The best FINGER EXERCISE ever. (Try at own risk...)
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In this video I am demonstrating an exercise of which I think it's one of the best to train these points:
Finger independence; playing efficient, thuis making no unnecessary movements, and minimizing pressure needed to fret a note.
Play all five examples, and you'll surely see lots of benefits into your own playing!
Another annoying exercise:
1. Drop your pick into the guitar hole
2. Now try to get it out of it.
Paul Andrew Mfw I store my picks in my guitar so I don’t lose them
one time I got it in there so bad I had to remove my strings
@@Zentropy8 damn, i can't even imagine how frustrated you were. why did you follow Paul Andrew exercise?
Paul Andrew this is why electric guitar players are soo lucky not because they can shred like a god nope because they aint got holes actually its worse cuz once you drop your pic on the rug its gone forever lel litrally lost a pic as i dropped it and looked for 5 mins till i found it
I did that twice.. It came out after 5 seconds
A Lot of guitar youtubers have made a "things i wish i knew, while learning guitar" types of videos. This comment segment reminds me, of an essentiel piece of advice rarely included: Go easy om yourself while learning!! If something is very challenging, it is all the more important to take a Deep breath, and try to let go of the frustration. You will get it right in due time! Breath and focus my friend. you're doing just fine. 😊
Thanks so much man, I always keep going but I’m very hard on myself!
Totally wrong, relentless self-loathing whilst grinding your teeth is the way to go!
love ur words and love u♥️
Wise words!
thanks king!
Me: Ha! That doesnt look annoying or hard.
Me (30 mins later): FINGERS, I WILL DESTROY YOU FOR DISOBEYING ME!!!
😂🤣
Very accurate
BAHAHA ikr, I actually hit my own fingers to the wall when I get I impatient XD
No joke 😆, the cramps THO 😓😆
I was literally yelling at my fingers "Wtf are you doing!!" 🤣🤣
At the age of seventy I picked my guitar back up this January after a decades long hiatus; my granddaughter had received a guitar as a gift and asked if I could help her get started. So that's what we're doing, two newbies traveling together. This exercise looked, and initially felt, impossible. After about ten or fifteen practice sessions using this as part of my warm-up, I am just starting to get it. Hang in there.
Same, at 75, but with a 10 yr old violinist who prefers Bach. ME: let's learn the Kreutzer Etude 13 together! It will be fun! HER: I already know it. ME: No prob, I'll learn it .... HER, smiling: Ummm, Ok! ... One week later... ME: Hey, let's try some Aurora covers?
The slower you play, the faster you learn.
Im here
This one thing took me eight years to learn.
Not really
@@serph2951
lol there's always a "not really" guy
Bruh thats really me
I can't believe how difficult this is! My pinky has a mind of its own.
cool, now try it with distortion
Just try an practice it until you dominate it. Pratice makes you perfect.
i just dont understand you people. The only way you have that level of problems with your pinky is if you literally avoid using it. Well.. duh.. you didnt train it and now yo ucant use it. Go practice
my pinky keeps lifting everytime I try to do this naturally as well, its frustrating as hell
Lift your pinky enough that the note mutes, but still keep some tension on the string (don't release it completely), that might help.
I have played guitar most of my life. These are some of the best exercises I have ever seen. Well thought out and definitely turn up the quality of any guitar player's performance. Remember: If it was easy, everyone would do it.
never realized how shitty my alternate picking was until I tried this
I'm the opposite my alternate picking pretty decent and clean left hand is sloppy and uncoordinated for me.
@@dooterscoots2901 same
@@dooterscoots2901 What do you mean by "clean left hand" D:?
@@dooterscoots2901 same. I need better technique
never realized how shitty my fingers were until i tried this.
0:12 Hmmm... A "finger excercise" that cause "pain in the butt" you say... I don't like the sound of this.
Almir Fatkhiev oh god
You must be doing it wrong.
Hot 88s Sorry, I'm quite a newbie, when it comes fingers and butts.
you're reading too much into it
Tommy WizOh **TFW you don't know if it's a really clever joke, or a genuine misunderstanding**
When you’re trying to teach an exercise and end up teaching the stranger things theme song
I just know how to make it a little more appealing ;-)
thought it was more twilightzone'ish
cmdraftbrn it's literally the stranger things theme
YES!
