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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----------------------------------------------------------------------
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--0-1--0-2--0-3--0-4--1-2--1-3--1-4--2-3--2-4--3-4--0-1-2--0-1-3-- etc.

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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