- How to get stronger fingers.
- How to get more flexible fingers.
- How to play faster.
If you can't see the images and guitar tabs in this mail, your email reader is blocking them. In that case visit the online version of issue 2...
First I want to address a question that people often ask me:What is a good guitar course in your opinion? Well, I'm working on a guitar course myself, but it will take at least a year before it's finished. Until my course is finished I always recommend Learn and Master Guitar, the only course worth having in my opinion.
Guitarists need to have flexible and strong fingers (to a certain degree). A get a lot of emails from beginning guitarists telling me they have a hard time learning how to play guitar because their fingers are too small and stiff (mostly they are struggling with bar chords). Does this sound familiar to you? Don't worry, every beginning guitarist goes through this phase, but the good news is that you can train your fingers to become flexible and strong.
The next set of exercises form a good workout for your fingers. Try to do them everyday for about 10 to 15 minutes and you'll see yourself progress rapidly. Don't be discouraged if these exercises are hard for you to do or if your fingers hurt, it gets better soon if you do them regularly.
Despite the name of this website, there is no magic in playing guitar. Do these exercises every day and I guarantee you that the technical side of your guitar playing will improve soon. Even professional guitar players do exercises like these daily as a warm-up.
You'll get the most out of this exercises if you practice them with a metronome. It's important that you start slow and gradually built up the speed. Start at about 70 beats per minute and play 2 notes per beat. If you can do that without mistakes, while your arms and fingers are relaxed, then built up the speed. It's very important that you stay relaxed!
Here is a picture for the finger names of the left hand. These numbers have nothing to do with the numbers on the guitar tabs (learn how to read guitar tabs here...):
1) The first exercise is an exercise for speed and fluency. In the left hand, use fingers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Use a pick for the right hand and alternate down strokes and up strokes (this means going up and down with the pick). Don't stop at the end of the tabs, but continue for the rest of the neck.
2) This second one is an exercise for finger strength. The first time do the exercise with fingers 1 and 2 of the left hand and play up to the 12th fret. Then start over again with fingers 2 and 3. Then again with fingers 3 and 4. Stop in case your fingers get crampy and relax for a while.
3) This third exercise is a picking exercise. It's a good exercise to train string skipping and left hand/right hand coordination.
Be Well,
Dirk
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