F Major in 3 Octaves - Guitar Technique explained.

F Major arpeggio in 3 octaves

Let's look at the fingering for the whole figure.

You can see that the fingering is different ascending and descending.

Position changes are taken on the 1st and 2nd fingers.

ASCENDING

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DESCENDING

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READ ON - RIGHT HAND FINGERING

This is an excerpt from "Scales and Arpeggios and How to Play Them - 1998"

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