Finger INDEPENDENCE Workout For Guitarists: 3 Exercises That Actually Work
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musictheoryforg... Can you move the fingers on your fretting hand independently from one another? And can you do it while keeping the other fingers relaxed?
When playing an instrument like the guitar, being able to control each finger independently is one of the most basic and necessary skills - and also one of the most neglected ones.
I can see why many guitar players don't work on their finger independence: they think that their hands are clumsy, so they feel bad about it. The more they feel bad, the less they work on it. The less the work on it, the more this becomes a problem, which makes them feel bad!
Luckily, we can easily break this vicious circle with a few super-effective exercises that actually make the difference. You can learn them in literally 5 minutes by watching this video.
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Moving the ring finger in these exercises is like doing a leg day at the gym
😂 exactly
I'd rather do double leg day than try to do that Caterpillar finger exercise.
Leg day is easy for a runner
More like Uper body day for me
I wish. My legs never refused to bend when I want it to.
Every day is ring finger day...?
Me to ring finger: "MOVE you little stick insect! You'll never solo just sitting there! COME ON!" :-(
I do this 3 times a day since January. Once when waking up, once before practice, once before going to sleep. I'm 44 and before doing this my wooden hands wouldn't move. My hands are now a LOT better and I kinda went from struggling to make E-A-D changes to practicing C and G shape Barre Chords.
I am around that age, so reading this gives me hope!
I got frustrated just by watching him moving his pinky and ring...
Oh my god, I didn't realize how helpful these simple exercises would be. I (like a lot of people) have a problem where my pinkie and ring finger on my non-dominant hand is practically completely connected. So, this was my greatest worry about trying to learn an instrument. But, you've given me confidence. So, thank you.
hows the progress, just wondering if these kinda movements help in the long run.
I’m so confused. I’m not trying to be here
I really want to try to learn
I really like your explanation. I’m sold. You’re middle finger is th best
It doesn’t require an anything.!!!
Happy New Year!
I wish everyone better finger dexterity in 2021.
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As a self taught senior citizen with small hands this video has been very helpful hopefully after spending some time on these exercises I can go back to some pieces I was unable to play properly because I could not configure my finger reach well enough
Brilliant. Thank you. If only I had started doing this 50 years ago. Still, better late than never. X
Very frustrating at first but over time it can be so much more beneficial than just running through scales.... just keep at it don't give up! Thumbs up all the way!
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The ladder got me, gonna practice that one!
Two finger exercises I used to do back in my rocker days (which I’m just now remembering)
First is just a warmup to reduce tendon inflammation and get the oils moving in the tendon sheaths.
Close your hand into a relaxed fist.
Now open your hand to a fully open position while counting to 5 seconds.
Close it to a relaxed fist while counting to 5 seconds.
Repeat this for 2-5 minutes.
You’ll find your fingers can move more independently and you can jump into playing fast without cramping.
Second (one I did whenever I had no guitar available, good to do while driving in traffic.. unless it makes you rear end someone.
Do the following finger touch pattern.
Thumb to index
Thumb the middle
Thumb to index
Thumb to ring
Thumb to index
Thumb to pinky
Thumb to index
The the same in reverse.
Start slowly but increase speed as fast as you accurately can.
Do this until you feel warmed up and possibly a little tired.
"Tension is your enemy"
Thank you
this is awesome. i really need this exercise
I play both a Classical guitar the Ukulele, and this THE BEST exercise tutorial I have yet to fine. Thanks for doing this tutorial.
So glad I ran into this video. Helping me a lot already. Will be doing this every day as it is an essential part of the guitar practice. Fantastic work. Thank you.
I thought I had at least a bit of finger independence, after trying these I know I need a lot more practice. Thanks for making this video. These exercises are going to help and I believe that it will have a good outcome on my playing abilities also.
do you have finger indpendence now
i wanna know too, do you have finger independence now?
I laughed outloud! He's so flexible and what a great exercise to limber up before playing! Def adding this to my warmups!
Very valuable. The hardest thing is indeed to move the middle finger laterally and keep the ring finger on the same fret. Actually impossible for me today. Thanks a lot!
My ring finger is virtually immovable lol. This should definitely help. Thank you!
AHAHAHAHAHA... I know what you mean. It was annoying and hilarious at the same time. I could not even lift it with my right hand! LOL
yeah i needed to aid my left hand ring finger so it gets it should be moving side to side too 😂 this is frustratingly hard, and i've tried to learn this for ever and am still very shit even with my dominant hand, in the spock thing i mean. i've started to mess with the spock fingers in school over 15 years ago and still it's so hard 😂 now gotta learn it because i'm playing guitar and i need more mobility to my left hand fingers. it's just damn slow process, even slower than technique improvements in this early advanced stage i'm at rn lol.
