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The Best Workout I've Seen in YEARS!

🕑 Added 2025-01-17 14:51:51 +0000 UTC

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Tone Geezer

I've been playing since I was a wee bairn of 10 years old. A couple of years of lessons from a local music shop. Then I got a Beatles song book, then the Led Zeppelin, I got a little into the Mel Bay Classical book and then the Aaron Shearer Vol 2. I studied a little theory and ear training in college while working on other musical pursuits and let my guitar playing just be a side thing or accompaniment for singing. I dabbled, I never realized how much foundational level stuff I was missing with the right hand and a flat pick. Watching some videos I thought I would see what this sweep picking thing was all about. This led me to Uncle Ben ( Though I think I was a milk man in that part of Tennessee about the time he was born, I'm proud of how he turned out.) Jest aside, I have to say he's got to be one of the best teachers I've seen on the internet. At my advanced age, I'm not trying to be a star. I'm only playing because I love the music and the instrument and I love when someone can show me things that allow me to still be surprised. This exercise is so cool. I wonder if anyone else does this? When I reach the point in an exercise that the finger shapes are in muscle memory, if it doesn't have crazy stretches that require visual reference, I close my eyes while I play it to concentrate more closely on the lightness of the touch and the tone production. Not to mention tension build up.

Ben Eller

hmmm weird, is it still doing that?

Ben Eller

haha embrace the mystery!

Chris Wright

Once in a while, a workout comes along that you equal parts want to punch in the gusset, but then give it a hug. Like a stepdad. This is such a workout. So good!!

Rod van Stoli

If I am very angry at this workout, why does it bring me such joy? Life is full of mysteries

scott sass

when I go to print this from PDF, it's huge and only getting 3 notes to show. anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Russel R

Would love to see a similar workout focusing on string skipping!

Abe Ellison

I loved this lesson. I modified the exercise by playing diatonic 9th chords up the scale with the same string pattern... Stretchy!

Thom Marz

Another gem. Thanks. 🤘

Art

Killer exercise,definitely one to work on and get it up to 100 BPM.That will take time….a lot of time lol.

E-Rex

Better this than to have my step-grandpa catch me warming up my skin capo in the boudoir again...

Jason

i actually picked up on this one really quick. the fact that i can play it clean and it hasn't hurt my fingers is breaking my brain. am i....getting better? i dont know who i am anymore