Home Sweet Home Preparatory Study Notes

General Guidelines: Before attempting the chord exercise, the right-hand pattern should be memorized and mastered. Keep the tempo eventhere should be no pause whatsoever between any of the notes. Start off slowly, dont rush. Make sure you have all of the chord patterns memorized and can switch between them comfortably and efficiently. Notice how a few of the finger positions can remain stationary when switching from chord to chord. All that is required is to slide the fingers to the new position.

RIGHT-HAND PATTERN

= Down Stroke
V = Up Stroke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

V V V V V V V V 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RIGHT-HAND PATTERN WITH CHORD EXERCISE

C
0

1
0 1 0 1 2 0

F
2

2
3 2 1 5 6 7 5

G3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C
0

1
0 1 0 1 2 0

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
2 0 2

1
0 1 0 1

2
1 2 1 1 3 1

G3
3 0 3 0

1
0 0 1 0 0 1

V 0V V 0 V V V V V V V V V V V V V
0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2

CHORD POSITIONS

(Numbers in square boxes correspond to positions used in chord exercise.)

1
1
1st 1st

2
1 1 2 3 3
1st

3
2 4

2 3

1 =First Finger

2 =Second Finger

3 =Third Finger

4 =Fourth Finger

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RIGHT-HAND PATTERN V = Up Stroke

(cont.)

= Down Stroke
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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V V V V V V V V 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Difficult Passages:
F4

V 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 0H 2 2 2

VVVV
5 7 5 6 5 6 7

V 5

5
4 7 4 6 2 3 2 1

C
V 1 3 2 0 0 0 1 0

V V V V V V VV
2 0

VV
0 0 2
H

V 0

V V V V V
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

CHORD POSITIONS

(Numbers in square boxes correspond to positions used in chord exercise.)

4
5th

5
1 2
4th

3 3

1 =First Finger

2 =Second Finger

3 =Third Finger

4 =Fourth Finger

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4 4
Target Tempo:

q= 1 55

Key of C

F
V 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 5 5 6

C
V 1 0 0 0 1 0 0

V V V V V V

V V V V V V V V
3 7 2

2 0
H

G
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0

C
0 1 2 1 0 0

V VV V V V V V V V V V V V V
3 0 2 2 0 2H 3 0 2 0

VVV 0 0
3 1 1 0 0 2 2 3 2 5 3

VV
3 2 0 0 2
H

V 0

V V 0 0
2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0H 2 2 2

VVVV
5 7 5 6 5 6 7

V 5

G
V 1 3 2 0 0 1 0

V V V V V V VV
4 7 4 6 2 3 2 1 0 2 0

V
0

V 0 2
H

V 0

V 0

V V V V
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

C
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0H 2 2 2

V V V V V V V V 0 0
2 3
H

VV
3 2 0 0H 2

V 0

V
2 0

0 3

3 0 1 0 2 3

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Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, theres no place like home.
Home, Sweet Home. From the opera Clari, The Maid of Milan (1823).

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