‘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 example 3.
2.
Lift ‘D’ finger (gracenote).
3.
Change to next note - ‘B’ in example 3.
4.
Put down ‘D’ finger (gracenote).
As you can imagine,
it is only possible to end on a note lower than ‘D’ when using this
gracenote.
Example
3 - ‘D’ GRACENOTE FROM LOW ‘A’ TO ‘B’.
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Low
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Open
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Change
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Close
Gracenote
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Example
3.
Please click on the image
to hear it being played.