1. Tinker with a few scales to anticipate pickpocket intervals

2. Seat yourself beside surmised flavors of continuo

3. Use vibrato sparingly (one finger or two)

4. Linger near the upper registers intended to give life

5. Inflict intended inequality just sparingly and for variety

6. Recall that you are offering a mere accompaniment

7. Plucking is a sentence given in small pieces

8. Arouse emotions via dissonance later to be lowered into consonance

9. Contribute to the rumored taste of each surge in momentum