Cmaj7 (with an extra note added) is the actual chord played in the intro
Thank you , I will give these exercises serious effort since I have been searching for what will bring back the serious use of my fretting and lead playing because I lost both when I had a stroke in June . I can play some single notes and some simple chords but My goal is to be able to play everything and I just bought a classical guitar so I could learn fingerstyle playing
Good for you Buddy. The human will is a powerful thing. You will do it. All the best. Love and peace to you.
Wow! That Exercise improved my technique and my exercising pretty much instantly! Very Intense and rewarding. Big thank you from 🇩🇪
The first exercise alone - never felt so uncoordinated before. BACK to practice! Thanks for sharing : ) Cheers!
gets copyrighted for sounding similar to stranger things
Lmao
@@TanNguyen-xn6mp Sounds a lot like Mr Sandman as well.
😂😂I was looking for this comment
You mean stranger strings right?
c418 pog
"I really have to use all my brain power to stop my middle finger from moving."
I do not have that much brain power.
feel for you bro
I'm on the other spectrum of this. I CAN'T MOVE MY RING FINGER its glued, it's impossible. My middle finger goes fine, my pinky as well. My ring finger? He is a stubborn one...
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It is strange to look at a finger and say move and it doesn’t/can’t /won’t until it does. Thanks to Paul and many others.
I can feel my stress lvls rising just from watching this.
The exercise that helped me the most with finger interdependency and technique is the simple 1234 exercise. 1234 symbolizing your 4 fretting fingers you simply play it vertically and moving up the fret board. You do every possible combination eg. 1234, 1243, 1324, 1342, 1423, 1432. Then you start with your 2nd finger 2134, 2143 and so on.
Your voice is awkwardly relaxing
bajozeroar why is it awkward? Just because it's cool to say?
Exactly, its a great word I think
bajozeroar well but it still has a meaning and a context to be used in... I found his voice relaxing as well, but I don't get the awkward part
Check ASMR vids if you're into that sort of thing - some are cheesy AF, but a lot are really good - I find the unintentional ones the best.
His voice reminds me of tore from tc
The fingers are finally staying closer to their proper positions with far less movement, and less pressure. Thanks for the practice tips. Keep the fingers right there to keep the strings muted. Great Exercise.
You should narrate a book because your voice is so calming.
I was taught this exercise back in 2005, still doing it til today but in different forms of chords. My insight was: this is a good and musical way to practice picking and fingering. Thanks! This is a good reminder and added variety. Doing some minor form with 5th to 2nd strings should help too.
Now that's proper teaching. Thank you, you're hired.
"Here's how I describe this excercise: It hurts" Thanks so much for this Paul. Thanks so much.
As a drummer I was taught about finger banding. You can train your way out of it but it's something everyone will have to deal with at some point. It is one of the most frustrating things in the world to deal with but as a new guitarist I am looking forward.. it may even help my "dead left hand" on the kit!
In my opinion the best thing about a guitar is how it teaches you about yourself...
how is that??
@@moonrtv cause the best thing about learning any instrument, is that the moment you get the hang of it, you'll start noticing exactly how you learn best, and what works for you, or what you like or don't like. + everything you practice, is going to be a result. maybe not immediate, but you'll improve everytime you play
@@sploomfussy makes sense actually
i've never laughed maniacally while trying to learn something new...send help
Andrew Ewing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
My pinky does not want to obey, and always lifts up. I never noticed how inefficient my pinky was being before this exercise, so thank you. I will be adding this exercise to my daily routine.
What other daily exercises do you recommend?
how are u 2 years later?
I hate this exercise but I am so grateful that you've shown the world. After years of playing I never knew I could be temporarily defeated by such an exercise. I shall overcome this too, thanks brother Paul
“Try to not move your ringfinger.”
My pinky when any other finger moves: *flips the F triple sharp out*
Hi there bro. I'm practicing since a year or so.learning songs from TH-cam. I like trying out exercises rather than the song riffs. My pinky finger has a controlling problem and been worrying how to get it right . Yes, been making a mistake of lifting the finger completely from the strings . Gonna include this exercise from tomorrow. Big thanks for supporting rookies like myself.
I tried this and checked the comments to see if people were having as much trouble as I was with it. Yep. I can see how this will help with my playing though!
