Just takes more time to unlearn the bad habits if you've been playing for long. Also: quality over quantity. If you really focus during this exercise your brain regions will be more engaged, thus you'll learn faster.
@@acidtears I been flying my fingers for YEARS!. but they getting better now.. so it is correctable.. but I never really did scales Before so Justin has been great help with all that.. He's the bloody man I tell ya!!. Pardon my french.. lol..😜
@@acidtears all my scales when I practice now. I do slow first. Painfully slow and instead of getting frustrated I use the 60/80 BPM to keep my fingers close practice.. I love it.. I only just started these scales things last few months.. I love them.. Not sure if my neighbours do though. Lol!!. Rock on !. 🎸
Ive only started to address this after 19 years of playing; that is irrelavent though as I am only now (starting 3 months ago) taking it seriously. I havent improved noticably since i was 16 and I am now 30. I have refined my playing so much in the last 3 months, i am now regretting ignoring my guitars for such a long time; that cannot be changed though, I have learnt that playing is one of the things that actually brings me true happiness and I will never ignore it again. Fixing bad habits isnt as hard as I thought it would be, I just play incredibly slowly compared to when I was using my poor technique. I am getting faster with good form at a rate I am happy with.
As a new person I seriously am impressed at this dudes dedication to teaching people the guitair. I mean all that success and popularity and years and he's still replying to comments with 5 likes. Thats passion right there. Something to aspire to.
you know Justin i just checked out your website and i have to say you're an awesome teacher, i really appreciate your good attitude and the effort you make to teach. Thank you! i'll keep in touch with your lectures
I started doing this exercise years ago after watching one of your videos. I think you called it the spider exercise? But it has helped me immensely. I wouldn't be the player I am today without your lessons so thank you brother!!
I've been noodling with guitar for 10 years, the last 6 months have been excruciatingly difficult breaking bad habits but the results are absolutely incredible!
Just last night I was looking into exercises for correcting this, it's like you read my mind! Haha It's a great exercise, but certainly pretty difficult, just gotta keep at it and I'm sure I'll improve. Thank you so much for this lesson!
The finger that flies on my hand(please don't laugh) is the middle finger. I look at old videos of me playing that wasn't an issue. I don't know when that started but it's more apparent to me then others. I play in church eventually somebody is going to notice and think I'm flipping them off. I really hope this exercise helps or eliminates it.
Started doing this myself a few weeks ago so perfect timing with the video lol I think at the end of the day this will lead to more conscious finger control - whether you're passionately improvising or strictly following tabs, there's gonna be a benefit one way or another.
Hi Justin, just want to say that I just love your guitar lessons. I only came across your channel two weeks ago, and I must say it is just superb. It is nice to find someone that understands how to teach a beginner. You flow through each lesson at a nice steady gentle pace, allowing a viewer to easy follow and understand what you are doing. I have learned more from you in the last two weeks than what I have learned over the past two years. I have even signed up to your web site. Many thanks for all that you are doing, in making learning easier and fun. - Fletch -
Thank you for posting this it's one of the few videos I've found on the subject. I am eager to try your exercise as I had the flying finger and worked on it a long while and I'm curious if I will have as much difficulty as I might have a year ago. I finally got control of my flying pinky and found two things helped me immensely: 1) Trying to focus on keeping my fretting hand as relaxed as possible. 2) I practise facing a mirror so I can see both my hands and it's easier to recognize my faults as I work on them.
I just tried this exercise. I took up the guitar at 70 when I retired, so my fingers have a lifetime of non-musical use.Thank you so much for this tip. It will help tame my wild fingers. You have given us many useful tips that bring music back to our lives. I always wanted to play guitar.
Had to consciously do this a while ago when playing the november rain solo. The runs towards the end of each solo were much easier to hit the notes on time when I reduced unnecessary finger movement. Brilliant exercise
Being a drummer first, my fret hand movement is like a drummer hitting the notes on the fretboard like drums, and know that this is wasted motion which fatigues your fret hand. This is a great lesson, my friend!!!
