Guitar finger exercises | Guitar learning tips

1 of 7

http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/guitar-finger-exercises.html

43

Home

Welcome to Guitar-Skill-Builder.com
Im Glad youre here. Roy

Ho me

URGENT NEED
Please help....

Me d ical Fund raise r

Help Jenny Get Her Life B

We need your help!

Chord Charts
Cho rd Chart
Be ginne r c ho rd s
Bar c hord chart
P ow e r c hords chart
Blue s G uitar Chord s

My wife has been having major medical

challenges with brain and spinal tumors that have
left her paraplegic and bedbound.

Le ft hand g uitar c hord

chart

Guitar Parts

$1624

We have set up a fundraiser to help her get the

help she needs. Would you please help?

P art s o f a guit ar
P art s o f an Ele c tric G uitar
P art s o f an ac oustic g uitar

Jenny Marshall

31 days left

Donate Now
Create your
own
fundraise r

There are a couple of ways you can help make a

huge dierence in her recovery process.

Lessons
Ho w to le arn g uitar f ast
Guitar Fing e r Ex e rcise s
Guitar P rac tice Ro utine
Ho w to re ad guit ar tabs

Please read the following.

Many people visiting this website have helped,
you can too.
Guitar-Skill-Builder.com

Guitar P lay ing Basic s

Ho w to le arn g uitar c hords

She needs your help too.

Please Click here for details
Thank You!
Youcaring.com

Cho rd p ro gre ss
Thre e c ho rd p ro gre ssio ns
fo r g uitar
Thre e C hord Guitar So ngs
Ho w to play rhy thm g uitar
Le arn Guitar Fre tb o ard
Guitar Re co rd ing So ft ware

Guitar-Skill-Builder.com

Fretboard

Check out the Facebook

Fan page for here more.

Like 917

Promote Your Page Too

Guitar fre tb o ard note s

P e ntatonic guit ar scale s
Be ginne r Scale s

Home

Medical Fundraiser

Tuning

Gear

Contact/Privacy

Chord Charts

Blues

Tips

Guitar Parts

Technique

Lessons

Fretboard

Guitar Skill Builder Blog

Practice Amps

Tuning
Tuning yo ur guitar

Guitar Finger Exercises

A home gym for your hands.

Ele c tric Guitar T uning

Ac oust ic tuning

Gear
Buying Ele c tric Guit ars
Be ginne r Ele ct ric Guit ars
Che ap ac oustic guitars

Guitar nger exercises | Guitar Practice for strong, Fast Hands

id you know that eective nger exercises can be one of the keys to your success

and spectacular playing ability?

Guitars f or g irls
Ac oust ic Re vie w s
Be ginne r aco ustic g uitars

Have your ngers ever not cooperated? Bar chords hard to form and hold? Guitar
ngerpicking not as fast and accurate as you think it should be?

13/02/2015 20:32

Guitar finger exercises | Guitar learning tips

2 of 7

Che ap Guitar Amp s

P ortab le Guitar Amp

http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/guitar-finger-exercises.html

Guitar nger exercises can help. They have helped my nger strength, exibility and
speed tremendously.

Guitar amp lifie r re v ie w s

Ac oust ic guit ar amp lifie rs
Trav e l Guitars
Trav e l Ele ctric Guitar
Guitar P ickup s
Eff e ct P e d als

Blues
Easy Blue s Guit ar
Blue s G uitar Scale
Guitar Blue s Scale
Blue s G uitar Licks

Tips
Whe n to re place g uitar
string s
Re string ing an aco ustic
guit ar
Guitar Amp Se tt ings
Guitar P rac tice Motiv at ion
Co st o f Guitar Le ssons

Technique
Guitar Sp e e d T raining .
Ele c tric g uitar t e chniq ue s

Guitar Skill
Builder Blog
Guitar Blog

Contact/Privacy

Maybe your hands gave out on you 20 minutes into your 4 hour practice session?
How do professionals practice huge amounts of practice a day?
Are they super-human? Maybe.
Most likely they have a program of eective guitar nger exercises. One thing I can
almost guarantee their hands are in great shape.
Another thing Im almost sure of - they have probably had their share of repetitive
stress injuries. Sometimes that how it works, people have to learn the hard way.
If you want to play for all of your life, get and stay in top physical shape. That usually
takes a regular schedule of guitar nger exercises, proper practice techniques,
nutrition and rest from workouts for recovery.
Ill give the following advice for guitar nger exercises and any other physical exercise
routine.
Make sure you consult your doctors on anything I suggest here and do not start any
exercise program without your medical doctors consent.

