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I've been trying to look into fret hand exercises to do when I'm away from my guitar. I feel getting my left hand in synch with my picking hand (while alternate picking at any speed) combined with my left hand struggling a bit near the nut (especially my pinky) are my major problem areas.

 

So I was looking around Youtube and came across this:

 

 

I failed massively trying to do this (roughly 30 hours of actual playing time so far). How about you?

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Huh? That is relatively simple.

A more complex version of this goes


etc

This is actually moving fingers that are two apart continuously to the right, wrapping around. IE start with your pinky, choose the finger two to the right: middle. Put both those down. Then swap each one to the right. Then again. Then again ... whoa, you don't have a finger to the right of your thumb, so wrap around to your pinky and repeat. Etc.

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I'm of the opinion that these kind of finger exercises away from the guitar don't do anything to help your playing.

If you have fun doing them fine, but don't expect to see any correlation with fretboard skill.

If you want to do something away from guitar to help yourself musically, then I'd suggest singing, practicing rhythms, or listening to music.

You might also just forget about guitar/music related stuff and enjoy life a bit while you're away from your guitar. That can help you come back to the guitar with fresh enthusiasm and energy.

Just suggestions.

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This kind of exercises work on coordination, they're not musical, but I think
they might help a begginer struggling to place hishers finges where they
want to on the fertboard.

Other than that - good advices Jasco.

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Even when I was a raw beginner to the guitar, I did not need this exercise to get comfortable with the fretboard.

But go ahead try it if you want, and report back.

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I gotta agree with Jasco here.

Of course, withp ractice this will be possible. It won't take much more than a few days. I used to play piano, so this would be a very common finger movement.
But like Jasco said, I also don't think this is going to benefit your playing.
Another :thu: on the idea of working on ear training or theory when away form the guitar.
Try to sing intervals or arpeggios (if you are on the bus thne don't do it out loud, ppl might tihnk you're :freak:) or try to figure out the harmomies/chords of songs you're listening to on your mp3-player.

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Yeah, I'm an avid listener to music. Lately I've been attemping to break down rhythm/harmonies and fooling around a bit with TuxGuitar (writing riffs) to see what works and what doesn't when I'm not able to play or happen to not be in the mood.

Only problem I guess with this method for me is that most of the music I listen to is drop D/C or standard D, but sometimes E. Ear isn't good enough yet to detect this.

Trust me on this, I wasn't meant to sing hah. At best I hum along with what I listen to and practice playing.

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High == inefficient
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Big motions do take up time and energy but I wouldn't dismiss them from the craft. Ligaments should be worked along their entire length or you're just carrying atrophied mass.

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Big motions do take up time and energy but I wouldn't dismiss them from the craft. Ligaments should be worked along their entire length or you're just carrying atrophied mass.

 

 

I think it was Joe Pass that said "I don't have big fingers. So if it is hard, I don't do it." Hmmmm.....

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