This type of exercise is so good. This is the 3rd day im doing it and i already feel/see alot of improvement (alot more than 5 minutes daily tho). Thanks
Super exercise. I started doing this when I saw you doing it in an earlier video. It's rare to feel progress coming along in real time when you've been tinkering away with guitar for 20+ years as I have. Love it. Should be a cornerstone of any guitar tuition. ❤➕💪🏻
to me the hardest in this exercise is keeping my thumb in place. It seems to me that the fingers "stability" on the fretboard comes from a good thumb position
you have helped me so much so far, glad to see a fix for my flying fingers. Ill edit my comment in two months and let you and everyone the progress I've made. until then keep rocking and being an amazing teacher! Been 4 months and this exercise helped a ton fingers no longer fly all over the place especially my pinky.
Justin, great video. Economy of movement is the best description of this exercise. I want to suggest playing this in a higher register, say the seventh fret so your not dealing with finger stretches as well.
Just wanted to drop in and say that I appreciate your honesty here. "Keep at it for three months and..." So sick of people promising overnight improvement and captions like, "shred by night!" Or something corny like that hahaha. Cool video!!
Awesome information. This is something I’ve tried to make my fingers do. I feel this exercise will be a huge benefit. Welllll, I see holding my mouth in the strange contortions it seems to be doing without my realizing it doesn’t improve my flying fingers. 😂🤣 I can tell over time, it will get better. My fingers will stop flailing about and my mouth will stop making strange contortions. Thanks for the lesson Justin. It’s on my list to start my daily practices.
Psst, I did this for about 4 or 5 months, 5 minutes a day. I'm back to it, going every day with different scales doing 5 minutes of minimal with it. Yes, stick with it, I've gotten pretty low on my scales, not Justin low, probably in that 5mm range. If you watch Justin, Corey Congilio, and others doing scales you barely see their fingers move, that's what I'm trying to get to because I think that is the difference in the way my scales sound when going up & down in the box compared to those with 1mm to 2mm max movements. This was my least favorite exercise in 2019 & into 2021, but it was by far the 1 exercise that showed improvement way more than others. Gotta go practice, new version is good!
a better exercise is to actively press down with whichever finger flies. for example, at 5:41, if lifting finger 3 causes finger 4 to lift, then practice that finger movement up and down the strings, but keep finger 4 pressed down when you lift finger 3. you'll very quickly break the habit.
There is a certain TH-camr I have been watching, but after seeing this video I can’t take my eyes off his flying fingers. Even if I’m beginner my fingers don’t fly that much, but I have taken this practice to my daily routine. I have to control my ring finger better.
Hey justin!! Why did the last vidéo about hand coordination disapeared??!!! I watched the first half yesterday and wanted to see the rest today!!??? Thanks mate!
Thanks for this exercise Justin. I'm just wondering whether I should continue practising solos whilst I'm trying to tame my flying fingers. I know that if I play a solo in any song that I'm learning at the correct tempo I'll be back to flying fingers again. What do you recommend?
Get your fingers tamed first, it doesn't take that long. If you're nearly there, you can gradually start that soloing. Going all out for soloing with flying fingers will mostly bring bad and inefficient habits | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant
I'm trying this out but as I leave the other fingers on the fret they keep muting whatever I'm playing and it seems I'm not able to press my fingers hard enough into the string to get the right sound...
WOW !!! It looks amazing and incredibly difficult. I just started my guitar lessons with your app, (and is really great ). I'm not sure, if I ever reach the level to be able to do this things, but always can try. Looks like very long way though, especially without having guitar buddy who can help. Great video - Thanks Justin !!!
Great advice. I am finding it easier to control my fingers if I bunch them together to start with that way I seem to be able to control them better. Hope this helps someone as it is doing for me
had to laugh when you said "fingers desperately trying to spring up" cause that's exactly how it feels. Going slow is the key it seems and then doing this exercise over a long period of time. I'll combine it with the finger gym as part of my warm up!
Hey Justin, I am one of those people with the "physiological" issues. My pinky bends a little too inwards. I struggle to play any note with my pinky because I cannot get it close enough to the fret on most notes/chords. Any advice?
I really struggle with this. My pinky finger especially really wants to go flying, like you point out when climbing back up. Gonna really need a ton of practice, aren't I?
If you make a tight loop in a wire coat hanger, cut it down then wear it on your middle finger like a knuckle duster, you can shape it to stop the pinky flying up. I have a copper one.
