Are there any recommended finger stretching exercises for beginners during their practicing? I have recently gotten back into playing after a couple year hiatus and using a different method for training in guitar. Unfortunately it does not have any information on stretching and I am having issues with stretching for some of the chords to practice. I know playing is the best practice and I am trying to get at least an hour a day ( broken into 2 30 minute sessions ) in a day but wondering if there were exercises I could incorporate on the neck or off the guitar that may help with finger flexibility?
I wanna Rock N Roll all night... Ahh who am I kidding I'll be in bed at 9 pm....
F Lydian & G Mixolydian..........the way I learned them, for all the purists........
F on 1st fret...G on 3rd
Maybe stuff like this:
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------|-------------|-------1-3-4-|-2-4-5-------|------||
|-------------|-------------|-1-3-4-------|-------2-4-5-|------||
|-------------|-------1-3-4-|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------------|-1-3-4-------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------1-3-4-|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-1-3-4-------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------|-------------|-------4-1-3-|-2-4-5-------|------||
|-------------|-------------|-3-4-1-------|-------4-5-2-|------||
|-------------|-------1-3-4-|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------------|-4-1-3-------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-------3-4-1-|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
|-1-3-4-------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------||
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-3-4-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-1-2-3-4---------|
|-----------------|---------4-1-2-3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3-4-1-2---------|-----------------|
|---------2-3-4-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-2-3-4---------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-4-5-2-3---------|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|---------5-2-3-4-|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-2-3-4-5---------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|---------3-4-5-2-|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-5-2-3---------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-2-3-4-|------||
Thanks I have been doing as much on the guitar as possible and was looking more for items that I may be able to do off the guitar when I am at work and unable to practice on a fret board.
I wanna Rock N Roll all night... Ahh who am I kidding I'll be in bed at 9 pm....
Try finger exercises from the Cowling Institute. It's what I would do if I could be bothered :lol: