Clicky

View post (Finger dexterity frustation)

View thread

GuitarFoo
Registered User
Joined: 07/07/12
Posts: 9
GuitarFoo
Registered User
Joined: 07/07/12
Posts: 9
07/29/2012 10:44 pm
I'm pretty good at self evaluation and determining where my trouble spots lie. I'm hoping someone can point me to a lesson video that specifically targets finger dexterity, strength and stretching. There must be a few exercises meant to only increase dexterity. Seems a few of the chords with baring are giving me trouble for various reasons. Often I need to bar with 2 fingers rather than 3 (my fingers are too large to fit 3 in between the frets). Other times I'm having a difficult time of baring with one and successfully spreading and applying enough strength on 3 or 4 strings. I can usually do the bar and a couple strings at once or 4 strings w/out the bar but doing a bar and a few strings at the same time are giving me repeated trouble. Apparently I don't naturally use some of my fingers independently and need to train/strengthen them into independent action. So that being said if I need to run through a few specific exercises 30-60 min a day for a month or 2 in order to gain the strength, dexterity and flexibility I need then that's what I'll do. Which lessons center on this topic? Something akin to the Pinky strength and dexterity video or the Spider legs exercise. I may just be missing which video it might be on the sight. I'm specifically looking for barring with different fingers then doing something similar to a spider legs with the remaining fingers (if I can even do that at my untrained level).