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Staff Mix Exercises

Same-Step Up, Step Down

staff mix on guitar exercise one ascending and descending, staccato
Play the staccatos notes short and detached.

Every Other is Playing in 3rds

staff notes mix on guitar, exercise two, playing in thirds
Ascending and descending in 3rds.

Staff Pairs

E & G

guitar notation reading practice using just e andga note-tones

B & D

guitar notation reading practice using just b and d note-tones

G & A

guitar notation reading practice using just g and a note-tones

Stepping and Skipping

stepping and skipping on the staff‍ with instructions to talk through it

Talk your way through using the words between the notes.

Stepping is knowing our key signature [Circle of 5ths and Lines of 7] and just moving to the next tone in the scale, up or down.

Skipping includes knowing the key signature plus interval shapes.

Reading guitar music becomes more automatic when we think this way [rather than "this is an e, now this is the d"].