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== Homework ==
* Learn all the notes on the 1st string for the key of C Major.
* Practice playing all the C Major notes in groups of 3 by position ascending and descending. Play without a metronome at first. Focus on the most difficult parts, but never strain yourself to the point of pain. This will most likely be using the pinky, stretching the index and middle fingers, and stretching the middle finger and pinky.
** Say the note names out loud as you play. This adds extra muscles and senses to the process, helping you to learn them more quickly.
** Try to maintain good technique, using the tips of your fingers to fret and most importantly fretting right behind each fret.
** Work on synchronizing your right and left hands, plucking the string at the same time as you fret. Try to sustain each note until you play the next one.
* Learn the 3 fingering patterns of whole-whole, whole-half, and half-whole (or stretch, ring, and middle).
** Don't worry about learning all the information in the tables above yet, but be aware that the major scale always contains 2 of each pattern, plus an extra whole-whole.
** Try to keep the understanding of tetrachords in the back of your head and how they relate to fingering patterns as you learn the instrument.
* Practice the song ''Hot Cross Buns''.
** Try to get through it first without worrying about keeping time.