The BEST Beginner Guitar Exercise for Pinky Strength
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Pinky strength can be an issue with guitar so I've made a guitar exercise that will show you how to increase pinky strength and dexterity so you can increase pinky control and independence.
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I'm 71 years old just started guitar and started your ten day guitar challenge. ......amazing instruction, easy to follow and what a confidence builder. Ready to start the five day challenge and practice the pinky strengthening exercises. THANK YOU Tony.....
Congrats on starting guitar. I am 42 & started a couple years ago. I regret not doing it earlier. Guitar Playing is so rewarding tho.
You should post progress videos 😊
Same I'm 67 years old I just started guitar today
I type a note to you but it went on the main page. I’m a goof. Lol
@@ginglee4199 you’re 15
My pinky is a loner, always doing its own thing. It will never conform to society's expectations!
Thank u darren
Le rebel
Same lol
Sounds like mine as well , it just don’t want to follow my command
Do the "spider walk" every day for 5 to 15 minutes. Starting on the 5th fret with highest string (low E), place each following finger on the next fret down (index on the 5th, middle on the 6th, so on...). With this exercise,
a) you're stretching each finger apart
b) you're working on finger dexterity
c) you're improving your finger coordination
Try to move 1 individual finger at a time to the string below (without moving the other fingers).
At first, you may not be able to stretch your fingers far apart to comfortably place each finger on a different fret. But don't give up. Even though at first it may be very sloppy, do the best you can.
You can first start with the index or with the pinky, moving down. It doesn't matter which one you start with. I suggest you alternate.
After you move all fingers to the lowest string below, go back up one finger at at a time. Just do this exercise up and down.
First time I tried it, I could not even position my fingers to start the exercise, let alone move each individual finger from one string to another. But I stuck to it for a few days and got better and better every day.
(Tip: push your elbow further out to bend at the wrist so that your fretting hand curves over the fretboard. This will give you move leverage and extra length you need.)
Bro my pinky absolutely refuses to bend. It either stays straight or it doesnt stay on the chord
Lol same man that's why I'm here
Its because were used to play with long fingers.. if the pink was bigger it wont be a problem to grib flawlesd
How's it going now?
my pinky is fine but its not that weak and it collapses sometimes
same here... sometimes it's like a stick can't even bend even if my brain is requesting...
Taylor shirt while playing a Martin SAVAGE
Way to go. I started in my 50s. I’m 60 now and in the past two years I have been really working on my playing. My biggest problem is being distracted or interrupted by someone or something. Oh and my pets. Make sure you really block out all distractions when practicing. It makes such a big difference. Tony is an amazing teacher and is a good guy. I’m so happy I discovered him here on Utube. Take care and have FUN!!!
Meant for Rose Benz
dude ... I did this twice at full power, focusing on clean notes ... made a tremendous noticable difference . THANK YOU MAN , including in everyday warmups
Pinky: I'm gonna report this torture at the police station.
A video on tips for chords and stuff that require your to spread your fretting fingers wide across the fretboard would be nice. Even doing bar chord and power chord shapes towards the end of the neck feels like you have to over reach and strain a little to get the index and ring finger in the proper placement with enough strength to hold the chord.
Awesome recommendation, thanks for the idea!!!
My pinky turns in towards my ring finger when I play
mine goes the oposite side and sits over the fretboard..
My fingers clump up together
I like the 1234,1243,1324,1342,1423,1432 then each combo for the rest of the fingers it's 6 for each finger 24 in total been seeing hand getting stronger but as with everything consistency. I think. Is key Good vids thanks.
Aaahhh, even from watching this video, i feel like my pinky hurts.
Same
Had this broken chicaned, crooked pinky for 20 years. Starting guitar this was my biggest concern (besides being some old dude). Been using a cheapo finger strengthener but I like this exercise because it also ups my picking agility +1. Enjoying what your doing here in your channel.
As far as sore finger tips it's been 4 years now and finally if I take it very slow in practicing I can play longer (time wise) but only a little more work gets done. I am 62 yrs old. Hardly what I'd call calluses but less pain. Only thing works is dry hands, barely touch strings(ha-ha) and stretch out practice. The other is finger tip covers but then it's like you never played after using them. Recommend only if you really have to play. Biggest suggestion is start young and keep playing so you keep those darn calluses. Ha-ha. Keep playing and hope this helped. Thanks Tony, you're great. Your beard is coming along nicely. Just trimmed mine. :=} Steve
Maybe replied to the wrong person? But hey 62? rock on!
Also 62! Just started back to playing after a long break (5 Kids)! Start young and don't ever completely stop is my best advice to younger players.
having just started learning guitar I gotta say I'm glad my boxer's fracture was on my right hand
I’m left handed and it’s on my left hand so basically same here.
