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Flexibility Boot Camp

Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Topic: Exercises
Style: Any Style
Level: Beginner
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    Flexibility Boot Camp: Introduction Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Welcome to this tutorial on Flexibility Training guys! As our hands are our tools of the trade as guitar players, keeping them in shape, keeping them strong and flexible should be a priority for us. This tutorial is geared towards that end, and will introduce you to some examples of flexibility, strength and coordination exercises I find useful to keep in s...

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    Flexibility Boot Camp: Exercise 1 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Ok, in this first example, we have an age-old exercise for flexibility and coordination. It’s all pretty self-evident in the video so you should need no in-depth explanation really. Just keep in mind that all notes must be able to ring out in unison, and you are not allowed to release your first two fingers while fretting with your third and fourth fin...

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    Flexibility Boot Camp: Exercise 2 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: The second exercise is almost the exact same procedure as with the first, but the only difference is you keep one fret between each finger, as opposed to keeping them on adjacent frets as in Exercise 1. This will give your hands a good stretch! Just start up high, and gradually work your way down the neck.

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    Flexibility Boot Camp: Exercise 3 Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: This next exercise is called “the Spider”, named thus after the way your hand will resemble a large tarantula moving across the fret board. :) Same thing goes for this exercise as with the others. The notes must be allowed to ring out together. Also try to play them as seamlessly as possible between positions, allowing everything to ring out as ...

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    Flexibility Boot Camp: Exercise 4 and Chord Stretches Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: This last part consists of two “parts” really. First of all, you have Exercise 4, which is similar to Exercise 3 but played with 1 fret between each finger (same thing as we did with Exercises 1 and 2). Then, we're going to be trying out some “stretchy” chords. These will challenge you a bit, and will give you an idea of how your fle...

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