Wish I'd found this a while ago! As soon as I put any real pressure on my second or third finger on a fret, my pinkie goes straight and is very challenging to move independently! I assumed it was something innate in me / my hand but this gives me hope I can unlearn it! Just starting with scales, so now's the time to get it straight (or I guess not straight) if I can! :)
Hi Justin....greetings from Ontario, Canada... dig your work! I learned NeilYoung's "Old Man" under your video tutelage... just want to say thank you =0)
Instead of following your advice for "Chord Perfect Practice" in my early days of learning chords I would finger the chord then quickly spread my fingers out wide letting go of the neck and finger the chord again and so on for a one minute exercise. I think I picked this "tip" up from another TH-camr, I don't remember. I've done this so much that I've trained myself to do it almost all the time, my fingers fly off the strings between changes of any kind causing extra noise (I think that's what's causing the noise) and wasted movement and time. It's taking some effort to unlearn this behaviour and tips like these help! Thank you!
Minimum movement exercise helps me when Im trying to play my scales faster with the metronome.. the faster I go I notice those little movements help me move quicker than if I was all over the place . So it does make a difference.. Hurts ; but great exercise.. just like any exercise.. I don't mean hurts in a bad waym. I mean just like exercise its a stretch , something new and the body has to adjust ( well the fingers in this case ...
My flying finger problem that I'm really struggling with involves the transition from an open chord, say a simple open C chord to a barre'ed B minor chord (think Travis-picking "Danny's Song" by Loggins and Messina). The flying finger that I'm experiencing is my barre'ing index finger. In the transition from the open C chord to the B minor barre chord, I'm able to get my three non-barre'ing fingers, my middle, ring and pinky fingers down quickly, but if I froze time, and took a photo at this point in time, you'd see that my barre'ing index finger has flown away from the finger board, and even worse, curled away. So, at this point, the only hope I have to complete the formation of the barre'ed B minor chord is to uncurl the index finger and slap it down in panic fashion. Wouldn't it be a lot better, as far as economy of movement and finger independence if I simply didn't fly my barre'ing index finger away from the finger board and curl it? And yet what seems so easy to write down in this comment, is impossible for me to actually perform.
Another great lesson. BTW did Justin ever do a follow up to the 'cheapest guitar on Amazon' he bought a couple of years ago? Would be interesting to know if he made it beginner friendly.
Thank you for the amazing lessons and tutorials! I have jumped around different apps, websites and TH-cam pages to learn guitar over the past year, and I can say without a doubt, your lessons are the best. Every time I want to learn something, I check your lessons first (and get disappointed if I can’t find it on your page and have to search elsewhere). The songs I play well were from YOUR lessons; you make everything much easier to understand for newbies. I have a song request (sorry if you have specific link to send requests, I briefly looked and didn’t see one)... Can you please do a tutorial to play Scar on the Sky by Chris Cornell. All throughout this crazy year of being shut ins, I have only wanted to listen to (and play) my favorites from being a teenager; Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Plus Audioslave and Chris Cornell solo music :-)
Lol I found this exercise on your website a d have been worming with it for awhile... funny how difficult it can seem to be. I practice for at least 1hr at a time a couple times most every day and throw this practice in last because my muscles still get sore practicing the control.
Also, does anyone have any suggestions oh how to separate my middle and ring finger more? I can't get them closer to the frets or split apart far enough and causes some fret buzz
I’m about to attempt this but I do have a question. If I learn this exercise as Justin says, 5mins a day for a few months… Does this mean that after I’ve gotten this down on this particular exercise that they’ll do this with everything that I play? Or do I have to do this with everything that I know?
Another issue is while doing this exercise, when going down from thick to thin string 6 -> 1, while my index finger (1) moves down to next string while other three are still on the string above, fret does not sound !! Because other 3 fingers touching the string below it. Notice this did not happen while crawling up... 1 -> 6 for obvious reason. Do you have any suggestion/solution to this problem?? I am playing Guitar for past 6-7 months. Thanks for your advice. This is the most frustrating thing for me thus far in Playing Guitar. I also encounter same problem while playing chord...
