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FINGER WORKOUTS!! by Guitarslinger124 26 Nov 2007 Views: 18988

Ok, so I've compiled a list a finger workouts to help improve ones technical ability on the guitar. I've tried to arrange them so the easiest are first, but some may be out of order...Some of these may be familiar, some may not. Start slowly [at around 100bpm] with a metronome or drum kit and slowly speed up.

This is simple chromatic workout, which i was hesitant to add, but figured i would anyway:

E:-----------------------------------------1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1--------------------------------------||

B:---------------------------------1-2-3-4----------------4-3-2-1-------------------------------||

G:-------------------------1-2-3-4-------------------------------4-3-2-1------------------------||

D:-----------------1-2-3-4----------------------------------------------4-3-2-1-----------------||

A:---------1-2-3-4--------------------------------------------------------------4-3-2-1---------||

E:-1-2-3-4------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-3-2-1-||



This next workout is a variation of the previous. I've found that it helps to get your mind

used to playing scale patterns because it moves in that kind of flow.

E:-----------------------------------------6-7-8-9-9-8-7-6-------------------------------------||

B:---------------------------------5-6-7-8-----------------8-7-6-5-----------------------------||

G:-------------------------4-5-6-7--------------------------------7-6-5-4----------------------||

D:-----------------3-4-5-6------------------------------------------------6-5-4-3--------------||

A:---------2-3-4-5---------------------------------------------------------------5-4-3-2-------||

E:-1-2-3-4------------------------------------------------------------------------------4-3-2-1||



Here's the last of the boring ones! 

E:------------------------------------2-3-4-5-5-4-3-2------------------------------------||

B:-----------------------------1-2-3-4---------------4-3-2-1-----------------------------||

G:----------------------2-3-4-5-----------------------------5-4-3-2----------------------||

D:---------------1-2-3-4-------------------------------------------4-3-2-1---------------||

A:--------2-3-4-5---------------------------------------------------------5-4-3-2--------||

E:-1-2-3-4-----------------------------------------------------------------------4-3-2-1-||



This can be tricky so play it slow! play all the 1's with your index finger, all the 2's with

your middle finger, all the 3's with your ring finger and all the 4's with your pinky.

E:----------------2-4-4-2-------------------------------1-3-3-1----------------||

B:-------------1-3-------3-1-------------------------2-4-------4-2-------------||

G:----------2-4-------------4-2-------------------1-3-------------3-1----------||

D:-------1-3-------------------3-1-------------2-4-------------------4-2-------||

A:----2-4-------------------------4-2-------1-3-------------------------3-1----||

E:-1-3-------------------------------3-1-2-4-------------------------------4-2-||





This workout is designed to help you with string skipping, using all four fingers and creating melodies over a rhythm without

having a lead guitarist. It srather long so it may be easier if you break it into parts as you go (ive added breaks to certain spots

to help you out). Again play all the 1's with your index finger, all the 2's with your middle finger, all the 3's with your ring

finger and all the 4's with your pinky 

[0's indicate a string being played open].

E:------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------

B:------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------

G:----------------------------4---3---2-----------------||----------------------------4---3---1

D:--------3---------------3-------------------4---3---2-||--------3---------------3------------

A:----2-------4---3---2-------------------2-------------||----1-------4---3---1----------------

E:-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1--||-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-



E:------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-----------------

B:------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-----------------

G:------------------||----------------------------4---2---1-----------------||-----------------

D:--------4---3---1-||--------2---------------2-------------------4---2---1-||--------2--------

A:----1-------------||----1-------4---2---1-------------------1-------------||----1-------3---2

E:-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2--||-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3--||-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-



E:--------------------------------------||

B:--------------------------------------||

G:------------3---2---1-----------------||

D:--------2-------------------3---2---1-||

A:----1-------------------1-------------||

E:-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4-0-4--||



This next workout is a little complicated and can be tricky for some... 1's played with index

finger, 2's played with middle finger, 3's played with ring finger and 4's played with

pinky.

E:--------------4--1--------------------------------------4-1----||

B:---------4---3----2---1-----------------------4-1------3---2---||

G:----4---3---2------3---2---1--------4-1------3---2----2-----3--||

D:---3---2---1--------4---3---2------3---2----2-----3--1-------4-||

A:--2---1------------------4---3----2-----3--1-------4-----------||

E:-1----------------------------4--1-------4---------------------||

That's all for now folks! enjoy!