Finger Exerciser

Making the best use of guitar finger exercises

For whatever reason you may find yourself becoming very fond of doing certain guitar exercises in order to strengthen the hands and fingers. This is definitely the best way to improve strength and technique with playing guitar, but be aware that some exercises are simply better than others for certain jobs.

Legato is great for the fretting hand as most of the work must be performed by this hand only, which requires more strength to make the notes sound clearly. However, something like legato isn't obviously going to train the right hand to its fullest extent.

When practicing these types of drills, make sure that you are paying attention to how the hands react. For instance, the picking hand has an unlimited combinations of how it can pick just about anything out, but constantly switching between patterns without
seeing them through is not going to do much for the right hand.

Indeed, you need to have a game plan, and be aware of what you are doing. For instance, you wouldn't do dumbell curls to build up your calves as a body builder, now would you? This all may seem obvious, but there are so many guitar players out there who are training with the wrong exercises for the wrong job. My advice to any one has always been to pick no more than 3 exercises for each part of training. This is so that you will stick with them.

Legato, sweep picking, tapping, alternate picking, economy picking, etc. Use two to three exercises for each technique, and choose wisely.

If you go about practicing just right, you can truly learn and master guitar. Don't forget to use a metronome every now and then, especially when first learning guitar, and you may even want to keep a journal of your progress on your guitar playing.

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