Practicing these exercises is pure hell
It's more like Purgatory, because after suffering you get Paradise ;-)
Excellent Job professor...Love from India🖤... we all gonna survive and win corona Together.........
thank you for this video. ive been practicing these daily. my pinky and ring finger have minds of their own. its tough but it is improving
The other excercise which I learned as a stretch/warm-up. for climbing I"ve also used before practice. This consists of taking one finger at a time and trying to touch the palm of your hand with as little movement as possible from the other fingers. You can also try combinations of two fingers at a time. The tendons provide some serious restrictions however its a very good stretch for injury prevention.
Love this video, perfect in also warming up the fingers before playing. Moving only the ring finger seems nearly impossible, the pinky keeps on following when you move the ring finger.
I’m 64, never played, in fact waiting on delivery of my 1st guitar.
This is an outstanding lesson!!!
Thank you very much!
Gotta try this exercises at home everyday..
Thank you for sharing.
do you have indpendence now
Thanks, I feel this is gonna help my playing loads, now, hopefully the discipline to practice lots.
Thank you sooo much!! Yes it was pretty frustrating at first but this definitely has helped me overcome my finger muscle stiffness ❤️
How long did it take u?
Dude. This tutorial is awesome
this video is still relevant
I've been doing the first exercise since the beginning but didn't know about the other 2! thanks Tommaso, amazing and will definitely implement that to my practice.
My fav String Ascend and Descend pattern exercise. Alternates each finger.
Ascending on one string
Play:
------------Slide the 4th up a 1/2 step>---- … .. ..keep going up the fretboard in this repeated pattern.
Descending on one string
Play:
----------------->----. . . ....keep going down the fretboard in this repeated pattern.
(2) Classical guitar stretching
{After each finger slide action described below - strum or arpeggiate the 4 strings with the picking hand}
Play a Maj 7th with all 4 fingers on the top 4 strings (Locate the pinkyfinger on the bass note on D string) ..
START: Slide your finger down a 1/2 step(strum), then slide your middle-finger down a 1/2 step, then slide your ring-finger down a 1/2 step and lastly slide down your pinky down a 1/2 step to create another Maj 7th a 1/2 step down from where you had 1st started.
WTF?
After almost 10 years of youtube searching, decades of hack guitar instructors and guitar players, NOBODY, not one person who’s ever existed on this planet has shown me these stretches until today.
This confirms my suspicion that not only is there a simple solution to everything but also people intentionally withhold information from you to prevent you from rising to their level.
My first problem:
My hand is so out of shape I have to use my other hand to spread my fingers just to make the spock sign,
My fretting fingers won’t even respond to my brains command to “spock out”. Talk about starting from ground zero 😡.
Next: Thanks to the people on this thread Im going to look up the petrucci stretch, or whatever its called. I may end up in a wheel chair drooling in my fruit loops after this but Im doing it.
No wonder I sound like a mental patient on guitar, and my sound on guitar is an insult to mental patients everywhere.
Thanks guys.
man i know what u mean i start doing guitar for 3 months and probably going on forth i watched some useful and some not very useful védios and mostly do not talk about finger stretching (some mention to be honest but not in details) and as for spoke sign i do that too ring and middle and even pinkie almost like dead weight i never though they are not moving as i though it would do sometimesi think i might hurt them as some point when i was doing sport and they disfonctioned lol well anyway i know what u mean and i hope i can spread those fingers freely and so for u (ps: i m trying to spread my fingers when typing without moving my hand as some sort of exercise XD)
Amazing, frustrating and inspirational. You show that it CAN be done which helps motivate me to keep at it. But I'm still amazed. If I can finally get control over my fingers then maybe I won't be so ready to quit trying to play the guitar and violin. Another thing that has helped motivate me this time has been videos of little children playing the guitar and violin. It's amazing to see how their fingers just fly over the fretboard with no effort. I bet I can tie my shoes faster than they do, though.
Thank-you very much, helps w/fiddle and mandolin as well 💖
Great video for finger independence. very helpful.
Love from India 💖
I started doing that the other day.
Was worried it was wrong.
It seemed to help so i did it anyway.
Ive taught myself a lot of bad habits.
This is amazing help.İ learn well just 3 acords lol.İ need to exercise
That fitness video song in the background 😂 You really crack me up, Tommaso!
Thank you for these amazing videos.
Brilliant hand exercises thank you
Here's one: 6th and 5th strings: F, B, G, C# (w/o releasing any finger once it is placed). 5th and 4th: B♭, E, C, G♭, and so on. This can be inverted to: B♭, G♭, C, A♭. Variations: F, C, F#, C#; F, D, F#, C#; These can then be increased in distance, e.g. 6th and 4th: F, E, G, F#, and the permutations above.
I’m so glad I watched to the end!
Love the outtakes! So fun and it’s nice to laugh after stressing about finger dexterity! 🖖🏼
I started to tap because my finger independence wasnt very good with the wring and pinky. This actually helped me a lot!! Some songs you cant tap your way out of them 😅
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this is the best video out of all thank you. I felt the difference right away man - tank you for making this video!