I don't got flying fingers but my middle finger has a mind of its own. Its hard to explaine but say I was practicing scales or some intense legato, when I'm not using my middle finger to play it would be extremely far from he fretboard allllllllll the time like it would float away from it I'd that makes sense.
String muting is very important, it actually lends itself to wrist positioning. Muting the higher strings is done with your pointer finger resting against the strings you're not playing. The reason for this is because your pointer finger is always at the highest position. So if you lay it across the strings like you were going to barre them then they will mute, but also allows you to push down below them for higher pitches. Muting is something that should be worked into almost everything, because it's a key part of the guitar you should be doing regardless of your activity. It's something that is often overlooked, imo, as one of the 3 most important things. (Which is pick hand technique, fret hand positioning and muting)
I just found the previous video from 6 years ago 😊 Two things: why specifically the G major scale? I’m finding my hand under the first finger is hitting the underside of the fretboard. I’m guessing I’ll have to focus on dropping my hand more too?
The G Major scale is an often used Major scale (many pop songs are in G etc). Also, The first position you learn is on a comfortable location on the fretboard. Most of the chords that you form with the key of G are the open chords you learn in the beginner course. More on the Major scale (how it works, what it has to do with chords etc.): www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/the-major-scale-why-and-how-sc-202 | Your hand touching the bottom fretboard will happen again.In some cases it is even unavoidable. Make sure that it doesn't constrict you, slow you down or make things harder to fret though. | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide
What can I Do when my pinkie always tries to leave the fretboard. With all the other Fingers it is ok. I am Training this for a week now and have little succes. In the video it Looks so easy but in real live it is not. Any other Training specialy for my pinkie availabe ?
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I think this is one of the most important exercises when starting on guitar. It's incredibly difficult to fix flying fingers 👋
Just takes more time to unlearn the bad habits if you've been playing for long. Also: quality over quantity. If you really focus during this exercise your brain regions will be more engaged, thus you'll learn faster.
@@acidtears Good advice 👌
@@acidtears I been flying my fingers for YEARS!. but they getting better now.. so it is correctable.. but I never really did scales Before so Justin has been great help with all that..
He's the bloody man I tell ya!!.
Pardon my french.. lol..😜
@@acidtears all my scales when I practice now. I do slow first. Painfully slow and instead of getting frustrated I use the 60/80 BPM to keep my fingers close practice.. I love it..
I only just started these scales things last few months.. I love them..
Not sure if my neighbours do though. Lol!!.
Rock on !. 🎸
Ive only started to address this after 19 years of playing; that is irrelavent though as I am only now (starting 3 months ago) taking it seriously. I havent improved noticably since i was 16 and I am now 30. I have refined my playing so much in the last 3 months, i am now regretting ignoring my guitars for such a long time; that cannot be changed though, I have learnt that playing is one of the things that actually brings me true happiness and I will never ignore it again.
Fixing bad habits isnt as hard as I thought it would be, I just play incredibly slowly compared to when I was using my poor technique. I am getting faster with good form at a rate I am happy with.
I'm amazed how my fingers seem to have a mind of their own, I'd never even noticed till now!!
Mine too... They also order expensive guitar gear on their own even though I have plenty and cant even play.
Mine Pinky has its own mind 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂
As a new person I seriously am impressed at this dudes dedication to teaching people the guitair. I mean all that success and popularity and years and he's still replying to comments with 5 likes. Thats passion right there. Something to aspire to.
Aren't you supposed to be out annexing other countries instead of playing the guitar ?
@@promethazine39 lol
@@promethazine39 Even Putin loves Justin. No end to the man's talents.
@@Mustaine1ify he has talent for wearing a hat. You can’t teach it.
@@promethazine39 that'd be uncle Sam with his coups, political interference, regime change, psy ops, invasions, oil looting and military encirclement
Incredibly descriptive and never wanting the right word. A joy to listen to.
you know Justin i just checked out your website and i have to say you're an awesome teacher, i really appreciate your good attitude and the effort you make to teach. Thank you! i'll keep in touch with your lectures
After watching 50 other "Solving flying pinky" videos your one is effective and made sense. Thank you
I started doing this exercise years ago after watching one of your videos. I think you called it the spider exercise? But it has helped me immensely. I wouldn't be the player I am today without your lessons so thank you brother!!
