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D’ GRACENOTES

These are the same theory as ‘G’ gracenotes.  Instead of using your High ‘G’ finger,  you use your ‘D’ finger.  The musical function of a ‘D’ gracenote is to either cut a note into smaller notes,  or to link two notes together with a little bit of emphasis.  The ‘Order of Events’ is as follows:
1. Starting note - Low A in the example
2. Lift 'D' finger (open th gracenote)
3. Change to next note - B in the example
4.  Put down D finger (close the gracenote)
As you can imagine,  it is only possible to end on a note lower than ‘D’ when using this gracenote.

Example  ‘D’ GRACENOTE FROM LOW ‘A’ TO ‘B’

XX XX XX XX
X X X X
X X X X
       
X O O X
X X X X
X X O O
O O O O
       
Low A Open gracenote Change to B Close Gracenote


Example
D gracenote example

Example  - video slow

Example  - video normal speed

 

 D Gracenotes exercises

Please complete the following exercises. Please make use of the five steps practise method - this is slow to begin with but will massively speed up your progress later.. Do these at any speed which is comfortable.

Exercise 1

Strikes exercise 1

Exercise 2

Strikes exercise 2

Exercise 3

D gracenote exercise 3

Exercise 4

D gracenote exercise 4

Exercise 5

D gracenote xercise 5

Now you should be ready to move on to the E gracenotes, which are the same idea...but with a different finger.




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