Holy fudge.... 2 minutes in to this exersice and my hand ran away...
You may shut up😈😈😼😼
Excellent exercise for developing finger independence. I noticed something 5 min. into, that should help beginners...try just touching the adjacent strings, then pluck string by string for a couple of times softly , that is your signal to the fretting hand...no confusion, cuts out the middle man (eyes and the brain) . Not my native language so I hope I came through. And thank you mr. Davids, will support on Patreon and even enroll for a beginners course! Love to all from the lockdown.
It's so hard to practice this without thinking about Eleven.
Paul, I really enjoy your tutorials, your calm and business like. A brief background, I am 66 have been playing for three yrs. now. Started because I spent 2 yrs. in bed stricken by a very rare nerve condition that basically paralyzed my legs and arms. Being able to walk a little bit I needed to do something about my hands. I grew up with rock and roll, someone gave me a cheap guitar, spent hours ( and still do ) practicing until the fingers started to move. I’m so grateful to the Lord first and the guitar second, now your added to the list. Its been and still is a very rough road, but it is now much more pleasant. With your help on technique and above all psychologically giving me new goals on theory etc. life continues to be pleasant, thanks. By the way just learned Far and Away by the Led
By (at first) playing 6 notes of each tone before moving on, it's easier to train the previous finger to not rise up too high. That helped me anyway. When I try again, I will go 6ea on the first arpeggio then 3ea, then 2, then the way it's supposed to go.
thx for this , in just two week i take good habit and my playing is muuuuuch better !!! thx !!
this exercise was one of the best videos 2017 has given me :)
Paul, it's a really good thing that you described the sequence of exercises in that low, calm voice that your use for all your lessons. That helped me to relax when I went to my guitar to try them. Otherwise, I probably would've started out frustrated!
But you're right, those are excellent exercises to master, in order to master the finger coordination muscle memory. Thanks, dude!
Thank you Paul, another great lesson. You brilliantly put enough theory and exercise into this lesson that could in time turn one into a guitarist.
1:09 with extra dip and a large soda
All you had to do was to follow tha damn train CJ
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& a "Velcro" covered Jock Strap!
Hahahahahahhahahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHA
I just cried watching this, that is extremely hard.
3:58 sounds like avatar ang the last air bender end of show/touchy moments
Lol you'e right
With 'Up next on Avatar'
And fast played it sounds like Stranger Things
Damn right
you're right. It sounds like "The Avatar's Love"
Holy moly! I played for about 15 or so years then took a 17 year break and picking it up again. This time around, I'm trying to learn good techniques and to use my pinky. This is a monster exercise! Thank you so much!! Subscribed!
is my brain really in charge of that pinky? damn thats hard
I played for over 10 years without really using my pinky for anything other than absolute basics. That's how hard it is.
I pity your pinky...
Bruna Borges vc se matou?!
Erik van der Velden é o que?
Learning to play guitar
Wow Paul! Great exercise. When I saw this, I thought I knew what you were going to do, but this is much better! You are a great player, and more importantly in my opinion, a great teacher. Keep up the good work.
I've been playing for years, but I still feel so clumsy ... great job Paul
I love it when you said : Close your windows. Be alone. Have a nice cup of tea. I always tell beginning player. Never play around family and friends. They can be brutal. Took me a very long time to play because of lack of belief. Now I can’t stop playing.
Some masterful pinky control. Definitely one for practicing with a metronome.
OK, message received. I will practice my instrument(s), arpeggios, and scales with focus on technique. Thank you.
I like how he plays fix you while telling people to be calm
Thanks for this wonderful video man - i´m 50 now and had a roughly 25yrs break from playing. Exercising again now and found out i am a bit "rusty". Your exercise is very good for getting back in. I´ll continue as soon as my fingertips stop hurting ;o)
Getting a real Stranger Things vibe from that arpeggio
Yep! Stranger Things uses these exact notes... A Cmaj7 arpeggio. So for the new season start your binging with a guitar on your lap and play along ;)
What the fuck Stranger Things is?
vic rattlehead only one of the best series out there right now...(netflix)
The Stranger Things melody is a Cmaj7 arp in third inversion.
SAMEEEEE
This is a great instruction for daily exercise - precious. Thanks!!!
