WARNING: this exercise might seriously improve your guitar playing... Develop your left hand strength and independence - it's amazing the difference this exercise can make with just 5 minutes a day. :)
The Spider is a fantastic exercise to develop right hand alternate picking (cross picking). Really helps many aspects of right hand technique including string crossing and string skipping. Taught by Justin Sandercoe (Guitar Institute Instructor, Katie Melua Band).
Learn how to use scale picking with a metronome to increase your hand coordination and you speed. Best used with the web site, where there are lots of notes for this lesson.
In this incredibly simple exercise you will learn how to take control of your fingers and stop them flying off the fingerboard :) Lesson notes on the web site (see the lesson index):
Justin Sandercoe (Guitar Institute Instructor, Katie Melua Band) gives a lesson on string bending. Covers techniques and exercises. Support notes can be found at www.justinguitar.com. Enjoy. This v2 has improved audio visial sync.
Are you struggling to reach for that chord or unable to play a riff cos your fingers are not flexible enough? then try this for a few weeks - it may make a difference... Taught by Justin Sandercoe. Filmed by Jedi Wardley. Support notes at www.justinguitar.com
This lesson teaches you the basics of the three styles of vibrato. It is a common problem for many beginner and intermediate players and I hope this will help you on your way!
This lesson teaches you the basics of the three styles of vibrato. It is a common problem for many beginner and intermediate players and I hope this will help you on your way!