Some time ago I found a guitar website which had tons of finger exercises to increase speed,cordination, and skill. It was titled, "Finger Exercises from Hell." If anybody still knows of that website could they please reply with the link. Also I've been playing for about 1 1/2 years and can play descently but I really want to increase my speed and get both hands in sync. So if you know of some really helpful exercises that I could do to help me with my guitar playing I would be very appreciative.

I too have been trying to build speed. Last time I asked at this board, most of what they sent me where:

:---------------------------------1-2-3-4
:-------------------------1-2-3-4--------
:-----------------1-2-3-4----------------
:---------1-2-3-4------------------------
:-1-2-3-4--------------------------------
Do that all over the fretboard, and try hammering them all on too.

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If you like you can take a look at some of the stuff in my "blueprints" section. At first the exercises I have up don't seem like much in the way of difficulty, in fact they feel pretty easy to pull off, but they do add up to something totally different. Anyway, you can give them a spin and then check out a couple of mp3 files to see the direction they might take you. http://shredlikehell.com

http://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/...12.dimebag.html

http://www.chopsfromhell.com

This site has helped me a great deal.

Please check out my page as well.
http://home.sc.rr.com/gads

Thanks,

Gad

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Remember, though, there's no such thing as a magical excercise. If you really want to build up speed, you could do it by just practicing alternate picking chromatic scales. It will make you fast if you do it a lot, but don't devote all your practice time to it. I know too many lead guitarrists who don't know anything when it comes to playing interesting chords, or improvising over dynamic harmony. They can play scales fine, but when it comes to making music, they are deficient. Finger excercises should be one facet of an overall practice regimen, not the focus. But, as for specific excercises, here's one that will get you good at crosspicking across strings
DO NOT SWEEP THIS
-------------------------4--5-------------------------
----------------4------3------4------5----------------
-------4------3------2----------3------4------5-------
-----3------2------1--------------2------3------4-----
---2------1--------------------------------2------3---
-1--------------------------------------------------2-
This will get you good at alternate picking in a way that picking up and down scales won't, because it gets u good at picking across strings, whichi s the hardest part of alternate picking. You could sweep it too, but that's a different excercise, and a less useful one in my opinion
Whoops, the last arpeggio looks like a chord, but its an arpeggio

I don't know about you guys, but this is one awesome excercise. I only did it for a few minutes and at first I felt like I had four index fingers, but now it's coming together and it builds confidence as well.

Thanks Luigi,

Gad

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