Well, by popular demand, I'll present a few useful guitar exercises OFTEN neglected by several players. remember the use a metronome, practice often, begin a slow speed and then when you get clean, increase. Don't be in a hurry to play fast, it'll only make you angry in the long run.
Chromatic Warmup (16th notes)
use strict alternate Up Down picking on those. starting with a downstroke when you go down to the high E, and an upstroke when you go to the low E, it'll make your picking smooth and efficient. this finger pattern is also very good for strenghtening your individual fingers. Another good variation is to repeat the same pattern at the same place for at least 5 or 6 minutes, doing "Sprint runs" at random intervals, (ex: repeat 6 times in 16th notes, then play once or twice in 32nd notes, then go back to 16th notes.) you'll build up a lot of endurance.
Rolling Technique
Rolling is a technique often used in swept arpeggios. the gist of it is basically laying one finger over a series of notes on the same fret (in this case, 3 consecutive notes) and then lightly arching your finger so you mute the note you just played the moment you play the next one. This exercise isn't all to complicated in concept, but by following your left hand finger pattern, you're forcing your hand to move up, while still staying on the same fret. it should sound like the same sweep is repeat 4 times exactly the same, but while changing fingers. move up to whatever fret you like, repeat for hours if you want to. it works. Don't forget, you let your pick "sweep" down to the last note, and since there isn't an upwards motion in this sweep, you constantly downstroke.
Finger Strech scale in E phrygian (Cmaj) (6/4)
I'm tuned in DGCFAD, so in standard tuning, just transpose the whole scale 2 frets lower (3 instead of 5) if you want to keep true to the key, but the strech is also much bigger from the 3rd position. Your call, but i suggest starting with the one here before moving on to bigger streches, you could injure yourself. once again, alternate picking, and use all your 4 fingers.
I hope you'll put these to good use, and let me know if you want more exercises.
it seems that the ubb code formatting doesn't work all that well, but just to help you, both scalar patterns are 4 notes per string, and the rolled arpeggio is displayed correctly.
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Chromatic Warmup (16th notes)
use strict alternate Up Down picking on those. starting with a downstroke when you go down to the high E, and an upstroke when you go to the low E, it'll make your picking smooth and efficient. this finger pattern is also very good for strenghtening your individual fingers. Another good variation is to repeat the same pattern at the same place for at least 5 or 6 minutes, doing "Sprint runs" at random intervals, (ex: repeat 6 times in 16th notes, then play once or twice in 32nd notes, then go back to 16th notes.) you'll build up a lot of endurance.
Code:
|---------------------------------|---------1-3-2-4-5-3-4-2-------------| |---------------------------------|-1-3-2-4-----------------5-3-4-2-----| |-------------------------1-3-2-4-|----------------------------------etc| |-----------------1-3-2-4---------|-------------------------------------| |---------1-3-2-4-----------------|-------------------------------------| |-1-3-2-4-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Rolling Technique
Rolling is a technique often used in swept arpeggios. the gist of it is basically laying one finger over a series of notes on the same fret (in this case, 3 consecutive notes) and then lightly arching your finger so you mute the note you just played the moment you play the next one. This exercise isn't all to complicated in concept, but by following your left hand finger pattern, you're forcing your hand to move up, while still staying on the same fret. it should sound like the same sweep is repeat 4 times exactly the same, but while changing fingers. move up to whatever fret you like, repeat for hours if you want to. it works. Don't forget, you let your pick "sweep" down to the last note, and since there isn't an upwards motion in this sweep, you constantly downstroke.
Code:
|---1--1--1--1-| (in 8th triplets) |--1--1--1--1--| |-1--1--1--1---| |--------------| |--------------| |--------------| 111222333444 (LH finger)
Finger Strech scale in E phrygian (Cmaj) (6/4)
I'm tuned in DGCFAD, so in standard tuning, just transpose the whole scale 2 frets lower (3 instead of 5) if you want to keep true to the key, but the strech is also much bigger from the 3rd position. Your call, but i suggest starting with the one here before moving on to bigger streches, you could injure yourself. once again, alternate picking, and use all your 4 fingers.
Code:
|---------------------------------------------5-7-9-10----| |------------------------------------5-7-8-10-------------| |---------------------------6-7-9-11----------------------| |------------------5-7-9-11-------------------------------| |----------4-5-7-9----------------------------------------| |-5-7-9-10------------------------------------------------| (type 1) |---------------------------------------------5-9-7-10----| |------------------------------------5-7-8-10-------------| |---------------------------6-7-9-11----------------------| |------------------5-9-7-11-------------------------------| |----------4-7-5-9----------------------------------------| |-5-9-7-10------------------------------------------------| (type 2) |---------------------------------------------5-10-9-7----| |------------------------------------5-10-8-7-------------| |---------------------------6-11-9-7----------------------| |------------------5-11-9-7-------------------------------| |----------4-9-7-5----------------------------------------| |-5-10-9-7------------------------------------------------| (type 3)
I hope you'll put these to good use, and let me know if you want more exercises.
it seems that the ubb code formatting doesn't work all that well, but just to help you, both scalar patterns are 4 notes per string, and the rolled arpeggio is displayed correctly.
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Wake up, rise and shine, Gotta take another pint, Dig heads and watch out for the night.
[This message has been edited by Seb (edited August 06, 2004).]
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