This one is a little hard for me since I'm only 3 days into playing lol but I've been working on the "spider walk" exercise because I dont have to pick with it and i can barely make it through all the strings before my hand literally checks out on me lmao.
How’s it going now?
Yo bro! That's one of the best tutorial I've seen so far.
Love how you passionately teach step by step and make it easy.
Thank you!
I have slowly repeated this for five months, and now the guitar salesman keeps asking me when I will buy this guitar.
best guitar learning channel hands down. Quality of content and everything is superb ! Great job Paul we appreciate you bro
Wow, that was a great new lesso- *6 years ago*
Seriously, just having found this I can say this method works surprisingly well. It's like rolling your fingers on hardwood when you're impatient about something, but it goes back and forth.
So simple, yet so effective for building dexterity in the fingers.
Don't forget to keep the two larger stings (E & A) muted with your palm. This really helps you to focus on hitting/hearing just the note you play and not extra background harmonics the two bigger strings will make. Excellent Exercise!!
Thanks a ton for a *very* useful exercise! This just became part of my daily routine
Sounds like the “stranger things” synth line cool
Love the little things u put in there :) So many small but important concepts of good guitar play in just one seemingly simple riff
Killer ! I like it . Here’s a Killer Joe Satriani excersise.
From here on in order .....
1 = finger
String = high E , B, G , D
Fret # 1-16
1D1 ,2G2 , 3B3 , 4E4 next switches pattern and moves all up one fret to (M7)
1E2, 2B3 , 3G4, 4D5. next switches back to first pattern , all fingers moves up a fret ( if it’s a chord I haven’t a clue )
1D3 , 2G4. ,3B5 , 4E6 Next switches back to second pattern , all fingers move up a fret (M7)
1E4 , 2B5 , 3G6 , 4D7 Next switches back to first pattern , all fingers move up a fret
I do this to the octave from where I started , then reverse direction back down to the start
Same finger patterns for the middle 4 strings A , D, G , B
Same finger patterns for the bass 4 strings . E , A ,D , G. Pain in the ass ! But I’m doing it all so much quicker and cleaner than when I started this 6 months ago .
I like your finger muting and hammering . I’m gonna try to incorporate it into the Satriani excersise .
Gets you all over the neck pretty much and used to switching fingers including the dreaded pinky ! Ha ! It’s constantly moving 4 strings up or down .
A way to look at it is
It’s a 4 string 4 fret “angle” finger placement , then move up a string and “reverse the angle “, over and over . It’s the same arrangement of fingers (M7 ) you have and flip them too .
Thanks I hope this excersise helps . It’s worse to write than it is to play ! Ha ! Now try to play them as a chord ( forget it nearly impossible )
I'm kind of a begginer on guitar with short fingers, so I'm gonna try this for a whole week (or more) and I'll come back to comment my results...
I'm also a beginner i can't wait to learn this exercise
@@niccix_ We are in the same boat then!
Did it work :)
@@hayabusa2880 I stopped playing guitar for a while because school but I did for a week and yeah, it helped me a.ton with independency of the fingers
Simultaneously loving and hating this at the same time!
This is a very helpful lesson, thank you for sharing!
This is great for “sweep” picking or rakes, too 👍🏻. Something classical guitarists learn is finger independence...you seem to be a classsical player too.
C'est un exercice très efficace, merci beaucoup de nous l'avoir fait découvrir 😉👍
I don't even have my guitar in my hand and that exercise is putting my ass on end. Great stuff though will keep me busy haha.
Nou Paul, nog niet zo lang geleden heb ik je ontdekt....., fantastisch wat je met ons deelt … pfff nog wel even door oefenen, heel erg bedankt!
Nice! Simple concept but sneaky butt kicker to play correctly. Thank you for this.
Holy crap this is hard but im gonna perfect it
on your path man, hope u made it
Any joy?
did u perfect it
@@mspancakeph2572 Pretty close worth doing
@@alexm8437 hows ur guitar skills now? Did it improve? Are you still playing it? What skills are you good at?. Sorry for the questions 😂
Sometimes my pinky and ringfinger act like they are glued together, driving me crazy.
That's because they share the same tendon. All the other fingers have their own tendon. Concentrated practice, starting at a DEADLY SLOW pace, will fix it, eventually.
