SECTION 01 · VII position
The seventh-fret gate
Opening D-minor shape · first and second endings
density
ONE JOB
Make the 7→8 hammer speak without disturbing the held barre.
SYNCED TAB · WRITTEN BARS 1–8low string → high string: x · 7 · 7 · 7 · 7/8 · 7/9
m. 1
D
77
B♭
7h888
G
77
D
77
G
77
D
m. 2
D
99977
B♭
88
G
77
D
77
G
77
D
m. 3
D
77
B♭
7h888
G
77
D
77
G
77
D
m. 4
D
B♭
G
77
D
77
G
77
D
m. 5
D
77
B♭
7h888
G
77
D
77
G
77
D
m. 6
D
99977
B♭
88
G
77
D
77
G
77
D
m. 7
D
77
B♭
7h888
G
77
D
77
G
77
D
m. 8
D
00
B♭
88
G
777
D
70
G
70
D
Show the original compact working excerpt
D |--------7---------7----9--------9-----7-----|
Bb|---7h8---------8----------8-----------------|
G |------------------7----------7-----------7--|
D |--------7---------7----------7-----------7--|
G |---7--------7----------7-----------7--------|
D |--------------------------------------------|
1st ending: 7 / 7 2nd: open → fret 8SCORED SOUND MODEL · WRITTEN BARS 1–8
Hear the notes in time
This uses real sampled steel-string guitar notes with score-derived rhythm—not the original recording. Use it to hear note order, duration, and where the thumb lands.
13-page score · repeats and alternate endings expanded · open G minor
Real acoustic-guitar samples: University of Iowa collection via tonejs-instruments, CC BY 3.0.
PRACTICE PULSE54 BPM
Left hand
- Lay finger 1 lightly across strings 5–1 at fret 7. You need clean notes, not maximum pressure.
- Hammer string 2 from fret 7 to 8 with finger 2. Reach top-string fret 9 with finger 3; let finger 4 stay relaxed.
- Keep the barre planted through the first ending. For ending 2, release all at once and land on open strings—do not peel fingers off one by one.
Picking hand
- P (thumb): strings 5 and 4. I: string 3. M: string 2. R: string 1.
- Plant M on string 2 before the opening hammer. The hammer supplies the second sound; do not pick twice.
After the second ending, use the open bass as travel time: the left hand moves from VII position back to the nut while the open note rings.