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The present volume includes exercises of simultaneous striking of the thumb with fingers i, m and a (index - middle - ring fingers) as well as a free striking of the thumb inside each formula. The exercises in present book are structured in triplets. The exercises of each unit are classified into three paragraphs based on the fingerings. The fingerings are simple - thumb with two fingers and thumb with three fingers. Each paragraph consists of 10 Formulas on the basis of the striking of different strings mainly by the thumb, as well as on the basis of the free striking of the thumb (without the simultaneous striking of the fingers i, m and a. It is important to be noted that a sufficient amount of the exercises concerns the alternation of the finger striking from Apoyando into Tirando. The finger striking in Tirando mode is noted with a small square enclosing the note.