No.1 – Right Hand Walking Exercise (Alternation)

ByBradford Werner
2013

Lesson No. 1 – Right Hand Walking (Alternating) – From my pdf book 20 Favorite Exercises for Classical Guitar for beginner to intermediate classical guitarists. Includes: notation, TAB, fingerings, practice tips, video lessons. YouTube Video Lesson Link.

Here is lesson No. 1 – Right Hand Walking or Alternating Right Hand Fingers. It’s a great exercise for working on your fundamental right hand technique. Beginner students should just aim for control and go slowly. Advanced students may wish to bring the metronome up to 120 beats tot he quarter note. If you don’t know your finger names on your right hand here they are:

i = index
m = middle
a = angular (ring finger)
p = thumb

The combinations for this exercise are: i-m / m-i / m-a / a-m with both rest-stroke and free-stroke.

Also see these other important lessons:

Basic Technique Overview Video – Slideshow of Photos, Tips, & Diagrams
Posture and Sitting Position for Classical Guitar – Video, Photos, Tips, Diagrams
Right Hand Position for Classical Guitar – Video, Photos, Tips, Diagrams
Left Hand Position for Classical Guitar – Video, Photos, Tips, Diagrams
Check out more free video lessons at the lesson archive.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.