Super stuff, thanks! Yeah, it’s an exercise I really love too. 🙂
JamesNevins
1 year ago
Yes, a very good lesson for coordinating the fingers of both hands! I can look at the fretting hand and pluck the right strings, most of the time! I have been practicing not looking at all, and, so far, not too bad! But, it’s a lot harder than it looks! But, with practice, we will get there! I found another site I used to belong to and they are teaching a lot of your ways! You are teaching the teachers of different guitar sites!👍 Good for you!👍❤️
Cheers, James. Pleased you’re finding it useful. It’s a very powerful technique for sure. Takes practice but lots of benefits. Stick with it, and you will keep improving multiple key elements of your playing here. Ha, well, it’s good to know other teachers are finding good benefit from these lessons too. Most of all, pleased you are enjoying them. 🙂
Greg Knott
1 year ago
Thank you for the email directing me to this lesson. Great lesson! I incorporated this into my practice plan over the weekend. It has been challenging but I am seeing slow and steady progress.
Super stuff, glad you like it. It’s a great exercise and one of my favourites for sure. Sounds like a great start with it and keep it up. 🙂
Krystal
1 year ago
I’m adding this one to my warm-up!! Excellent exercise for both hands. I also barred the first finger of my fretting hand and focused on the picking hand. I closed my eyes and this helped my picking accuracy!! THANK YOU!!
Glad to hear it. I love this exercise. Always has been a fun one to practice and I still love it now. Glad you’ve found it helpful so far. 🙂
LarryFleeman
2 years ago
This fits in so well with the work I’m trying to get done on hitting the right strings with the pick! Sheesh there is so much to work on. But I see a smidgeon of progress! 😊
Good stuff, Larry. Remember, it is all a work in progress. The focused practice done now yields big benefits down the road. Keep up the excellent practice. 🙂
TeresaHalvorson
2 years ago
Would it be helpful to do other octave combinations? I would think that might help learning the fretboard too.
Yeah, for sure, learning the other octave combinations are great. Keep mastering this one first though, as these octave shapes are super useful and this exercise is really powerful for accuracy/coordination of both hands. 🙂
Susan C.
2 years ago
Holy smokes… great work out. LOVE this challenge and way to remember notes on fret board
Brill, pleased to hear it. Love this one too, really useful. Keep at it. 🙂
DENNISSULLIVAN
2 years ago
This exercise is fantastic. I start each practice session with 5 minutes of this and 5 minutes of the walk exercise.REALLY LOSSENS ME UP FOR CHORD WORK, STRUMMING,ET AL. TY Dan.
Awesome, pleased to hear it, Dennis. Yeah, this one will always be a wonderful exercise to keep using! Great work. 🙂
JimBeidle
2 years ago
This may help fix a bad habit I have with my left hand position, too. I tend to slip into cradling the neck, which I know pulls my stubby fingers out of position. By just working this octave jump, I can see where it will train that hand. Thanks!
Thanks, yeah, this is a really powerful one. Glad you like it. 🙂
RoxanneHobbs
3 years ago
Great lesson! I’ll keep working on it to improve my coordination and improve my fretboard orienteering. I need improvement in all areas for sure and I must be more patient with myself!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. A very powerful little lesson this for sure. Yeah, be patient, it’s so important and keep enjoying the journey! 🙂
DianeHart
3 years ago
not only is this a great exercise to work on the accuracy and coordination. But doing different notes and learning the notes on the keyboard! Brilliant..
Excellent, yeah, this exercise with some click work becomes extra powerful!
DonMehan
4 years ago
After your email this morning referring to this exercise, I only wish I had known about it 4 months ago. But better late than never. Four months ago started learning Let it Be, where every other time you play the F chord immediately afterward you pick twice in succession the D string, playing the E note 2nd fret than the D note open string before transitioning to the C chord. 50% of the time I’d miss the D string hitting either the A string or G string. So frustrating waiting for the muscle memory to kick in where you’d hit… Read more »
That is good it is helping already, Don. It can be so frustrating hitting wrong strings. Glad to hear it is helping already. Keep at it, and it will help you build the control needed, and then a little later, it will start helping your songs. Keep it up.
KenEli
4 years ago
I love this exercise! I have been looking for something that would help my hands get in tune with each other.
Ace, pleased to hear it. It is a key exercise to do. Good work, Ken!
JamesinaGoulbourne
4 years ago
This exercise will do wonders for my playing no doubt about it. I get quite frustrated with hitting the wrong strings. It`s one of my weak points.The D string is the worse. It seams to play tricks with me!
Great lesson! Thanks.
