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Lesson 10 - Chromatic stretch Part 2
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Hi there
How did the exercises in part 1 go? Tough but worth the effort eh? I hope that there were no quitters though as that’s a word not found in my bookJ Let’s check out part 2 now.
Ex 1 seems to be easy no? But the golden rule ‘no fingers in the air’ is still applicable on this one! So remember that you can only lift a finger at a time even though you think it’s impossible to do after you stretch more than 3 strings. I can assure you that it can be done and that the results will be super! Alternate pick and don’t play too fast as you’ll be defeating the purpose. What we’re after here is hand stamina, dexterity and control. Speed picking is something else and practiced differently than this one.
Ex2 is a very good dexterity and picking exercise. Like the tab shows you’ll be playing 5 notes instead of 4 everytime instead of the usual 4 you play in the normal chromatic exercises. This helps in your sense of time too. Use strict alternate picking as usual. This time you can lift your fingers but be sure to keep them as close as possible. This is one of those exercises that can really help your cross picking technique. Then move up and down the fretboard.
With these 2 articles full of exercises you can rest assured that you’ll be giving both your hands a very strong workout. Remember to isolate any problem(s) you might face while playing them and zoom on the part that’s troubling you. You can re arrange them to fit your technique but remember not to alter too much their content as then they’ll become something else!! If done for 30 min daily for 6 days a week your playing will ‘seriously’ get better. Try them for a month and you’ll see!
Keep up the hard work..
Jean
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