Two Pentatonic Exercises 💫 Do you know others I could add?

Ids Schiere said:

Sounds great already! For extra exercises I'm not sure because I'm not really an exercise kind of guy but you could try doing 5 notes at first and then do the same but starting from one not lower/higher) (so first 8th and 5th fret high E, 8th and 5th fret B 7th fret G and then 5th fret High E, 8th and 5th fret B string, 7th and 5th fret G string etc.). As to how to improve I would say try to keep your pinky level with the other fingers, especially when you might want to go ballistic speed later having your pinky below the fretboard like that can hinder you. Hope this helps!

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ari.mac said:

You are totally right about the pinky but I don't know how to do that

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Dominik Gräber said:

Very clean. Good job!

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chris_is_cool said:

Love it, very clean ! The first exercise is one of my go-to warm ups as well, but if you want to take it a step further, start including more shapes of the scale.

So the way I'm doing it, I do the exercise going up in the first scale position (like you did), then go one note higher and go down in the second position. Then I'd go back up in the second position and down in the third position, etc... Of course, if you don't know all five positions yet, you could start slowly by incorporating only the first and second position in this, and only add more positions every 2 weeks or so.

Of course, the same principle applies also to the string skipping exercise and every other exercise that you can think of.

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Rex_Levon said:

Economy picking would really help. Feels and sounds more fluid. Trust us. Start nailing some economy picking exercises and you'll enjoy life on the moon. Really wish I knew about economy picking way back when I first started. Would have saved me years of frustration. Hope this helps.

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William Byerley said:

You were already doing what I was going to say..... Just woke up, cool your phone didn't distract you.

Yeah, maybe try 1-2-3 on repeat?

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Calvin Phillips said:

To what ids said about the pinky. Youll notice it'll.get closer to the fretboard as you get better and better with your picking and fingerings. I wouldn't worry too much about controlling it until you feel comfortable you can move your pinky while playing without it hindering anything else. That's when you can start controlling where they go but by then the pinky builds strength on its own and you usually already have it where you wanted naturally.

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