Originally Posted by: compart1hey JJ3,
Do you do any pre-stretching and warm up exercises before practice.. Sometimes it's just a matter of shaking you hands out to loosen up every once in a while.. Are you using a metronome or drum machine to keep time..? Counting time is important. That's a few more thing to think about..
On the wide neck classical, I didn't have as much trouble as I thought I would. It may depend on the experience or lack of..
Again, don't let a little hiccup frustrate you.. life is full of up and down cycles and guitar playing is no different..

Hi... well I just started doing the spider hands thing. My "practice" has always been a series of warm up exercises if you will. I've always just jammed, never tried to formally practice "lessons" exactly. Aside from trying to learn the occasional riff of some song or whatever.

I don't use a metronome. I know I ought to.

I just hope that starting from scratch on this site will help strengthen my fundamentals and more. I also hope this difficulty I have with holding a groove is not just the product of no natural musical talent.