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Once youšve learned to play, now try this. Go back to some basic scale and arpeggio exercises and play them with your eyes closed. The purpose here is to learn to feel the fingerboard. Feel the shifts. Feel the shapes.

Try playing one-octave major scales using the cycle of 4ths as a root motion. Begin each scale on the same string. Play with no open strings. Use the same fingering for each scale. KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED. Play slowly with a consistent tempo.

With patient and persistent practice you will be surprised how liberating this will become.

 

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