Disclaime r
Co ntac t-P age
P rivacy p o licy
P rac tic e Amp s

So what are the objectives that we should be seeking with a program of guitar nger
exercises? 1. To build strong hands and ngers and speed your progress while learning how to
play guitar.
2.To increase your guitar ngerpicking abilities,
3. Strengthen your hands and ngers to improve your technique by improving your
abilty to form chords, building exibility and dexterity condence while playing the
guitar.
4.Strong pain free hands with the agility, speed, control and endurance to play the
things we want to play and continue to practice and improve continually.
So what your needing is strong nger independence which is the ability to isolate the
movements of one nger at a time while keeping the others as still as possible. A
eective regular program of guitar nger exercises can vastly speed your progress.
5. Finger strength and endurance. By exercising and strengthening the gripping
muscles for holding chords and the extensor muscles of the hand for the ability to
move quickly over the fretboard.
This is needed for gripping bar chords as well as open chords and ngerpicking.
Guitar nger exercises 1 -Alternating picking and fre ing hand speed
The rst speed and strength exercise seems simple and is but Increase the speed
gradually and take your time with the transition to upward stroke when you reverse
directions.
Using upward strokes as well as downward strokes leads to a versatility in your picking

13/02/2015 20:32

Guitar finger exercises | Guitar learning tips

3 of 7

http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/guitar-finger-exercises.html

helping you change directions with nesse.

Directions for guitar speed and nger strength exercise 1 - start on any fret on the 6th
or fa est string. The numbers are for your ngers. 1,2,3 and 4. When you get to your
4Th nger (pinky) switch to your rst nger on the next string. Start with a down, up
alternate picking pa ern.
When you run out of strings and you come to your 4Th nger change directions using
a upward stroke to start your alternate picking. Continue with a up, down alternate
picking pa ern.
Practice Tips:
1. Be patient with yourself. Slow and relaxed hand movements will speed you towards
you end results of nger and hand strength speed and accuracy.
2. Concentrate on small movements of the pick. Almost a rotating movement of the tip
of the pick.
3. Use palm muting to keep the strings under control while you are learning accuracy.
4. Get the movement down rst and then use the metronome at a slow tempo and then
increase the tempo as you gain condence and accuracy.

Metronome by BestMetronome.com
Guitar nger exercises 2 - Hammer on and Pull os for nger and hand strength and
endurance
The hammer on and pull os for this exercise are simple.
Tips for this exercise:
1. Start out slow and work up to your target speeds.
2. Keep the rst nger planted and hammer on the next 3 ngers.Which is simple
slamming the nger down on the next fret to sound the note on that fret.
3 Keeping the rst nger planted pull o on the 3 ngers that did the initial hammer
on movement.
4. Start at any fret that you are comfortable with and try to cover the entire fretboard.
Guitar nger exercises 3 - Trills on all four ngers - Plyometric nger exercises for
speed, strength and dexterity.
This is one of the most eective things you can do to improve the seed and dexterity of
your ngers.

13/02/2015 20:32

Guitar finger exercises | Guitar learning tips

4 of 7

http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/guitar-finger-exercises.html

Directions for Exercise 3: Your index nger is number 1. Keep it planted on the fret you
have decided to start on. It does not have to be fret 1, it can be any fret that you like.
With ngers 1,2,3 one at a time - rapidly hammer on and pull o to sound the two
notes in a rapid trill.
When you are nished with all the ngers on one string move over one string and do it
again.
This exercise is really eective, but dont overdo if your hands start to hurt take a
break.

Guitar nger exercises 4 - Basic sweep picking movements for speed

This exercise is very enjoyable when done with a metronome. Gliding between strings
adds to nesse and skill.
Directions for exercise 4: Pre y simple stu. Just pick straight down smoothly while
fre ing the strings. Dont pause between strings.

Guitar nger exercises 5 - String skipping with alternating picking for nger control
and speed.
String skipping exercise builds your brain to hand connection so you dont have to
think so much about where you are with your picking.
You go through several steps to get to a place where you dont have to think about
what you are doing so much on a guitar.
1. Start out with absolute concentration on every move picking and ngering. Get to
the place where it no longer feels awkward.
2. When you no longer feel awkward start to use the metronome at a slow pace and
speed it up slowly.
3 Reinforce over a few days to ingrain it into your nervous system.
4. Do it long enough and people will think your a natural because it will feel natural to
you.

Here are some great sources of information and and some great hand exercise
equipment Ive used and a few nger exercises to help get the job done.
1. A good stretching, exercise and massage program for your hands, wrists and
forearms.
Quick hands with the dexterity needed to move quickly over the fretboard are going to
have to have amazing exibility and strength. Stretching each nger carefully through
its range of movement.
Here are some simple stretches for the ngers. Proceed with caution.
Gently stretch the ngers out by grasping the nger and apply a easy stretch outward
and through its range.
Stretch between the ngers with your other hand in between each set of ngers.
stretch the thumb out away from the hand and repeat until a good stretch is felt.
A good daily hand stretching program will help keep your hands supple and uid.
I recommend one called Healthy Hands by Martin Grey. I have this program and it is
the only one that I have been able to nd.

