Lesson 1: One note per string

When you use this way of playing, you use chords played like a run. You strike the chord string by string. That's how you get the run. The way you strike can be different.
You can use continuous up-down-up-down stroke technique
I use that technique in the song North Wind:


Example 1.1:
Listen to the midi-file
Get the Guitarpro file

d = downstroke/neer u = upstroke/op


_____d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u

E||--10----------------------10----------------------|
B||-----10----10----------------10----10-------------|
G||--------10----10----10----------10----10----10----|
D||-----------------12----12----------------12----12-|
A||--------------------------------------------------|
E||--------------------------------------------------|


__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u

--10----------------------10----------------------|
-----12----12----------------12----12-------------|
--------13----13----13----------13----13----13----|
-----------------14----14----------------14----14-|
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|


__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u

--10----------------------10----------------------|
-----11----11----------------11----11-------------|
--------12----12----12----------12----12----12----|
-----------------14----14----------------14----14-|
--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------|


__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u__d__u

--10----------------------10----------------------||
-----10----10----------------10----10-------------||
--------10----10----10----------10----10----10----||
-----------------12----12----------------12----12-||
--------------------------------------------------||
--------------------------------------------------||






Another way of playing is to use the down or up stroke more times after each other.
This way of playing is called the sweeper.
You can play it more elastic with your right hand, so you can reach higher speeds.
This is also called a broken chord


Example 1.2:
Listen to the midi-file
Get the Guitarpro file


_____d__d_d_d_d_-__u_u_u_u_u_____d__d_d_d_d_-__u_u_u_u_u

E||-----------6h10p6----------|-----------7h10p7----------|
B||---------8--------8--------|---------8--------8--------|
G||-------7------------7------|-------7------------7------|
D||-----8----------------8----|-----9----------------9----|
A||--10--------------------10-|--10--------------------10-|
E||---------------------------|---------------------------|


_______________d__d_d_d_d_d_-__u_u_u_u_u_u

E||-----------------------5h10p5------------||
B||---------------------6--------6----------||
G||-------------------7------------7--------||
D||-----------------7----------------7------||
A||---------------8--------------------8----||
E||------------10------------------------10-||

fingers: 4 2 1 3 2 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 4


The disadvantage of sweepers is the timing, you can't play example 1 with the best timing. You will hear that it will sound less rhythmically. Vice-versa, you can reach a higher speed with the sweepers.