I love this shit. I've only been playing for 7 months and this is exactly the kind of stuff I need to learn. Thank you.
Helpful exercise i’d forgotten as i moved on. Excellent exercise! Thank you. I love TAC.
Love this! Thanks! The point about the thumb (5:30) was a helpful point.
Damn!!For a year learning guitar and can't caught enough of my pinky..but today what a miracle my with my pinky after learning by watch this video..thanks so much master...glad to learning other lesson again from your channel✌✌✌✌👍
I think a good slightly advanced version of this, to help with pinky strength and dexterity, is using the ring finger for the "one" stroke and hamering on with the pinky for the "and" stroke. If u can hammer on/pull off with ur pinky and keep a clean sound, you're doing work.
This is the best pinky exercise...really
Thanks tony... you are great
I feel like my pinky is perfectly holding the string but when I look at it, it's just touching the string while I feel like I'm using all my pinky finger strength
We’re supposed to press down on the string with the tips of our fingers, not with the flat fleshy part. Since the pinky finger doesn’t have much flexibility or strength, it doesn’t seem possible at first to use the tip with the pinky finger.
Any advice on how we’re supposed to use more of the tip with the pinky finger or do you think we should not worry about it at first?
Also, I’m sure that many people can relate to the other issue when using the tip with the pinky finger. That is: since the tip of the pinky finger doesn’t have much of “surface area”, even if you manage to press down on the string with the tip, the string, more often than not, slips and slides off the tip while trying to hold it down.
Thanks Very much Tony, appreciate your instruction very much. Please keep up the great work.
my whole hand just turned into a raptors foot while doing that exercise haha
power chords! i’ve realised the hand pain is from my pinky strength/endurance. that exercise is great and now i’m gonna practice a few open chord pinky intense songs to help get the strength up.... hopefully a couple of weeks will make a difference because just watching your exercise hurts! (i’m just an out of practice player, i think the pinky is one of the first ones to lose conditioning.)
Power cords should be played with the index and ring finger
Great exercise! Thankful to come across your easy-going methods!
Finally determining at 55 to learn guitar after receiving my grandfather's classic mahogany Martin.
Is there another exercise that helps me to develop keeping my fingers (especially the pinky), close to the fret board?? A little frustrated that I constantly find my pinky with a mind of its own, 3"away from the strings! Lol
Although I think there's some truth to there being weakness in certain digits, especially in certain awkward chord positions, I think I've been having a problem with my finger tips getting sore, making me not fret/hammer-on/pull-off the strings with enough pressure. It makes me mistake it for finger weakness.. When I finally build up some calluses, they almost immediately peel, resetting me with soft, sore fingers again. I think having soft girly hands and washing them a lot is partially to blame, but idk. It really hinders my practicing when I can't fret the strings with the proper amount of pressure, from having sore fingertips.. I know this is a beginner's problem, which makes it even more aggravating, considering I've been playing for roughly 3-4 years.
I used to have the same exact problem, and I found that if I was able to keep my hands dry (mainly this meant using gloves when washing the dishes) my callouses would stick around much longer. Hang in there, and if you find something that works for you please share it :-)
My problem as well.
Welp that's a bummer. I just started learning the guitar months ago. I have a girly hand and swim a lot and yeah it stings a little when i play the guitar. I'll probably have the issue for life. I wonder if there's artificial callus that i can put in my hand not counting super glue seems expensive and troublesome in the long run. I wonder if there's a remedy like something of a bullet vest for my finger.
For calouses problem just put super glue on your fingertip to compensate the caluses peeling off
Dip your fingers in rubbing alcohol every time you go to the bathroom. I keep a little dish of it next to the kitchen and bathroom sink.
I love the exercise though it makes my picky cramp and pop in the joints... really painful at the higher strings
idk why but it tingles whenever i use my pinky for practicing leads and solos
straight to the point. finally
I have a terrible time cording a C, my middle and ring finger do not want to separate for a clean C note in first position. Any exercise suggestions, maybe I have a deformity. LOL
Ray,
Great question and there are two things that may help. First: make sure you are using the very tip of your finger tips when fretting the chord. This will keep your fingers out of the way of the other strings. Second: try moving the palm of your fretting hand closer to the fretboard, this will effectively increase the arch in your fingers allowing for more string clearance and ultimately better chord clarity :-)
Lift up a car with pinky lol
This helps me a lot. Thank You
You are very talent man💐👍💓👍I'm appreciate of u👍👍👍
I hope that you have many technicals to show how to play guitar for many begginer like me...Thank for your kindness👍👋👌✨💕
this is a great exercise, but i would like to add that since I've finally addressed my pinky concerns I've been focusing on playing songs that are very pinky involved, like under the bridge by RHCP.