13/02/2015 20:32

Guitar finger exercises | Guitar learning tips

5 of 7

http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/guitar-finger-exercises.html

He is a massage therapist that specializes in this area.It has some great isometric
exercises, stretches, and a very thorough massage routine.
2. Chinese Exercise Balls - Greg Irwin of Hand health unlimited has a great video that
show not only exercises but shows how they are made and some of history behind
them.
These provide great guitar nger exercises for developing hand, nger and forearm
dexterity, coordination and speed. There are many ways to use them. They are fun to
use and after you get used to them , you can work with them while your doing other
things like watching television.
They are excellent for gaining coordination and ne movement in your ngers wrists
and hands.

3. Gripmaster Pro - The Gripmaster Pro provides eective exercises for strengthen
individual ngers and overall hand nger and forearm strength. They come in
dierent tensions so pick one that is right for you
If you just leave it around where you normally watch television it makes it easy to get a
hand workout and gain hand strength.
4. Finger Weights - These slide onto your ngers and provide resistance hand exercise
while you go about practicing your guitar. Increasing hand, ngers and forearm
strength.
Ive got to admit I was skeptical about these at rst, but was surprised when they
actually made a dierence that I could notice.
They do take some ge ing used to. They pinched the heck out of my ngers but I
found that if you move them around just a li le bit that goes away. but I have found
them to be a great help, and they are great to use in the Finger tness Program.
5. Dynaex Pro Sports Gyro Wrist Exerciser - These work the wrists and hand, ngers
and forearm strength.
These are for closing grip strength and grip. They also work the wrists and forearms.
These can really give a great workout - just keep close track of the included string used
to start the ball rotating.Its a great piece of hand exercise equipment.
It can be started by hand but I havent mastered the technique yet. But Im ge ing
there.
6. Flextend Glove - These are for rehabilitation of carpal tunnel syndrome and
numerous other repetitive stress injuries. Many people are saying they are ge ing
good results.
I dont know too much about that. Ive never experienced carpel tunnel syndrome or
anything like that. - I use mine to exercise the extensors muscles in my hands as a
preventative and to build strength and speed in hand, ngers and forearms.
Around 15 nger exercises from one outstanding tool.
I like them. They are probably what I consider towards the top results producing tools
that I have. I feel Im ge ing great results with the exercises.
They are not inexpensive at $80 a pair but if it helps a person avoid a $20,000 carpel
tunnel operation that might fail, hey that what I consider a good investment.

13/02/2015 20:32

Guitar finger exercises | Guitar learning tips

6 of 7

http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/guitar-finger-exercises.html

Sleep and regular physical exercise is also a good idea for most people unless they are
in really bad shape. Plenty of good fresh water, eating healthy food and keeping your
stress level down will help maintain the enthusiasm and energy levels needed for
some kick bu guitar.
Get out into nature and take care of yourself. Take a break every once in awhile from
the guitar so you will look forward to ge ing back to it.
Shake your hands out frequently, move your ngertips quickly in the air. This keeps
them loose, relaxed and ready to play guitar.
So in summary if you want results, in your tone and ease of playing a regular program
of daily guitar nger exercises is the way to go.
Make sure you check out these related webpages on this site.
1.Guitar speed training. - Check out these techniques for gaining amazing speed.
2.Changing guitar strings. - How does the weight and type of string aect how you
play?
3. Guitar practice motivation - Making serious progress on the guitar along with a
program of eective guitar nger exercises takes willpower and motivation. Do you
have it?
Return home from Guitar Finger Exercises
No compensation was or is made to me (Roy
Barne )or anyone associated with me, for any of
the product endorsements or recommendations
on this Website (Guitar-skill-builder.com). All
products reviewed and recommended were either
purchased by myself or I experienced the products at a retail outlet or the item was
recommended because of the research carried out by myself. No company has
supplied me with any products or software to review free of charge. If this changes,
full disclosure will be in the disclaimer page on this site.

Help Jenny Get Her Life Back

Beneficiary: Jenny Marshall

$1624 raised

31 days left
Donate Now

Create your own

fundraiser at

If giving is hard right now please help us get the word

out by sharing Jennys fundraising page on your Facebook
page, website, by email or any other way you feel
comfortable with.
Here is the link to share.
h ps://www.youcaring.com/help-Jenny-get-her-life-back

The following is the code for the widget. If you have a

13/02/2015 20:32

Guitar finger exercises | Guitar learning tips

7 of 7

http://www.guitar-skill-builder.com/guitar-finger-exercises.html

blog or website and want to help, please put it on your

pages.
Thank you so much,
Roy

<iframe src=h ps://www.youcaring.com/fundraiserwidget.aspx?frid=277311 width=335 height=454

frameborder=0></iframe>
Welcome to guitar-skillbuilder.com Reviews of beginner
guitar lessons and tools to help you
master the guitar.
Cant nd it? - Full sitemap here

Connect with Roy on Google+

Home

Medical Fundraiser

Tuning

Gear

Contact/Privacy

Chord Charts

Blues

Tips

Guitar Parts

Technique

Lessons

Fretboard

Guitar Skill Builder Blog

Practice Amps

Share this page:

Whats This?

Enjoy this page? Let others know too. Heres how...

Copyright 2008 - 2014 Guitar-Skill-Builder.com

Learn to Play Guitar.

13/02/2015 20:32