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The -v-v-v- movement or how to play three consecutive downstrokes

Even better than -v-v-, this is harder to get and integrte. Fortunately, this is not used so often. It can mostly be seen on arpeggios such as the one used in part B of Montagne Ste-Geneviève.

Exercise

The typical v-v-v- exercise. Quickly becomes very intense.
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Exercise

To get started with -v-v-v-. I find it harder on the lower strings. Going up, it's merely a sweep.
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Exercise

A variation on the previous exercise but a bit more complex, with more consecutive downstrokes and a final -v-v- final on the upper E string.
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Exercise

Excerpt from Sweet Georgia Brown.
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Montagne Ste-Geneviève part B (I still do not play it quite right)

An example where -v-v-v- is used in arpeggio context.
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