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Guitar Lessons For Beginners – How to strengthen your left hand fingers in just 5 quick & easy steps

By Mike Hayes | November 1, 2009

Every guitarist has experienced co-ordination problems between
their left and right hands at some point in their musical
development. It is extremely important to correctly place blame
when certain things go wrong.

Remember to slow everything down to determine which hand is out
of sync., it’s pointless working on picking exercises for your
right hand if strength and endurance issues with your left hand
is the real problem.

For new players most of the time it’s a weak wrist or
uncoordinated left hand fingers that’s the main area that needs
work.This one fact holds a lot of people back from advancing
their guitar playing.

But what if there was a way to strengthen your left hand fingers
in less time than you thought possible? Here’s the good news:
there are lots of ways to build speed and endurance. Here is just
one:

How to strengthen your left hand fingers in five steps

Step 1 – Start with your first finger behind the first fret,
first string and your third finger behind fret three on the
second string. Make certain both fingers come down on the strings
simultaneously. Now swap over, with your first finger on the
second string first fret and third finger on the third fret,
first string.

Step 2 – Place your first finger behind the first fret, first
string and your third finger behind the third fret, third
string; now flip your fingers over so that your first finger is
now on string three, first fret and your third finger is behind
the third fret, first string.

Step 3 – Next place your first finger behind the first fret,
first string and your third finger behind the third fret, fourth
string ; as before flip your fingers over like this …first
finger behind first fret, fourth string and third finger behind
third fret, first string.

Step 4 – This time put your first finger behind the first fret,
first string and your third finger behind the third fret, fifth
string; now flip so that we have first finger behind the first
fret, fifth string and the third finger behind fret three, string
one.

Step 5 – The final step begins with your first finger behind fret
one, string one and your third finger behind third fret, string
six; time to flip these fingers over; first finger behind first
fret, sixth string and third finger behind third fret, first
string.

Bonus tip: Use your right hand fingers, not a pick for these
exercises, be certain that both hand are coordinated by
practicing very s-l-o-w-l-y.

I would recommend practicing these exercises once or twice a
week, after a couple of practice sessions you will begin to
notice a new strength and accuracy developing in your left hand,
which means more fun playing the guitar!

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From Mike Hayes – The Guitar Coaching Guy & the Express Guitar
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