Legato is a way of playing where notes smoothly transition from one to the other. The way to play legato on the guitar is by using hammer-ons and pull-offs with your fretting hand instead of plucking every individual note. Legato 3 Notes per String Scales Great way to work on the legato technique is to play 3 note per string scales in different positions. Here … Continue reading Legato Exercises for Guitar
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Working out is not just for athletes. Musicians in general and guitar players in specific have to workout as well to keep their fingers and hands limber and strong. I’ll show you simple chromatic finger exercises (sometimes also called “spider walk exercises”) that have been used by generations of guitar players. Perhaps it is single best way to warm up and develop dexterity in your … Continue reading 5 Chromatic Finger Dexterity Exercises for Guitar
It seems like most guitar lessons focus a lot on the fretting hand. But you can hardly play guitar without well develop picking hand. Here is a little etude for the picking hand warm up. This exercise surves double purpose. It helps warm up the picking hand, but also works as a great review of the major scale harmonization. The exercise comes down to playing 3 note arpeggios … Continue reading Picking hand warm up ideas
Guitar players are real finger gymnasts. Without proper finger stretching and flexibility you cannot expect to reach many beautiful chord voicings. Good stretching will benefit your overall playing, so it is important to work on it regularly. Finger stretching exercises without the guitar There are some great stretching exercises that you can and should do even before you pick up the guitar. Here is an … Continue reading Finger Stretching Exercises for guitar