Chauncey Hulbert
Playing under the brige is exactly the reason why I came here
+dave grohl's right elbow thats actually the reason i came too, i can play it with a capo on second fret but it just feels like cheating, and holding that c major shaped power chord is a bitch as im sure you know. at least barring the second fret and holding a c shape is easier to me than holding the four involved notes without going the c major barr chord route.
u wot mate you can cheat with a capo but you gotta be quick and throw it off during a pause in the action, like that note you hold just before the chorus, otherwise you cant play some parts at the end, plus it feels like cheating.
u wot mate also touchë on the sweet meme name, I love the "u wot mate" kid.
u wot mate I find that after that first little appregio I cramp up for that slide up and down if Im mot careful.
Great exercise, thank you !!
Good Tip! I'm thinking, along with the pinky, the ring finger will automatically get stronger as well? I notice more strength on the whole left side of my Hand....
My pinky has made me want to quit playing on entirely too many occasions. I just can’t use it. It’s VERY frustrating.
I kind a want to quit because of it but I’m still holding on by a thread
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I have a weak pinky, i cant play an F and i cant even play the song i've been training for 2 weeks, because it requires, some pinky hammers, and my pinky can even press a string without a buzzing in it. I hope this will help pal.
That was me last year I've been playing ever since and my pinky still cant stretch far enough to do a 3 5 7 hammer on
I'm so damn discouraged about my pinky. I'm a 35 year old man and have an average hand size of 7.5" from my wrist to the end of my middle finger, but my stupid, useless pinky is only 2.5". I almost always have to play sitting down since my guitar is up higher because I can't stretch it far enough and it always feels weak...ugh!! Will these exercises help with this?? Thanks.
Level 2 is, keep Finger 1 on E fret 2, and do the pinky exercise.
Im having trouble changing from g to g7 chord cuz my pinky is so weaaak,i always use my ring finger when pressing the 1st string when playing a g chord...arrgh btw i have short fingers :>
Thumbs up for the Pinkie vid!
Very useful suggestions
My pinky keeps straightening out and it really hurts my knuckle but I really just cant seem to do it without straightening any help?
for me, I do chromatics with all 4 fingers, with metronome, increasing with comfort, then another exercise I do, I do double stops with ring and pinky.
Whenever I play a solo I can't use my pinky :(
How to strengthen your pinky: Learn “Washingtons Next” By Megadeth
This is so helpful! Thanks for the vid😄
My pinky bends outward when i press it on a string ;~;
Same bro
SAME
same...
same..
dude like when i use my pinky it literally folds closer together as soon as i use strength with it lol
Thank you so much for video 😊
I can do the exercise quite smoothly, but I just can't keep the rest of my fingers in place lol. Like as I focus on my pinky, my other 3 fingers go all over the place.
Same! Thought it was just me.
@@teeoh9192 Haha, man I'm still doing it 11 months later. It's weird because my pinky strength/control has greatly improved. Can incorporate it smoothly into scales and chords, but still struggle with this exercise. It's really bizarre. I think it's just hardwired in there.
@@thewalkingdunning-krugeref9664 is there anything else you did because I too am having problems
@@jefflaumann5602 The "spider walk" exercise really helped with my pinky control. That + time sorts things out. Also, don't avoid using it when you're noodling, playing songs, doing scales, etc.
Thanks I'm definitely going to be doing this my pinky is definitely the week link.
week link as in 7 day link?
if it was the "week" link that would mean that you use your pinky frequently every day which means you wouldn't need this video, heheh. :P
I’m so dumb I thought this was a commercial at first.. I didn’t realize you had videos too!
Me: okay this looks easy let’s go
Me as soon as my pinky touched the string: oh shit
Hey I can't lower the rest of my fingers just like yours in the video especially the pointy and middle finger, they are raised really high, they keep raising up when I do this pinky exercise, is it bad that I do it?
Same here its annoying and stressing me out, have u found any way please?
sometimes i play sweet child's intro without my middle finger as an exercise. I play it with 1 3 4 fingers only. it kinda hurts sometimes coz my pinky is WEAK AF
Much thanks for this great exercise. who knew?
We all did, Its common sense.
My pinky is luke half of size if a Ringfinger.
I just bought first guitar and i have some troubles, using it
Same here
Half the size of my ring finger
Very nice!
I've just never used my pinky.
For how long at a time should one do this exercise approximately per day?
