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The first level is designed so that beginners can learn through it and there are numerous combinations of fingering for both hands. Every aspect of the alternating bass (or thumbpicking) guitar technique is explained in detail and all the fingering and the techniques used are clearly indicated.
The level is divided in sections with increasing difficulty level, when you have well assimilated the exercises of a section then you can move to the next. Good study.

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• 1-4 Let's start from "zero"
• 5-8
• 9-10
• 11-13

• 14-17 The alternating bass
• 18-21

• 22-25 Patterns with thumb and index
• 26-30
• 31-34
• 35-39
• 40-43
• 44-47
• 48-51

• 52-55 Patterns with thumb and middle
• 56-60
• 61-64
• 65-68
• 69-72
• 73-76

• 77-84 Patterns with thumb, index and middle
• 85-90
• 91-96

• 97-102 Other patterns with thumb, index and middle
• 103-108
• 109-114

• 115-118 The syncope
• 119-122
• 123-126
• 127-130
• 131-134
• 135-138
• 139-142
• 143-146
• 147-150

• 151-154 The syncope with index and middle
• 155-158
• 159-162
• 163-166
• 167-170
• 171-174
• 175-178
• 179-182
• 183-186
• 187-190

• 191-194 The "Travis Picking"
• 195-198
• 199-202
• 203-206
• 207-210

• 211-214 Let's insert the first string
• 215-218
• 219-223

• 224-227 Alternating bass on full chords
• 228-231
• 232-234
• 235-238

In all the lessons:
p = thumb
i = index
m = middle