Come sempre Maestro sei un genio
very challenging, but gotta do it!
Oh God, the Spok thing is actually absurdly hard. I can do the symbol, but doing the transition, especially that fast is brutal.
Thanks, man. Great exercises
Hold all finger fingers on fret board and trill with first finger, 3 minutes. Then 2nd... 3rd.... 4th...
All speeds for 3 minutes one finger a time.
Next trill with every combination while keeping other fingers on string... example fret e string 5 7 while trilling b string 6 8...
Do all combinations at all speeds moving fingers as minimal as possible and relax as much as possible for 3 minutes each....
I did this last night. It helps alot.
Thats a great exercise, thanks
@@floydsmithjr7999 that is a great exercise. It's tough to explain.
It really freed my fingers up where I started getting really good isolated movements. like programming piano hammers.
Hi, by trill, do you mean hammer-pulloff?
Awesome video! Can't wait to work these into my routine. Thank you so much
This was helpful
This guy is definitely an alien. There is no human being could do that moving fingers.
I'm a normal human who practiced these exercises :-) You can do it too!
Good information
After a week of doing this everyday I can do most of it pretty easily. Now have to do three fingers to really feel I'm pushing myself with the first exercise... but the last one... How on earth!? Still can barely get my hand in to the second position, let alone switch between at ease
Thank you!!!!! This is what I was looking for!!! This is so much fun! And just what I needed!!!
Thank you bro
Thanks ❤️
Very useful exercises. Thanks for sharing.
Hello, I am a beginner coin magician and I have noticed that I perform some moves better with my left hand even if I am right handed. After some reflection, I noticed I have better independent finger movmnt on my left hand because I used to play the guitar for 6 years. These exercises are helping me for my coin magic. Thank you
4:17 Dave Mustaine approves
Excellent exercises! Thanks!
Thank you so much
Me ayudo mucho este ejercicio, muchas gracias
Incrível esses exercícios. Faz tempo que tento fazer acordes com pestana no shape de "A" usando o dedo mínimo mas não consigo. Vou tentar com esses exercícios. Obrigado 😊
me at bus: doing finger stretching exercise on iron bar
people at bus : wtf is he doing???!
I feel your pain bro :)
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing, Tommaso! The last minute makes the video immensely applicable.
Thank you Rene'!
Tried this for the fisrt time. My Fingers are like Frozen Stiff. Need to Practice more. Your Left hand Fingers are awesome!
Really this is great
Thank you Tommaso! I really appreciate it!
Brilliant exercises and really well explained. I've done some of these before and I can honestly say that they really do make a difference to your guitar playing. I'd be interested to know if you have any finger exercises with the right hand when you don't have guitar handy?
I like to use my left hand fingers as surrogate strings lol. Idk if that's good or not, but it's something.
Bro im sweating thats harder than going to the gym
u are the worst for giving me these tasks -_-
but also the best
Saving this video..Thanks,
Subscribing!
Pretty useful. Thank you!
Tommaso, I would love to learn from you about the correct way to position your picking hand and things to watch out for!
The background music is great! 😂
your not human lmao ! such inspiration 👽
Thanks so much man, such a useful info!!
Love finger independence exercises :) thank you!
Great stuff. Thanks for making this video!
thank s man
Do what the late Eddie VH did when he first started playing guitar. Knowing only how to play piano he tapped on the strings as though he were playing on a piano.
Power
Great stuff, Tommaso!
These are great exercises! Thank you :)
And this is how I pull every muscle in my hand
Awesome video!
Wow,..that looks tough. !
What's the music in this video? I'd love to know, I found myself timing these exercises to the beat like finger aerobics. 😂 Thanks very much for the video! As a right-handed pianist learning guitar, I knew my right hand was stronger and more dextrous than my left but it's surprising to realise just _how_ much more. Great LH exercises for both instruments!
I wrote it, as a background music for this video :-) Maybe I should release this and the others I wrote?
Holy shit this is hard
Finger drills on the back of your other hand. Now that is next level dedication. It's like he was trained by Rambo's CO - "We taught him to live off the land, making strings from his own guts if he had to. What you call bleeding fingers, he calls excuses."
HAHA, I love this :)
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar Thanks dude. Your video is an absolute godsend to a complete beginner like me. Please keep making them. : )
You are octopus
Why my ring finger feels dying?
I love this guy so much 😂
The exercise music playing in the background matches the finger stretches.
Bassist here- my teacher is like, "you're going to unlearn every bad bassist habit and learn like a guitarist," so here we are.
4:20 in that exercice when you will decide to move 2 fingers there's one 3rd who will tell you " yo i want to move too" lol
focus more on keeping the other fingers fixed when you try to make a move i dont know if that helps but that worked better for me
By the way, do you recommend doing each of these exercises every day or just focus on one of them per day for 5 min at a time?
Either way will work :-)
Great job, I like your style