Stretching & Warm-Up

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Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Hey guys! As mentioned, this tutorial is a bit different than what you may expect to see from me! Please, please, please! Take the time to go through this series of videos, and strongly consider some of the cautions that I raise. Items Discussed in this Tutorial: Physical Warm-Up Basic Stretching Techniques Guitar-Related Warm-Up & Preparation.

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Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Physical Temperature is often over-looked, when developing a proper warm-up routine. A few stretching techniques mentioned in this video: Wrist-Back Stretch Wrist-Forward Stretch Basic Thumb Stretch Also be sure to massage the wrist and hand.

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Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Now let's move on to preparation for either a practice session, or a performance scenario. For the most part, my goal here is to your muscles working! Get the blood flowing, get your muscles ready, etc. Have some fun and play some high-speed nonsense, and I'll see you in the next video, once you're warmed up.   ;)

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Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Now, it's time to actually practice a specific exercise. Check out the tab below, and remember to repeat this sequence as desired, moving up one fret each time. As mentioned, it would also be a good idea to do a couple right-hand-specific warm-ups. Click here to access our metronome.

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Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Exercises Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Thanks for watching, and I hope these ideas help your performance, and keep you injury free!

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