Melody Exercise

Fingers to use 1st E 2nd B 3rd G 4th D 5th A 6th E

3

Here is an exercise for guitar in two parts. The main part is a finger exercise to be played using the notes shown on the fretboard below and the second part is to strum the chords which support our melody.

1 1

3 4 3 4 3

12

15

Guitar Tablature
Here is the melody written in guitar tablature. Guitar tablature is a way of writing music especially for the guitar. The horizontal lines stand for the strings of the guitar (shown the same way up as the fretboard above) and the numbers stand for the fret position played. 5 7 8 5 7 8 7 5 8 7 5 5 7 5

1
Em

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2
Em

&

3
D

&

4
D

&

1
C

&

2
C

&

3
Em

&

4
Em

&

Chords used in this exercise

Em
2 3

D
1 3 2 3

C
1 2