I Need exercises

[Cadderly]

I was wondering if anybody had some exercises that would help with anything: Chords, Picking Speed, Scales, etc.

So far I've only been practicing with simple song tabs.

[TheDirt]

Go to the main page of GuitarTricks ( http://new.guitartricks.com/index.php ) and click in the search box and type in "[chord/alternate picking/sweep/etc.] exercise". Guitar tricks members have put a lot of exercises on the page, and I'm sure you'll find something to help you. I found a lot of the exercises that I still use today with that little search tool.

Do be wary, though. You only can download a couple sound files per day; make your choices wisely. Only download the sound file if it looks like a cool tab. I just spent five seconds looking for some exercises, and I came up with these, that look like a good start.

http://www.guitartricks.com/trick.php?trick_id=7700

http://www.guitartricks.com/trick.php?trick_id=7693

I'm sure you can find some stuff other than that. That's an alternate picking exercise, and a mini-sweep exercise for 7th chords.

[Cadderly]

Thanks for the info, but i do have one more question.

Is there a limit on the sound files you listen to?

[TheDirt]

I know that there used to be a limit... I think it's 5 per user per day... I'll check and get back to you.

The limit is in place because hosting the files costs money, and if you download a bunch per day, it costs Jon a lot of money, which means this site would eventually become a pay site. As it is, those goofy little banners at the top of each screen pay for each person being able to download a few files per day.

[TheDirt]

About the quota, here's what the site says about it:

Guitar Tricks provides free mp3 downloads for our users by selling advertising space on our site. We serve mp3 files to thousands of people every day. Every time a user downloads an mp3, our ISP charges us a little tiny bit of money. Every time a user sees an advertisment, our advertisers pay us a little tiny bit of money.

The advertisements we display generate enough money for each user to have as many tabs as they want, but only 5 mp3 files per day.

[Cadderly]

alright, makes sense

[dinell2]

I was surfin' the net guitar forums and found these great Chop building exercises... enjoy!!!


Chopsbuilders Tutorials (http://guitar.com/Discuss/readmsg.asp?showdates=&messageID=4132905&boardID=1000/)

[ketsueki15]

check out "troy stetina's speed mechanics for the lead guitarist" A really good book and challenging at time...no doubt a good book