Guitar Finger Independence Exercise for Beginners
If you're wondering how to you exercise your fingers for guitar, there are a number of amazing guitar finger independence exercises out there.
Whether it's a classic spider exercise and even some simple stretching, working on finger independence and dexterity is so beneficial for beginner guitarists.
Below is a great exercise I use in my 7 Level Guitar System to start working on finger independence with students to make their fingers and chord changes move faster.
Check it out below!
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Why is The So Helpful?
What makes this guitar finger independence exercise so effective?
The reason is the third finger.
It really is a trouble finger for a lot of students because of the way the tendons are in the hands.
Try this.
Hold your fretting hand up in front of your face with your fingers fully extended. Now, slowly bend your ring finger down towards the fleshy part of your palm under your thumb.
Do you see what happened?
Did your pinky finger and other fingers all of a sudden have to bend to accommodate?
There's nothing wrong with this. It's just how you hand works, but when it comes to guitar and finger independence it is a pain in the butt.
So the finger exercise above works on increasing the independence in your fingers.
We can never fully cure this issue because, again, that's just how the tendons in the hand work. But, with a little bit of practice each week, you can slowly get your finger to move more independently.
Eventually, you will feel like you have more control over your fingers and you will be able to switch between chords so much faster because this exercise mimics the movements you fingers make when they change chords.