A wonderful excercise for practice minimum effort in order to improve your playing

[Ezequiel Romanko]

Hi guys i found this video by Kiko Loureiro from Megadeth, and it does wonders to your playing.

It helps a lot with the amount of pressure you put in the strings, this will help you to play more relaxed and been able to play more time without feeling any pain or soreness in your fingers. Like the title of the video says it's the Minimum effort concept.

I wanted to share it with you guys since it helped me a lot, so maybe it will help you guys too

 

[William B.]

Gonna try it, he's fast wow

 

[Calvin Phillips]

So he just says to play harmonics?

 

[Ed Seith]

Not harmonics, just don't press the string all the way to the fret. The end result is a slightly muted sound, not intended for use in actual music (though it kinda could be). It's more to learn and practice better motor control in your fretting hand.