Position-Shifting Exercises

Shift on every finger

--1-/2--3-/4--5-/6--7-/8-\7--6-\5--4-\3--2-\1--
  i  i  m  m  r  r  p  p  p  r  r  m  m  i  i

--12/13-14/15-16/17-18/19\18-17\16-15\14-13\12-
  i  i  m  m  r  r  p  p  p  r  r  m  m  i  i

Invisible Shifts

Here you are shifting to a note that is already being played. You should focus on making the shift virtually inaudible, so it sounds like you are simply playing each note twice. Below each line of tab are 1 or more fingering patterns. For each pattern, repeat the exercise on every string.

--1--2-/2--3-/3--4-/4--5-/5--6-\5--4-\4--3-\3--2-\2--1--
  i  m  i  m  i  m  i  m  i  m  m  i  m  i  m  i  m  i
  m  r  m  r  m  r  m  r  m  r  r  m  r  m  r  m  r  m  
  r  p  r  p  r  p  r  p  r  p  p  r  p  r  p  r  p  r

--1--3-/3--5-/5--7-/7--9-/9--11\9--7-\7--5-\5--3-\3--1--
  i  m  i  m  i  m  i  m  i  m  m  i  m  i  m  i  m  i
  i  r  i  r  i  r  i  r  i  r  r  i  r  i  r  i  r  i
  m  p  m  p  m  p  m  p  m  p  p  m  p  m  p  m  p  m

--1--4-/4--7-/7--10/10-13/13-16\13-10\10-7-\7--4-\4--1--
  i  p  i  p  i  p  i  p  i  p  p  i  p  i  p  i  p  i

Shift Positions w/o Overlap

--1--2--3--4-/5--6--7--8-/9--10-11-12-11-10-9-\8--7--6--5-\4--3--2--1--
  i  m  r  p  i  m  r  p  i  m  r  p  r  m  i  p  r  m  i  p  r  m  i  

--10-11-12-13/14-15-16-17/18-19-20-21-20-19-18\17-16-15-14\13-12-11-10-
  i  m  r  p  i  m  r  p  i  m  r  p  r  m  i  p  r  m  i  p  r  m  i