by Manuel Marino | Guitar, Music
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Correct finger placement on the frets can be challenging for guitar beginners. However, with finger stretching exercises, they can improve their dexterity and play full chords.
Let’s start with an exercise I call “finger push-ups.” This exercise is beneficial for both hands, regardless of whether you are left-handed or right-handed. However, we will focus on the hand that plays on the guitar neck.
- Place your fingertips on a flat surface, ensuring that your knuckles are pointing upward and your fingers are nicely curved. Lift your index finger and hold it there for 3 seconds, then return it to the starting position. Repeat this with each finger, one at a time. The ring finger is usually the most challenging to work with. Next, move on to combinations. Lift your first two fingers and hold for 3 to 5 seconds, then return them. Then, take the third and fourth fingers together and hold for 3 to 5 seconds before returning them. Once you become comfortable with the combinations, try a repetitive “push-up” pattern of about 10 repetitions. Start with the first two fingers doing 10 repetitions, then move on to the next two fingers doing 10 repetitions. Afterward, alternate
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“Finger Guitar”
by Manuel Marino | Guitar, Music
Photo by Jorge Franganillo
The blues is a soulful genre that has its roots in black history and the hardships they endured during their time as slaves in the Americas. These distinct guitar scales have a profound sense of soul and express deep sorrow, which is why they are called the blues. If you want to explore the blues, it is essential to have a solid foundation in understanding basic scales and chords.
To learn how to play the blues correctly on your guitar, you should already have a decent background in your major scales and have developed dexterity in moving your fingers around the fretboard. Practice your finger speed and agility, especially with your index and ring fingers, as they are frequently used in blues progressions.
Search online for a blues scale pattern that you can practice. If you’re having difficulty finding what you’re looking for, a scale is essentially a sequence of single string plucks on your guitar that typically starts from the bass strings Electrical Bass Strings Explained - The characteristics of a bass guitar strings largely depend on the winding (roundwound, flatwound, etc.) and the material used. We'll explain the most common materials and windings, which … ...Read the rest.
“Blues Guitar Lessons”
by Manuel Marino | Music
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This guitar learning approach will teach you how to fingerpick in a folk-style with a Latin rhythm in the key of A. The Latin rhythm consists of 8 fast beats per measure, with accents on the first, fourth, and seventh beats.
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