes, barring with the first finger is pretty common when playing an interval of a 4th. Fapy sometimes will play each note with an individual finger. But he might be the only one who does that...and he doesn't do it that much.

good luck!

'm

stubla

Michael Horowitz wrote:

Hi Anton,

Yes, barring with the first finger is pretty common when playing an interval of a 4th. Fapy sometimes will play each note with an individual finger. But he might be the only one who does that...he and doesn't do it that much.

good luck!

'm

Yes--thats a pretty standard technique;for instance in "Montagne St Genvieve" the first rising phrase when it crosses over from 5th string(B note) and 4th string(E note) --the first finger is already prepared and in position after playing the first F# on the bottom string.
Angelo and Stochelo do that stuff all the time.
Stu