I've been noodling with guitar for 10 years, the last 6 months have been excruciatingly difficult breaking bad habits but the results are absolutely incredible!
Bro same! Been playing for 14 years and i hate how I picked up bad habits. Really hard to fix since you're so used to it
Just last night I was looking into exercises for correcting this, it's like you read my mind! Haha
It's a great exercise, but certainly pretty difficult, just gotta keep at it and I'm sure I'll improve. Thank you so much for this lesson!
Excellent advise!
God, Justin you deserve so much more praise. Thank you so much for all you do for the beginner guitar players and the community as a whole.
The finger that flies on my hand(please don't laugh) is the middle finger. I look at old videos of me playing that wasn't an issue. I don't know when that started but it's more apparent to me then others. I play in church eventually somebody is going to notice and think I'm flipping them off. I really hope this exercise helps or eliminates it.
Started doing this myself a few weeks ago so perfect timing with the video lol I think at the end of the day this will lead to more conscious finger control - whether you're passionately improvising or strictly following tabs, there's gonna be a benefit one way or another.
Hi Justin, just want to say that I just love your guitar lessons.
I only came across your channel two weeks ago, and I must say it is just superb.
It is nice to find someone that understands how to teach a beginner. You flow through each lesson at a nice steady gentle pace, allowing a viewer to easy follow and understand what you are doing.
I have learned more from you in the last two weeks than what I have learned over the past two years. I have even signed up to your web site. Many thanks for all that you are doing, in making learning easier and fun. - Fletch -
Thank you for posting this it's one of the few videos I've found on the subject. I am eager to try your exercise as I had the flying finger and worked on it a long while and I'm curious if I will have as much difficulty as I might have a year ago. I finally got control of my flying pinky and found two things helped me immensely:
1) Trying to focus on keeping my fretting hand as relaxed as possible.
2) I practise facing a mirror so I can see both my hands and it's easier to recognize my faults as I work on them.
I just tried this exercise. I took up the guitar at 70 when I retired, so my fingers have a lifetime of non-musical use.Thank you so much for this tip. It will help tame my wild fingers. You have given us many useful tips that bring music back to our lives. I always wanted to play guitar.
How are those wild fingers doing?
Had to consciously do this a while ago when playing the november rain solo. The runs towards the end of each solo were much easier to hit the notes on time when I reduced unnecessary finger movement. Brilliant exercise
I saw an old video of you teaching this technique since then I have tried to fix my flying fingers, great video.
Great!
Being a drummer first, my fret hand movement is like a drummer hitting the notes on the fretboard like drums, and know that this is wasted motion which fatigues your fret hand. This is a great lesson, my friend!!!
my little finger has a mind of its own it seems. going to take time to train that away. thanks for the lesson!
Excellent as always, Justin, and exactly the training I needed that would not have occurred to me. Thank you in perpetuity.
Man I am infinitely… INFINITELY thankful for every single video you make and your app. Thank you so much and keep on strumming!!!
Glad you like them! Cheers.
This type of exercise is so good. This is the 3rd day im doing it and i already feel/see alot of improvement (alot more than 5 minutes daily tho). Thanks
how is it now?
Your a great teacher Justin
Excellent 😊.
Super exercise. I started doing this when I saw you doing it in an earlier video. It's rare to feel progress coming along in real time when you've been tinkering away with guitar for 20+ years as I have. Love it. Should be a cornerstone of any guitar tuition. ❤➕💪🏻
Hey Justin thanks again for all the knowledge you share !
I started late in life, Benn playing 5 years and my fingers are still kinda stiff. 0:44 I can't do that. Thanks Justin for the lesson 👍🎶🎶🎶
You're welcome! Good luck ;)
Crazy good excercise! I've been having a hard time getting faster while playing. Been doing this for 2 weeks now and it helped me a lot, already! 🙂
Been looking for an exercise like this. Thanks!
to me the hardest in this exercise is keeping my thumb in place. It seems to me that the fingers "stability" on the fretboard comes from a good thumb position
Will definitely work this exercise.
Thanks !
you have helped me so much so far, glad to see a fix for my flying fingers. Ill edit my comment in two months and let you and everyone the progress I've made. until then keep rocking and being an amazing teacher! Been 4 months and this exercise helped a ton fingers no longer fly all over the place especially my pinky.