I am left handed i can play chords and other stuff in right handed guitar but when i start using my pinky finger in scales or other things it sucks my ring finger doesnt separate with my pinky why?thats because im left handed?or i just need some exercise.
i don't have trouble fretting the notes with the pinky but I can't do hammerons and slides with it
everytime i want to press my pinky on the low e string it always straightents up and its even more hard because my hands are short. AHH guitar is so frustating, im passionate about it but i feel so hopeless
my pinky has decided to detach from my hand after this exercise
whenever I get back to the top, my wrist is twisting too much to play the notes comfortably. Suggestions?
Try holding the guitar classical style with the lower bout on your left leg instead of your right. This may give you a better access angle to the fretboard and limit wrist issues :-)
0:08 better, better, better, better, better, better, YEEEEAAAAHHHHHHH
What about exercising pinky on right hand (fingerpicking)?
jtbowlin You don't generally use pinky in fingerstyle for picking
You really don't need to use it..
Thanks, I was learning a japenese piece with a weird double slide and my pinky was weak 🔥
I always mute da F Chord....BUT I'LL NEVER STAP TRYING!
Wearing T shirt : TAYLOR & using guitar : Martin&Co. 😂
How to Barre with pinky effectively
My pinky opens and cant press the string it just bends over and get completly side over the fretboard. crying
Can someone help me out
When I'm trying to do a barre chord, my pinky doesnt really cooperate that much. Since I put my strength to curl up my pinky, the middle finger kinda bends and does like a weird position and doesnt really do anything. And whenever I put strength in my pinky finger it bends to a flat, awkward position. Pls help me out
my problem is my dang pinky is so small it can't reach the low E string without my thumb coming all the way down the neck toward the high e
I am concerned about controlling flyaway fingers, especially little finger..I have heard on many videos on here, that a person can never truly play fast, smooth, and pro if they cant keep their fingers super close to the fretboard at all times.. so how to conquer this? I am not a beginner, but somehow, never really conquered this issue.
winstonian88 thanku
My pinky is kinda bent towards to my ring finger kinda like clinodactyly so its sorta hard to play
I dont why i just cannot use my pinky I have been playing for around 5 years now and I guess I just dont use it as much while playing something like a riff
Starting at 1:52
I broke mine when I was about 9. Idk what to do to make it work properly so that I can play. It just doesn't follow my commands lol
Not having strength in your pinky and trying to play a G chord is brutal and utterly miserable. I didn't even realize it was possible to be this frustrated by something.
Are you sliding the little finger or are retracting it before moving to the next fret?
David, I am lifting up the little finger when moving from string to string, but sliding it along the string when going from fret to fret :-) I hope that helps :-)
my pinky keeps folding inwards on the second joint and i literally can’t hold a single note cause it hurts 😃
before i do the sweet child intro using my pointer, ring and pinky. but when i saw slash not using his pinky, i copied what he doin'. now my pinky cant do it like before. haha..
someone please help, the knuckle on my pinky locks in and then my whole pinky just goes straight except the tip, how do i fix that?
same problem here
everytime i try to press my pinky finger on a string i feel like my pinky's gonna fall off
my pinky bends down to the strings when i press it
I have very small hands. I can get good contact and connection with my pinkie by itself, but when say in a Gmaj chord I need to use my ring and middle (index?) Finger I CANT get the e string to ring correctly. I can modify the fingering using pinkie, pointer, middle, but don't what to make life difficult later... like when I need to play a CMaj chord right after. Can you tell me ( I know it's hard when you can't see the issue!) What you might do, look at, investigate, or just be patient for pinkie to catch up?
I also have an unusual crook at the end of my pinkies making
Oops making the pinkie turn in towards my other fingers. It makes it so that it's as if to get the normal Gmaj finger configuration my pinky needs to pass directly through my ring finger.
One thing that you may want to try (if I am reading correctly :-) ). Would be to bring the palm of your fretting hand closer to the bottom edge of your fretboard. This will allow better arch in your fretting fingers and hopefully clearer notes :-)
Just buy a kids guitar 4head
my pinky refuses to listen to me. I actual witness my pinky landing on the wrong spot even when i want to place it else where. it's so annoying
AH well with this my pinky is fine, but then my other fingers are shaking and really want to be in the air soooo bad, and trying to close it in more like yours is mentally challenging lmao
How many times will I practice this??
Damn my pinky feels good
That's a lie
....I get like this weird anxiety... Wheneven I try any pinky exercises (guitar).... Help... 😢
My pinky felt like it's slowly getting sawed
6:30
What model Martin is that?
Thanks for noticing!!! That is my '08 HD35 :-)
She's a beauty!
my pinky is basically controlled by my ring finger