B, C, & D Notes for Classical Guitar

Video Transcript

"Hi my name is John Armstrong with expertvillage.com I'm a professional guitar instructor and today we are going to be discussing beginning classical guitar. Next we are going to learn the notes on the second string the B, the C and the D notes. How you notice that the B is the third from the bottom 1 and replayed as the open B string. The C is the second from the top space and we play the first fret using your first finger. The D is the the second from the top line and we play it with the third fret using your third finger. So we have B,C, and D. The next exercise would be with those notes. Once again using whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes using just the B, the C, and the D notes. Once again I would suggest alternating back and forth between your I and M fingers using rest strokes to help your self become more comfortable with the rest stroke technique while you are doing this exercise once again using 4,4 times so we would have 4 beats per measure. Give yourself a blank measure first here is a example of it 1,2, ready begin and 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4, and 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4, 1,2,3,4. I've also giving you another exercise that uses the B, the C and the D notes as well as some of the notes from the first string note that we have learned the E, the Fs and the Gs. Actually they are just Es in this one. Also we are going to incorporate the use of the dotted half notes. Now a dot placed behind the note increases its value by half. Since the regular half notes gives 2 beats. Half of 2 is 1, 1+2 is 3 therefore the dotted half note gets 3 beats. Very common in 3,4 time which is the time signature which this next exercise is in. So it is a exercise using your B,C, and D and E notes also a exercise in 3,4 time and the use of dotted half notes. Here is a example of it 1,2 begin and 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3, and 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3, and 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3."