Wat zet je toch een leuke lesjes op youtube. Leuk gemonteerd en ook nog in perfect engels. Ik ben fan. Thanks.
Man...i'm playin now for round about 25 years Guitar.... and this lessen is such a hard bread.... thanx man
Nice. I find Edge of Desire by John Mayer useful as a musical warm-up exercise. Similar skills as needed here.
awesome exercise! I remember that when i first tried to play that song i got so mad hahaha
YES! Also exercises right hand string skipping!
Feels like first day of learning 🎸 again.
Dude, ignore the haters! Haters gonna hate and they probably hate themselves! Keep teaching bro, loving it!
Love your lessons. Very clear. Very crisp. Very helpful. As I am in New Zealand, its nearly 1am. I must go to bed. But that is good to take your idea to bed with me. Deeply ingrained into a dream. Hopefully. 🙂
Why you do this to me? I thought we were friends *unfriends guitar*
Stranger Things anyone?
Anyone? You mean like more than a half of the comment section?!
What a sham! I love that show but the intro riff needs to go develop itself.
Indeedo!
count me in
Holy s..t, you're damn right! :D
Paul I don't usually comment, but I have to say you're a very good teacher! And I would just like to thank you for sharing your gift
Muscle memory is actually a term for the Myelin that forms like conduit around your nerves.
The more you do a single action, the more Myelin forms, causing your nerves to send signals faster and with more efficiency.
It is important to go slow and do everything to perfection, otherwise, your "muscle memory" will learn to do it the wrong way. This will only compound your issues.
It's been two months since I implemented this in my practice routine and I can say I got really good at this
Jk I still wanna slam my guitar into the wall every time I practice it
Serious question...i need help. I'm a classical fingerstyle player, I was very good until I tragically severed muscle, tendon, and nerves in my left hand in an accident...resulting in my first 3 fingers numb...ive worked hard and 3 surgeries later plus 9 years of work I have the strength but still have no ability to use or create muscle memory with the damage....
Joker 91st wtf?
from today i will start warmups so i dont get tendon
Human organism is insanely powerful. If you train more I'm sure you will get your muscle memory back and heal completely.
after 9 years chances are pretty low.
Joker 91st Keep fighting!! The ability to play the guitar is worth it!!
Man keep fighting for it and I'm sure you've heard the stories about the likes of Tony iommi and Les Paul and the jazz player that damaged his fingers in a fire whose name escapes me. Guitar Blend have a great video titled "what's your excuse" on TH-cam I'm sure you'd like if you haven't seen it already. Best of luck and keep at it, don't let the distance you've come be in vain.
Use this as a reminder to how sweep picking makes this much easier than alternative picking. You wont have to mute it with your fingers. Rather, you can just use the sweep picking technique. Then practice that with different arpeggios and it becomes much more fun.
Groovy little jam band riff. Sounds phishy. Thanks for the exercise
This exersise sounds like mr. Sandman song begining)))
It is
Андрей Сидоров not even close
Jk
Exactly
I also thought that😂
I feel like im gonna learn alot from you. Thank you. This exercise is a pain but i will keep practicing
It works awesome with this app. First the pinky is rebellious, so I keep telling him he can relax on the string while his fellows are working.. Surprisingly he listens! Such a good boy.
Fingers share tendons which is why some fingers move together. This is also a way for your weak finger muscles to use the others as a crutch.
Practice makes mistakes quickly;
Practice makes perfect slowly
Paul could be the next Most Interesting Man in the World #DosEquis
4 people got raged and threw their guitars?
W cv #24+*4+77251*7
I used to have 4 guitars.
You have a great sense of comedic timing. Trust me, I'm not a comedian.
You are a good teacher Paul. Continue what you do and you are helping a lot of beginners and intermediate players become professionals someday. Saludos to you!
So I tried out the exercise, even downloaded LOOPZ, ending in playing wonder(ing) wall. It's something. Nevertheless, your Videos are very inspiring for me, thank you very much!
lol
I cant find the loopz app on ios store please help :(
I'm using android, sry
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Dear Paul, your videos are very inspiring. I just sold my cheap electric guitars and bought myself a decent acoustic. Have a great one!
This is so awesome! I feel it working so many different things all at once. I'm gonna be using this all the time, thanks a lot!