Fretting Hand Strength Building Exercise

http://www.guitarspeedsecret.com - This exercise combines stretching while at the same time making use of every finger on the fretting hand.

It is also excellent for getting the picking hand to sync up properly with the fretting hand. Even further, it is exceptional for developing a better alternate picking technique.

Listen carefully for the C (5th fret on the G string). If you listen closely you can hear the passage dancing in and out of this note. As the fretting hand comes back to snag this note, it creates a sort of tempo, which can help you to stay on track.

A sort of built in metronome, plus it sounds really cool.

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• guitar
• music
• alternate
• picking
• speed
• development
• fretting
• hand
• exercises
• finger
• dexterity

[MCshlthead]

surely this is more of a dexterity exercise than a strength exercise. if you want to build hand strength try playing F or A sharp on a steele string acoustic.

[CapitalAlchemy]

@MCshlthead - It's both. Many exercises that require dexterity, require precise muscle control, coordination, plus muscle memory development. Strength is a part of the formula, because instead of developing just overall strength - it's targeted.

[eimaiokalyteros]

I don't understand why there are so many videos about guitar speed. There is only ONE way to improve your speed and accuracy. Practicing your scales with a metronome. End of story

[CapitalAlchemy]

@eimaiokalyteros - That's not the only way to do it, and some people are passionate about it, and find it interesting and rewarding to continue to focus on speed and challenging exercises/techniques/licks/rif­fs.

[yelmorbdahc]

I dont understand why there is so many training exercise on youtube where people are playing with distortion on. You should NEVER practice with distortion on because you can not hear weather you are hitting the note correctly or not, you should also really be practicing on a nylon acoustic.

[CapitalAlchemy]

@yelmorbdahc I agree with you completely, but don't necessarily agree about the nylons. Although my first guitar was an old classical. For 1 year I didn't have an amp so I practiced through an old record player with no distortion pedal.

Other than the nylon bit, I 100% agree with you about practicing clean. This video I used distortion for demonstration purposes.

[xyfb]

woah, slow down egghead

[CapitalAlchemy]

haha, I'll take that as a compliment.

[loudteeshirt]

when you demo the fast lick you forgot to use your 3rd finger....

[DAzazle666]

Thankyou, finally got a guitar to pick up my self teachings and having trouble with srength and getting my hands to operate independantly. Any tips?? would like to know if theres a way of building my calas's quickly too? There all soft and sore. I love nylon strings but the guitar came with the steels so will wear these out i think, I find it harder but the hard ways always best in my opinion :-)

[W8DEY]

tabs sir?

[MCshlthead]

@CapitalAlchemy arent steel string acoustics better for learning because they're harder to play than nylon???

[FacebookTheMetal]

@Robb9096 i liked the video

i think he made it clear and easy without having to wait for 3 minutes for people to get to the point

[FacebookTheMetal]

Great wprl!