Guitar Finger Exercisess

Why bother with finger exercises for guitar

     Learning to how play guitar chords and scales is not the hard part of learning guitar. Making them sound good is the tough part.
     It takes a lot of practice to get to the point where your playing sounds good. This is because the muscles in your fingers have never been used this way before. So while practicing chords and scales is necessary to learn guitar, you can reduce the amount of time it takes to get good by doing some guitar finger exercisess every day.

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Guitar finger exercisess for beginners:

  There are two finger exercises that I use at the beginning of all my practice sessions. You will find that by warming up your finger muscles before you practice, your practice session will be a lot more productive. The hardest part about playing guitar chords is being able to switch from one chord to another smoothly and fast. Developing the coordination in each individual finger is what doing guitar finger exercisess will accomplish.

Guitar finger exercisess- #1:

  This first exercise is the most basic one yet is very effective, especially if you are a beginner. You will be using all four fingers.

1= Index finger
2= Middle finger
3= ring finger
4= Little finger

Here is a short video on this exercise:

  The important thing when doing this guitar finger exercise is to go as slow as you have to in order to maintain an even tempo and make sure each note sounds clearly. Gradually increase the tempo as you are able to.
  You should also try to do this with an alternating picking pattern. This means use a down up down up picking pattern with your right hand. This guitar finger exercise can be done on any four frets. The higher up on the guitar neck you play the easier it is because the frets are closer together. I would suggest starting out on the fifth fret.

Guitar Finger Exercisess- #2:

  This next exercise is more difficult so take it slow. It is more beneficial to do it right instead of fast and sloppy. This is a great exercise for both the left and right hand. Again, do this with an alternating picking pattern.

Tab for guitar exercise #2:

Here is a video on guitar finger exercise #2:

If you can devote 5 to 10 minutes every day to these guitar finger exercisess you will notice a marked improvement in all aspects of your guitar playing.

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~B.B. King

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