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Any in-cubicle "no guitar in hand" exercises?
Do you have any ideas or recommendations for effective guitar-related excercises I can do in a typical corporate cubicle without a guitar?
Any short (3-4 minutes) & silent finger excercises or music theory excercises would work just fine. Thanks, Vlad |
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this is a good one if you need this sort of thing....
http://www.musictheory.net/exercises...yyyyyy9by998yy
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Squeeze a tennis ball - or similar - with your fretting hand to strengthen your hand and fingers.
Music theory: spell chords for all 7 degrees of major and minor scales in each key. Recite the key signatures for every key, major and minor. |
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A little air guitar does the trick
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I teach guitar, and cannot think of any exercise which will help you with guitar. Playing guitar is about finesse and relaxation and accuracy, and not about strength. Barre chords can be played on a well setup guitar without the thumb behind the neck...they are not strength maneuvers either (or should not be). All the ''devices'' I've seen are gimicks to get guitarists to buy more 'stuff'. And rest between play is an important part of a player's regimen... |
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"spider drills" are good for strength and finger independence. need a guitar (or at least a neck) for these though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_o-tG09Bj8
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Agree with finger strengthening. I used a Planet Waves Varigrip rather than a rubber ball as it allows you to excercise each finger well; yes its about £10 but kep it with you; do it on the train, watching telly; in a meeting. Helps strnegthen the finger muscles without pain in the end of your fingers if you've niot developed good callouses.
Also learn the notes on each string up to say fret 7; do it string by string. It may not help immediately but it will sometime; I wish I had years ago. |
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Right hand fingerpicking practice...
You can work through sequencing and timing either against the tabletop or your thigh.
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You could get some practice changing strings on your guitar by stringing up your air guitar...
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Sometimes I practice on my right forearm...
- Glenn |
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How about a Shredneck?
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I think stretching would be the most useful/productive thing.
Something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSrfB7JIzxY |