Note: If at any time you are experiencing pain during the playing of this exercise or any other exercise I give, then stop immediately! Please! It doesnít help me as a teacher to gain students with tendonitis, or other guitar injuries.
Note2: Palm muting refers to muting the actual string that you are playing, and all the other strings.
Note3: Without palm muting refers to not muting the string your are playing, while you are playing it, but then muting it after each note, while muting all the other strings.
Note4: Down strokes refers to playing a string only with a downward motion of the pick. Thus, the pick starts high hits the string and bounces off, and instead of picking the note with an upstroke of the pick on the rebound, return to a position with the pick above the string before making another down stroke. This is a style of play Metallica commonly uses. Generally, a down stroke sounds heavier than an upward stroke, such that using all downward strokes makes for a heavier sound.
Note5: Alternating strokes refers to picking with upward strokes and downward strokes. The purpose of alternating strokes is usually to gain speed while picking.
30:1 The first set of exercises I gave was primarily so that one doesnít injure their fretting hand by stretch too much. Next, I increase the amount of ìjiggas,î to give a picking hand work out. The lesson-blogs from 21 to 29 will be on strengthening oneís left hand, such that it is better able to reach. It is probably a good idea not to start here.
30:2 The exercises in this blog will involve the index finger, the middle finger and the ring finger.
30:3 On string 6, at the 12th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 12th fret with your index finger, 13th fret with your middle finger, and 14th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:4 On string 6, at the 11th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 11th fret with your index finger, 12th fret with your middle finger, and 13th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:5 On string 6, at the 10th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 10th fret with your index finger, 11th fret with your middle finger, and 12th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:6 On string 6, at the 9th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 9th fret with your index finger, 10th fret with your middle finger, and 11th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:7 On string 6, at the 8th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 8th fret with your index finger, 9th fret with your middle finger, and 10th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:8 On string 6, at the 7th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 7th fret with your index finger, 8th fret with your middle finger, and 9th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:9 On string 6, at the 6th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 6th fret with your index finger, 7th fret with your middle finger, and 8th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:10 On string 6, at the 5th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 5th fret with your index finger, 6th fret with your middle finger, and 7th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:11 On string 6, at the 4th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 4th fret with your index finger, 5th fret with your middle finger, and 6th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:12 On string 6, at the 3rd fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 3rd fret with your index finger, 4th fret with your middle finger, and 5th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:13 On string 6, at the 2nd fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 2nd fret with your index finger, 3rd fret with your middle finger, and 4th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:14 On string 6, at the 1st fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 1st fret with your index finger, 2nd fret with your middle finger, and 3rd fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:15 On string 6, at the 2nd fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 2nd fret with your index finger, 3rd fret with your middle finger, and 4th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:16 On string 6, at the 3rd fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 3rd fret with your index finger, 4th fret with your index finger, and 5th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:17 On string 6, at the 4th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 4th fret with your index finger, 5th fret with your middle finger, and 6th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:18 On string 6, at the 5th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 5th fret with your index finger, 6th fret with your middle finger, and 7th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:19 On string 6, at the 6th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 6th fret with your index finger, 7th fret with your middle finger, and 8th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:21 On string 6, at the 7th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 7th fret with your index finger, 8th fret with your middle finger, and 9th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:21 On string 6, at the 8th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 8th fret with your index finger, 9th fret with your middle finger, and 10th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:22 On string 6, at the 9th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 9th fret with your index finger, 10th fret with your middle finger, and 11th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:23 On string 6, at the 10th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 10th fret with your index finger, 11th fret with your middle finger, and 12th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:24 On string 6, at the 11th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 11th fret with your index finger, 12th fret with your middle finger, and 13th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:25 On string 6, at the 12th fret, play the following pattern using all down strokes: open, 12th fret with your index finger, 13th fret with your middle finger, and 14th fret again with your ring finger. Repeat this pattern 4x counting to 4 each time the pattern is repeated.
30:27 Repeat exercises 30:3 ñ 30:5 on the string 5.
30:27 Repeat exercises 30:3 ñ 30:5 on the string 4.
30:28 Repeat exercises 30:3 ñ 30:5 on the string 3.
30:29 Repeat exercises 30:3 ñ 30:5 on the string 2.
30:30 Repeat exercises 30:3 ñ 30:5 on the string 1.
30:31 Repeat exercises 30:3 ñ 30:30 using alternating strokes (up and down) instead of just down strokes.
30:32 Repeat exercises 30:3-30:5 except instead of repeating the each numbered verse 4x; play them 1x, repeating exercises 30:3-2:23 4x and work on the fluidity of your playing. The first time, do it without palm muting and down strokes. The second time, do it with palm muting and down strokes. The 3rd time do it with alternating strokes and without palm muting. The 4th time do it with alternating strokes and with palm muting.
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