Where's that edit, bruh?
@@ifensler shit you right
Justin, great video. Economy of movement is the best description of this exercise. I want to suggest playing this in a higher register, say the seventh fret so your not dealing with finger stretches as well.
Just wanted to drop in and say that I appreciate your honesty here.
"Keep at it for three months and..."
So sick of people promising overnight improvement and captions like, "shred by night!" Or something corny like that hahaha.
Cool video!!
I appreciate that! Cheers 😊
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Great video. Efficiency of movement is something to master.
Awesome information. This is something I’ve tried to make my fingers do. I feel this exercise will be a huge benefit.
Welllll, I see holding my mouth in the strange contortions it seems to be doing without my realizing it doesn’t improve my flying fingers. 😂🤣 I can tell over time, it will get better. My fingers will stop flailing about and my mouth will stop making strange contortions. Thanks for the lesson Justin. It’s on my list to start my daily practices.
this is gold!
It's very helpful 😊 thanks you
Glad it helped!
Excellent exercise
It really is!
Psst, I did this for about 4 or 5 months, 5 minutes a day. I'm back to it, going every day with different scales doing 5 minutes of minimal with it. Yes, stick with it, I've gotten pretty low on my scales, not Justin low, probably in that 5mm range. If you watch Justin, Corey Congilio, and others doing scales you barely see their fingers move, that's what I'm trying to get to because I think that is the difference in the way my scales sound when going up & down in the box compared to those with 1mm to 2mm max movements. This was my least favorite exercise in 2019 & into 2021, but it was by far the 1 exercise that showed improvement way more than others. Gotta go practice, new version is good!
Yeah man thanks!
Just started doing this exercise a couple of days ago, my little finger has a mind of its own.
Thank you Justin! Can’t wait to watch later!
Thanks! :)
This is what I am working on right now, big improvement from even a week ago 👍
I've done this on your site & you are right, the little finger was flying all over the place.
a better exercise is to actively press down with whichever finger flies. for example, at 5:41, if lifting finger 3 causes finger 4 to lift, then practice that finger movement up and down the strings, but keep finger 4 pressed down when you lift finger 3. you'll very quickly break the habit.
I'm 50 years old it took me forever to get the forearm strength to play the major scale but I did it now just to work on the minimal movement
Good job, mate.
@@justinguitar thanks Justin you're the man 👍
I am 60 years old and it took me a long time as well. The good news is there is not much decline in forearm strength from 50 to 60 😉
There is a certain TH-camr I have been watching, but after seeing this video I can’t take my eyes off his flying fingers.
Even if I’m beginner my fingers don’t fly that much, but I have taken this practice to my daily routine. I have to control my ring finger better.
Lol I didn’t even realise this was a thing until I filmed myself playing and noticed my fingers flying around all over the place I was like wtf!!
ahah i feel you!!
I have a 'flicky' little finger. However this exercise is excellent for the other three.... so don't give up!
Definitely gonna start practicing this tomorrow ,thanks Justin ❤️
Hey justin!! Why did the last vidéo about hand coordination disapeared??!!! I watched the first half yesterday and wanted to see the rest today!!??? Thanks mate!
I have this problem, plus poor thumb position. Working on fixing both now.
Thanks for this exercise Justin. I'm just wondering whether I should continue practising solos whilst I'm trying to tame my flying fingers. I know that if I play a solo in any song that I'm learning at the correct tempo I'll be back to flying fingers again. What do you recommend?
Get your fingers tamed first, it doesn't take that long. If you're nearly there, you can gradually start that soloing. Going all out for soloing with flying fingers will mostly bring bad and inefficient habits | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant
@@justinguitar Great advice! Thank u very much.
Thanks 🔥❤🔥
I'm trying this out but as I leave the other fingers on the fret they keep muting whatever I'm playing and it seems I'm not able to press my fingers hard enough into the string to get the right sound...
WOW !!! It looks amazing and incredibly difficult. I just started my guitar lessons with your app, (and is really great ). I'm not sure, if I ever reach the level to be able to do this things, but always can try. Looks like very long way though, especially without having guitar buddy who can help. Great video - Thanks Justin !!!
