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WARMING UP!
Hyper-speed ultra wide stretches are no good for your digits, unless you warm up first. Hayden Hewitt offers some sage advice on tenderly treating your tendons…
The following warm up exercises actually accomplish more than just one goal: They work both as great warm up routines and technical exercises that will help with left hand strength and right hand picking accuracy. I always think it’s best to get the maximum mileage out of any potentially dull practice routines. These may seem simplistic but I’ve been using them for years and they work for me. Getting them smooth is the time consuming element for many beginning guitarists but after that use them as a simple warm up then get on with the business of making music...only with properly limbered up tendons and muscles. Ex1: Simple ups and downs. The key to this exercise is smoothness
throughout so concentrate on the following: Strict alternate picking using the minimum effort possible at all times. If you find yourself bearing down hard on your strings stop playing, let the tension leave your left hand, and start again. Tension is a tool that you should have control over, not vice versa. Play the pattern slowly and evenly all the way down to the nut then back up to your
starting position, gradually increasing the pace. Use this exercise with different finger groupings to build up strength such as index / ring, second finger / little finger, index / ring / little finger etc. etc. Ex 2: Very similar to the first exercise, except this time you have to move both vertically and horizontally around the neck of the guitar. Follow the pattern then work back down the neck the same way. Keep the tempo steady; don’t be tempted to rush things. Ex 3: Stretch it out! We’d recommend trying this exercise only after having warmed up properly. If it starts to hurt you STOP PLAYING! Many people will tell you trite and awful pearls of wisdom such as “Play till your fingers bleed” or “get through the pain barrier”. Ignore them, unless you want a roaring case of tendinitis!
Alternate picking is essential. You’ll not only be teaching your left hand to
stretch with this exercise you’ll also be building up your ability to alternate pick across strings, which is handy. PM
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