Move your fretting hand to a part of the neck that does not require much stretching.
Assign fretting hand fingers the following numbers:
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1 = Index |
2 = Middle |
3 = Ring |
4 = Pinky |
I suggest that you do one of the rows per day, then do one column per day. Repeat each string of four notes across the neck 3 times, low pitch to high. Strings are numbered like floors of a building. On guitar, string 1, the treble E, is closest to the floor; 6, the bass E, is closest to the ceiling. For others, string 1 remains closest to the floor. (Outdoors, adjust accordingly.)
Day One's sequence 1-2-3-4 means play these notes on the 6th string, then 5th, then 4th, across the neck to the 1st string, return to string 6 and repeat twice to total 3 times.
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Day 7 |
Day 8 |
Day 9 |
Day 10 |
Day 1 |
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 |
2 - 1 - 3 - 4 |
3 - 1 - 2 - 4 |
4 - 1 - 2 - 3 |
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Day 2
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1 - 2 - 4 - 3 |
2 - 1 - 4 - 3 |
3 - 1 - 4 - 2 |
4 - 1 - 3 - 2 |
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Day 3
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1 - 3 - 2 - 4 |
2 - 3 - 1 - 4 |
3 - 2 - 1 - 4 |
4 - 2 - 1 - 3 |
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Day 4
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1 - 3 - 4 - 2 |
2 - 3 - 4 - 1 |
3 - 2 - 4 - 1 |
4 - 2 - 3 - 1 |
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Day 5
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1 - 4 - 2 - 3 |
2 - 4 - 1 - 3 |
3 - 4 - 1 - 2 |
4 - 3 - 1 - 2 |
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Day 6
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1 - 4 - 3 - 2 |
2 - 4 - 3 - 1 |
3 - 4 - 2 - 1 |
4 - 3 - 2 - 1 |
I. Use all down strokes of the pick to play the above series.
II. Repeat this exercise, now using all up strokes.
III. Next, use a down - up alternating picking pattern.
IV. Switch to up - down. Run through all the patterns in the Scale Variations exercise handout.
V. Reverse direction and repeat the row or column descending from the high-pitched 1st string to the low 6th string.
