Series Overview
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In this series, we’re going to be talking about building dexterity for guitar. A lot of players have a hard time building up the dexterity and flexibility they need to play the guitar. This is especially true as you get older. These exercises and tips should make a noticeable difference if you are able to work on them at least once per day.
We’re going to cover some tips for building dexterity first. Then we’ll get into some stretching exercises that you can do before each practice session to help improve your flexibility. After that, we’ll go over some actual dexterity exercises that will help you to learn new scales and chords. You don’t need any previous playing experience to go through this series, but some of the dexterity exercises might take a while for you to build up the coordination to do them properly.
Stretching
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Stretching is very important for having a productive practice session and for avoiding injuries. In this lesson, we’ll go over some basic tips for building dexterity, and we’ll also go over some guitar-related stretches that you can do before getting into warming-up. Stretching is easy to neglect, but it’s very important for making sure you get the most out of your practice time.
The first tip is to watch what you drink. Drinking lots of water will help the soft tissues in your body. The next tip is to pay attention to your posture. Sometimes holding the guitar a certain way can negatively affect your playing stamina. If you’re sore after playing, you may need to make adjustments.
Nate will demonstrate some stretches that will help you with your guitar playing. Try incorporating a few (or all) of them into your daily practice routine before you get into warming up. In the next video, we’ll go over some warm-up exercises that you can do before you start playing.
Stretching is very important for having a productive practice session and for avoiding injuries. In this lesson, we’ll go over some basic tips for building dexterity, and we’ll also go over some guitar-related stretches that you can do before getting into warming-up. Stretching is easy to neglect, but it’s very important for making sure you get the most out of your practice time.
The first tip is to watch what you drink. Drinking lots of water will help the soft tissues in your body. The next tip is to pay attention to your posture. Sometimes holding the guitar a certain way can negatively affect your playing stamina. If you’re sore after playing, you may need to make adjustments.
Nate will demonstrate some stretches that will help you with your guitar playing. Try incorporating a few (or all) of them into your daily practice routine before you get into warming up. In the next video, we’ll go over some warm-up exercises that you can do before you start playing.
Warm-Up Exercises
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Warming up is just as essential to having a productive practice session and avoiding injury as stretching. In this lesson, I’ll show you some warm up exercises that you can do. A few of them are more focused on lead guitar, and a few are focused on rhythm guitar. Pick a couple that are appropriate for your skill level.
The first one, is to simply play through a scale. Don’t play it quickly. Just play it fast enough that you can cleanly go through it. Go up and down the scale multiple times. The next exercise is the chromatic scale. This scale involves the use of every finger, and can be down by alternate picking the scale or by using hammer-ons and pull-offs.
A good warm-up exercise for rhythm guitar is just cycling between open chords. Go through each chord shape you know, trying to put the shape down all at once. Another good rhythm exercise is to make bar chord shapes all over the fretboard. Moving bar chords shapes around will really get the blood flowing in your hand.
In the next video, we’ll go through some exercises for building dexterity for the guitar.
Warming up is just as essential to having a productive practice session and avoiding injury as stretching. In this lesson, I’ll show you some warm up exercises that you can do. A few of them are more focused on lead guitar, and a few are focused on rhythm guitar. Pick a couple that are appropriate for your skill level.
The first one, is to simply play through a scale. Don’t play it quickly. Just play it fast enough that you can cleanly go through it. Go up and down the scale multiple times. The next exercise is the chromatic scale. This scale involves the use of every finger, and can be down by alternate picking the scale or by using hammer-ons and pull-offs.
A good warm-up exercise for rhythm guitar is just cycling between open chords. Go through each chord shape you know, trying to put the shape down all at once. Another good rhythm exercise is to make bar chord shapes all over the fretboard. Moving bar chords shapes around will really get the blood flowing in your hand.
In the next video, we’ll go through some exercises for building dexterity for the guitar.
Dexterity Exercises
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After you’ve warmed up, you’ll want to work on some dexterity exercises. Building your dexterity will really help when you’re learning new chords, scales, solos, or even just songs in general. We’ll go over 2 dexterity exercises in this video. One of them is for lead guitar and the other ones is for rhythm guitar.
The lead guitar exercise is what we call a trill exercise. You’ll hammer-on and pull-off with one finger at a time. This really helps you build up independence between your fingers. The rhythm guitar exercise is going to specifically help you with playing chords. You’ll be working on the accuracy of your fingers when making difficult shapes and increasing their independence at the same time.
In the next lesson, we’ll put it all together in a practice along.
Practice Along
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In this lesson, we’ll show you how to use all the things we went over in this series in a practice session. Combining the three things we went over in this series is going to really help you to get the most of your practice time. Also, it’s going to positively affect you long term by decreasing your risk of injury.
The first thing you’ll want to do is stretch. Go through a few of them, and make sure to hold it for thirty seconds or so. Next, go through one or two of the warm-up exercises we went over in the previous videos. Finally, you’ll want to focus on one (or both) of the dexterity exercises you learned. Make sure you’re choosing ones at the appropriate skill level for you.
Add these into your daily practice routine and you’ll find that your practice time becomes much more productive.
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In this lesson, we’ll show you how to use all the things we went over in this series in a practice session. Combining the three things we went over in this series is going to really help you to get the most of your practice time. Also, it’s going to positively affect you long term by decreasing your risk of injury.
The first thing you’ll want to do is stretch. Go through a few of them, and make sure to hold it for thirty seconds or so. Next, go through one or two of the warm-up exercises we went over in the previous videos. Finally, you’ll want to focus on one (or both) of the dexterity exercises you learned. Make sure you’re choosing ones at the appropriate skill level for you.
Add these into your daily practice routine and you’ll find that your practice time becomes much more productive.
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