Left Hand Combinations
This is the master list of left hand combinations, to be practiced as "hammer ons" and "pull offs" (legato).
In each group, only the note represented by the first number is sounded by the right hand, the remaining notes are ascending or descending left hand legato.
Each may be practiced across the strings:
----------------------0-1-------------------------------------1-0---------
------------------0-1-----0-1------------------------------1-0----1-0-----
--------------0-1-------------0-1----------------------1-0------------1-0-
----------0-1---------------------0-1---------------1-0-------------------
------0-1----------------------------0-1---------1-0----------------------
--0-1-----------------------------------0-1---1-0-------------------------
01 10
02 20
03 30
04 40
12 21
13 31
14 41
23 32
24 42
34 43
012 210
013 310
014 410
023 320
024 420
034 430
123 321
124 421
134 431
234 432
0123 3210
0124 4210
0134 4310
0234 4320
1234 4321
01234 43210
Or, they may be strung together:
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01 02 03 04 12 13 14 23 24 34 012 013 014 023 024 034 123 124 134
234 0123 0124 0134 0234 1234 01234
43 42 41 40 32 31 30 21 20 10 432 431 430 421 420 410 321 320 310
210 4321 4320 4310 4210 3210 43210
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