Super stuff, thanks! Yeah, it’s an exercise I really love too. 🙂
Yes, a very good lesson for coordinating the fingers of both hands! I can look at the fretting hand and pluck the right strings, most of the time! I have been practicing not looking at all, and, so far, not too bad! But, it’s a lot harder than it looks! But, with practice, we will get there! I found another site I used to belong to and they are teaching a lot of your ways! You are teaching the teachers of different guitar sites!👍 Good for you!👍❤️
Cheers, James. Pleased you’re finding it useful. It’s a very powerful technique for sure. Takes practice but lots of benefits. Stick with it, and you will keep improving multiple key elements of your playing here. Ha, well, it’s good to know other teachers are finding good benefit from these lessons too. Most of all, pleased you are enjoying them. 🙂
Thank you for the email directing me to this lesson. Great lesson! I incorporated this into my practice plan over the weekend. It has been challenging but I am seeing slow and steady progress.
Super stuff, glad you like it. It’s a great exercise and one of my favourites for sure. Sounds like a great start with it and keep it up. 🙂
I’m adding this one to my warm-up!! Excellent exercise for both hands. I also barred the first finger of my fretting hand and focused on the picking hand. I closed my eyes and this helped my picking accuracy!! THANK YOU!!
Glad to hear it. I love this exercise. Always has been a fun one to practice and I still love it now. Glad you’ve found it helpful so far. 🙂
This fits in so well with the work I’m trying to get done on hitting the right strings with the pick! Sheesh there is so much to work on. But I see a smidgeon of progress! 😊
Good stuff, Larry. Remember, it is all a work in progress. The focused practice done now yields big benefits down the road. Keep up the excellent practice. 🙂
Would it be helpful to do other octave combinations? I would think that might help learning the fretboard too.
Yeah, for sure, learning the other octave combinations are great. Keep mastering this one first though, as these octave shapes are super useful and this exercise is really powerful for accuracy/coordination of both hands. 🙂
Holy smokes… great work out. LOVE this challenge and way to remember notes on fret board
Brill, pleased to hear it. Love this one too, really useful. Keep at it. 🙂
This exercise is fantastic. I start each practice session with 5 minutes of this and 5 minutes of the walk exercise.REALLY LOSSENS ME UP FOR CHORD WORK, STRUMMING,ET AL. TY Dan.
Awesome, pleased to hear it, Dennis. Yeah, this one will always be a wonderful exercise to keep using! Great work. 🙂
This may help fix a bad habit I have with my left hand position, too. I tend to slip into cradling the neck, which I know pulls my stubby fingers out of position. By just working this octave jump, I can see where it will train that hand. Thanks!
Great stuff, Jim. Glad to hear how this will help and the awareness you’re showing with your playing and technique! Keep up the top work! 🙂
You are an awesome teacher! The only teacher that I have ever had that takes it slow and build up your speed! Excellent!
Thanks, James, very kind of you to say. Pleased you’re enjoying the lessons and making some really good progress! 🙂
A great simple exercise that will gain great benefits. Adding this one to my daily warm up routine.
Thanks, yeah, this is a really powerful one. Glad you like it. 🙂
Great lesson! I’ll keep working on it to improve my coordination and improve my fretboard orienteering. I need improvement in all areas for sure and I must be more patient with myself!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. A very powerful little lesson this for sure. Yeah, be patient, it’s so important and keep enjoying the journey! 🙂
not only is this a great exercise to work on the accuracy and coordination. But doing different notes and learning the notes on the keyboard! Brilliant..
You hit the nail on the head with that. A double whammy of useful fun indeed. 🙂
A good exercise to get a fix on picking hand accuracy
Yeah, I love this one! A really powerful exercise for sure!
This is a fun exercise. My challenge is to keep at a steady pace, not speeding and slowing down. So…… another good exercise to use my metronome with.
Excellent, yeah, this exercise with some click work becomes extra powerful!
After your email this morning referring to this exercise, I only wish I had known about it 4 months ago. But better late than never. Four months ago started learning Let it Be, where every other time you play the F chord immediately afterward you pick twice in succession the D string, playing the E note 2nd fret than the D note open string before transitioning to the C chord. 50% of the time I’d miss the D string hitting either the A string or G string. So frustrating waiting for the muscle memory to kick in where you’d hit… Read more »
That is good it is helping already, Don. It can be so frustrating hitting wrong strings. Glad to hear it is helping already. Keep at it, and it will help you build the control needed, and then a little later, it will start helping your songs. Keep it up.
I love this exercise! I have been looking for something that would help my hands get in tune with each other.
Ace, pleased to hear it. It is a key exercise to do. Good work, Ken!
This exercise will do wonders for my playing no doubt about it. I get quite frustrated with hitting the wrong strings. It`s one of my weak points.The D string is the worse. It seams to play tricks with me!
Ace, glad to hear it. I remember that feeling! Keep at it. This is a great exercise that will really help!