Guitar Technique Builder: Spider Exercise
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Thanks for reading and I hope this exercise helps your playing as much as it did mine. Let me know how you go with this one by leaving a comment below – I read all the comments. Also, if you would like to see something, in particular, explained in a future episode, feel free to get in touch ([email protected]). See you in the next episode of Fret Dojo TV!
OMG Greg, this is very difficult.Was this hard for you too? I’m gonna keep trying once or twice a day. Love from Michigan
Jackie
Yes this technique isn’t easy, it’s a pretty advanced coordination exercise. I’ll be putting out some more straightforward exercises soon on the site. Cheers, Greg
Wow, I love this! This will be my quite-practice-when-watching-TV exercise for awhile. :)
There’s also a great left-hand exercise called “The Spider” in Scott Tennant’s book Pumping Nylon that alternates between pairs of octaves and pairs of 10th’s..
and, a fun cross-picking one for the right-hand, also called “The Spider”, at:
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/TE-201-TheSpider.php
Nice one, yes there are a few spider’s out in the wilderness it seems :) Glad you enjoyed this one!
Thanks for this lesson. Just what I needed today as a fun exercise and get things coordinated.
Glad you enjoyed this one Chuck! This exercise is a very good coordination builder and really helps to train the left hand fingers to find the strings easily. Happy practising!
Hi Greg,
thanks so much for taking the time to share this exercise with us.
I have to say though that it’s giving me a brain-ache, especially going back down the fretboard (from low E to high e). Is it normal to discover what an unco-ordinated spaz you are, or am I the only one!
Well, hopefully I get better, and thanks once again.
My pleasure John!