This Simple Guitar Exercise Will Blow Your Mind!

Ok, before I show you the actual exercise let's start out with a warm up.



Simple enough, ehh?

But there's always a harder way to play something. Here's the exercise:



So now you may be asking: "Alex, why the hell would I play the second variant, when the first variant sounds exactly the same and it's so much easier?"

Because this exercises will train your mind (after it blows it, of course). It's not about shredding your fingers as fast as possible, it's not even about following the "guitar melody in your head" because if you do that, you most likely won't be able to play this exercise without mistakes. It's all about coordination.



You can try making your own variations. How about playing finger style? ;) Or playing every note with a 16th triplet feel.









And as a homestretch, try stretching your fingers a bit more to reach a whole tone, and spice up that melody in the finale. (Skip it if your hands are small and it hurts too much, we don't want to hurt ourselves in the process)


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