Originally Posted by: calston93It's been a while since I've done anything with music, so an explanation would be most welcome and appreciated. And I'm going to guess that when I read your reply, the first thing out of my mouth is gonna be "Duh!"

As others mentioned, you can do the same thing with scales/chords.
I personally prefer the chromatic method as it develops all fingers equally.

Basically the idea is to connect your left hand fingers with numbers 1-4. Your index finger is 1 and your pinky is 4.

Basic variation of this exercise is:
- start on the low E string, playing 1st fret with your 1 finger (I'll use numbers from here), 2nd fret with your 2nd finger, 3rd fret with 3rd finger and finally 4th fret with 4th finger.
-From this point you move your 1st finger 1 fret up and you repeat the process (2nd fret with 1st finger, 3rd fret with 2nd finger etc).
- Repeat this until you reach 12 fret or so.
- You can do the same thing on other strings.

Remember about starting slowly and building accuracy and proper muscle memory. Be patient, it will be very fruitful :)

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Neal Wakefield