Mary Had a Little Lamb 

Pick any one string and pluck with your right hand while placing your fingers of the left hand in the sequences noted below.  Notice that the fingers are counted in groups of  4. 

1)  Say the first 8 fingers out loud, then play them without looking at the page. 
     Memorize that group of notes, then play them over and over again. 
     (20 times is not too many!)

2)  Move on to the next 8 notes, and repeat the same process.

3)  Try to play the whole first line without looking at the page. 
     If you make a mistake, practice ONLY that group of notes a few times,
     then start the line over.

4)  When you have succeeded at playing line 1 with no mistakes, do the same steps for line 2.

5)  Put the whole thing together!

  Count:            1  2  3  4        1  2  3  4               1  2  3  4           1  2  3  4
  Fingers:
     Line 1      2 1 0 1      2 2 2 rest         1 1 1 rest      2 2 2  rest
      Line 2       2 1 0 1      2 2 2 2            1 1 2 1         0 rest  rest  rest