How To Do Just About Everything
This is a very easy way to improve your guitar playing abilities. This technique will help you improve in just about every area of guitar playing.
Using all your fingers play the first four notes on each of the 6 strings, and the do it backwards. Then repeat this exercise by moving you first finger down one fret, and begin again, until you have made it all the way down the neck of the guitar.
Make sure that when you play each note that you play it to a beat. Tap your foot or use a metronome. Even when you begin to pick up speed you should still be playing to a beat.
Do this at least one time before you practice on the guitar. Study the video to get the idea of how this works. In the video I stop after a few frets, but you can continue to the end and then go backwards up the neck to where you started.
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glowrose said
on 5/9/2008 this is great for beginners who need to start practicing scales!
Someone should totally write a flatpicking tutorial, because to me it requires quite a different hand coordination than with fingerstyle or other types of guitar playing. Particularly with the right hand, I think many beginners wear out their arms quickly...
GuitarPaul said
on 4/3/2008 This is a very common finger exercise - next time you post a video please: be sure your thumb and finger positions are correct for playing scales - thumb on th eback of th eguitar, not hanging on the edge, fingers should come down on their finger tips, the notes should be played lagato (nice and smooth) and you should get rid of the frey buzzing.
GuitarFlameCom said
on 2/25/2008 I also use this exercise at home, it helps me put an equal importance on my fingers while playing. If you play a lot certain scales, you tent to form some patterns that come easier to you and feel uncomfortable playing something else. Playing this will give you an equal finger usage.