Great advice. I am finding it easier to control my fingers if I bunch them together to start with that way I seem to be able to control them better. Hope this helps someone as it is doing for me
How is it 1yr later?
had to laugh when you said "fingers desperately trying to spring up" cause that's exactly how it feels. Going slow is the key it seems and then doing this exercise over a long period of time. I'll combine it with the finger gym as part of my warm up!
Does it has to be finger tip contact? I saw it is not using the index finger tip.
This exercise got my heart racing.
Hey Justin, I am one of those people with the "physiological" issues. My pinky bends a little too inwards. I struggle to play any note with my pinky because I cannot get it close enough to the fret on most notes/chords. Any advice?
I really struggle with this. My pinky finger especially really wants to go flying, like you point out when climbing back up. Gonna really need a ton of practice, aren't I?
Yep - but it can improve fast! :) Good luck
If you make a tight loop in a wire coat hanger, cut it down then wear it on your middle finger like a knuckle duster, you can shape it to stop the pinky flying up. I have a copper one.
Wish I'd found this a while ago! As soon as I put any real pressure on my second or third finger on a fret, my pinkie goes straight and is very challenging to move independently! I assumed it was something innate in me / my hand but this gives me hope I can unlearn it! Just starting with scales, so now's the time to get it straight (or I guess not straight) if I can! :)
That is such a tough exercise and I’m going to have to give it some real practice time. But I can see the values. Thanks Justin.
You can do it! Good luck. ;)
Hi Justin....greetings from Ontario, Canada... dig your work! I learned NeilYoung's "Old Man" under your video tutelage... just want to say thank you =0)
What about on acoustic Justin?
My friend here Justin is cracked at guitar my guy
Instead of following your advice for "Chord Perfect Practice" in my early days of learning chords I would finger the chord then quickly spread my fingers out wide letting go of the neck and finger the chord again and so on for a one minute exercise. I think I picked this "tip" up from another TH-camr, I don't remember. I've done this so much that I've trained myself to do it almost all the time, my fingers fly off the strings between changes of any kind causing extra noise (I think that's what's causing the noise) and wasted movement and time. It's taking some effort to unlearn this behaviour and tips like these help! Thank you!
Finaly i have something to practice beside new song and vibarto, bending
Interesting video, can you do this method for 3nps major scale too?
Hi Justin, I just watched your video on the Sissel SITFIT+ from 2017. Are you still using it? Any comments on it after a few years? Thanks!
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Is the intermediate course out yet and where can I find it?
Thanks Justin, will be on this right away! Btw, what guitar is that??
Minimum movement exercise helps me when Im trying to play my scales faster with the metronome.. the faster I go I notice those little movements help me move quicker than if I was all over the place .
So it does make a difference..
Hurts ; but great exercise.. just like any exercise.. I don't mean hurts in a bad waym. I mean just like exercise its a stretch , something new and the body has to adjust ( well the fingers in this case ...
My flying finger problem that I'm really struggling with involves the transition from an open chord, say a simple open C chord to a barre'ed B minor chord (think Travis-picking "Danny's Song" by Loggins and Messina). The flying finger that I'm experiencing is my barre'ing index finger. In the transition from the open C chord to the B minor barre chord, I'm able to get my three non-barre'ing fingers, my middle, ring and pinky fingers down quickly, but if I froze time, and took a photo at this point in time, you'd see that my barre'ing index finger has flown away from the finger board, and even worse, curled away. So, at this point, the only hope I have to complete the formation of the barre'ed B minor chord is to uncurl the index finger and slap it down in panic fashion. Wouldn't it be a lot better, as far as economy of movement and finger independence if I simply didn't fly my barre'ing index finger away from the finger board and curl it? And yet what seems so easy to write down in this comment, is impossible for me to actually perform.
Thanks for the video but i took no lessins but have fun😁👌
Hey, Justin. If I have flying fingers for a long period of time, should I fix it till I make it right and then restart the practice with a metronome?
The problem I have is my pinky curls inward towards the ring finger instead or reaching out AWAY from the ring finger. 1:40.
Another great lesson. BTW did Justin ever do a follow up to the 'cheapest guitar on Amazon' he bought a couple of years ago? Would be interesting to know if he made it beginner friendly.
is it workable to flying middle finger too?
