finger picking and strength exercises for noobies.
Hey guys. Just became a full access members and going through some of the beginners materials and was wondering. About the good finger exercises and pick exercise for beginners? I'm watching the videos and the movements are so smooth and easy how can I become that smooth?
# 1
Hi Dre,
dexterity only comes with time as you need to teach your hand muscle multiple new movements. Getting more accurate, fluid and faster all relies on your muscles ability to work together. This is why the key is to practice, practice and practice some more :)
There are unfortunatly no shortcut but the beginner's guide is the best way to start as it will give you those basic, fundamentals exercises to start working those muscle.
I know how frustrating it sometimes get in the first years. Just remember to practice those exercises in every of your practice sessions and you'll see results I'm sure of it. It just takes some time but it's normal, we all had to go throught it.
Let us know how it goes.
dexterity only comes with time as you need to teach your hand muscle multiple new movements. Getting more accurate, fluid and faster all relies on your muscles ability to work together. This is why the key is to practice, practice and practice some more :)
There are unfortunatly no shortcut but the beginner's guide is the best way to start as it will give you those basic, fundamentals exercises to start working those muscle.
I know how frustrating it sometimes get in the first years. Just remember to practice those exercises in every of your practice sessions and you'll see results I'm sure of it. It just takes some time but it's normal, we all had to go throught it.
Let us know how it goes.
# 2
Hi Dre,
Benoit is right - lots of practice, and your fingers will learn the moves they need to learn. But also, you might take on a simple warm-up regimen aimed directly at the types of skills you mentioned (smoothness of motion, etc.)
This is a series of exercise I teach to all my "real world" students, and I use them faithfully myself as a warm-up to every practice session and performance. Perhaps it would be a good fit for you too.
The "SPIDER LEGS" Series: FINGER WARM-UP EXERCISES
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=424
Good luck and keep us posted -
-Lisa
Benoit is right - lots of practice, and your fingers will learn the moves they need to learn. But also, you might take on a simple warm-up regimen aimed directly at the types of skills you mentioned (smoothness of motion, etc.)
This is a series of exercise I teach to all my "real world" students, and I use them faithfully myself as a warm-up to every practice session and performance. Perhaps it would be a good fit for you too.
The "SPIDER LEGS" Series: FINGER WARM-UP EXERCISES
http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=424
Good luck and keep us posted -
-Lisa
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# 3
Thanks guys the advise and videos are nice exercises. How can I start putting scales into melodies ? I'm practicing them but don't know how to make my on sound with it yet. Any videos that can help or advise ?
# 4
Here's a few tutorials that will hepl you understand the relation between chords and scales then show you how to improvise using major and minor scales.
Scales and Chords Relationships Series 1
http://guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=426
Improvisation
http://guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=483
http://guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=491
Scales and Chords Relationships Series 1
http://guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=426
Improvisation
http://guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=483
http://guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=491
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