Thank you for the amazing lessons and tutorials! I have jumped around different apps, websites and TH-cam pages to learn guitar over the past year, and I can say without a doubt, your lessons are the best. Every time I want to learn something, I check your lessons first (and get disappointed if I can’t find it on your page and have to search elsewhere). The songs I play well were from YOUR lessons; you make everything much easier to understand for newbies.
I have a song request (sorry if you have specific link to send requests, I briefly looked and didn’t see one)... Can you please do a tutorial to play Scar on the Sky by Chris Cornell. All throughout this crazy year of being shut ins, I have only wanted to listen to (and play) my favorites from being a teenager; Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Plus Audioslave and Chris Cornell solo music :-)
Lol I found this exercise on your website a d have been worming with it for awhile... funny how difficult it can seem to be. I practice for at least 1hr at a time a couple times most every day and throw this practice in last because my muscles still get sore practicing the control.
Yep - but it's so worthy!
Cool!
Man, it's brutal
Also, does anyone have any suggestions oh how to separate my middle and ring finger more? I can't get them closer to the frets or split apart far enough and causes some fret buzz
anatomically they wont - see my 'finger stretching exercise' for the full explainer!
I’m about to attempt this but I do have a question.
If I learn this exercise as Justin says, 5mins a day for a few months…
Does this mean that after I’ve gotten this down on this particular exercise that they’ll do this with everything that I play?
Or do I have to do this with everything that I know?
I noticed that you fret the string directly on the fret. Is that for a reason? I’ve been taught to fret the string between frets. What’s better?
Another issue is while doing this exercise, when going down from thick to thin string 6 -> 1, while my index finger (1) moves down to next string while other three are still on the string above, fret does not sound !! Because other 3 fingers touching the string below it. Notice this did not happen while crawling up... 1 -> 6 for obvious reason. Do you have any suggestion/solution to this problem?? I am playing Guitar for past 6-7 months. Thanks for your advice. This is the most frustrating thing for me thus far in Playing Guitar. I also encounter same problem while playing chord...
What make of guitar are you playing in this video?
Any reason to specifically do it with G major scale and not a different one? Or good to switch it up too?
Switching it up is good - this pattern nice cos of the finger 2 start on string 2 - it's tricky!
I don't got flying fingers but my middle finger has a mind of its own. Its hard to explaine but say I was practicing scales or some intense legato, when I'm not using my middle finger to play it would be extremely far from he fretboard allllllllll the time like it would float away from it I'd that makes sense.
How should I practice if I struggle both with economic finger movements and muting the strings I don't play? Combine them in one exercise?
String muting is very important, it actually lends itself to wrist positioning. Muting the higher strings is done with your pointer finger resting against the strings you're not playing. The reason for this is because your pointer finger is always at the highest position. So if you lay it across the strings like you were going to barre them then they will mute, but also allows you to push down below them for higher pitches.
Muting is something that should be worked into almost everything, because it's a key part of the guitar you should be doing regardless of your activity. It's something that is often overlooked, imo, as one of the 3 most important things. (Which is pick hand technique, fret hand positioning and muting)
Where's the new scales vid that was up earlier today gone?
Hey mate - sorry. There was a problem with the scale diagram and I will redo it and re release it :)
I didn't realize that I really need to do this. Great video.
Game changer! Good luck.
I just found the previous video from 6 years ago 😊
Two things: why specifically the G major scale?
I’m finding my hand under the first finger is hitting the underside of the fretboard. I’m guessing I’ll have to focus on dropping my hand more too?
The G Major scale is an often used Major scale (many pop songs are in G etc). Also, The first position you learn is on a comfortable location on the fretboard. Most of the chords that you form with the key of G are the open chords you learn in the beginner course. More on the Major scale (how it works, what it has to do with chords etc.): www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/the-major-scale-why-and-how-sc-202 | Your hand touching the bottom fretboard will happen again.In some cases it is even unavoidable. Make sure that it doesn't constrict you, slow you down or make things harder to fret though. | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide
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What can I Do when my pinkie always tries to leave the fretboard. With all the other Fingers it is ok. I am Training this for a week now and have little succes. In the video it Looks so easy but in real live it is not. Any other Training specialy for my pinkie availabe ?