By: Dr. Matt Warnock
Welcome to Day 17 of GI’s series, “30 Days to Building Better Guitar Technique: Volume 1,” glad you’re here. These exercises are designed to slowly build a solid technical foundation through short practice sessions done every day, for a 30 day period.
Check out all 30 exercises on the Better Technique Volume 1 Page
This is not a “get rich quick scheme” for guitar technique. Instead, these exercises are designed to deliver results in both the short and long term, while not eating up all of your practice time, leaving you with ample time to pursue other guitar interests.
So get out your axe, turn on your favorite metronome, pour your favorite hot beverage and get ready to Increase Your Guitar Technique in 30 Days!
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Today’s exercise is a variation of Day 16’s exercise. But, instead of basing it off of the fingering from Day 1, we’re now applying the rolle technique to the fingering from Day 2. Seems like a small change, but it’s a bit of a finger-twister so go slow!
All of the same technical aspects of the exercise from Day 1 apply to this new exercise.
Remember, go slow! The goal is not to rip through these exercises. The goal is to develop good, fundamentally sound muscle memory. This will allow you to play fast and not have to think about your technique, as you’ll already have trained your muscles to play correctly.
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About the Author
Dr. Matthew Warnock is a jazz educator and performer in Manchester, UK. He owns and operates www.mattwarnockguitar, a free online resource for jazz guitarists and is on the faculty of the Leeds College of Music. You can connect with him on Facebook as well as sign up for his free weekly jazz newsletter, where you’ll get free copies of his ebook “10 Essential ii-V-I Licks” and “5 Essential Jazz Scale Techniques” when you sign up.
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In response to an email question here’s some supplemental info on right and left hand fingerings for exercise 16-19:
Right Hand: If using a pick you can either alternate pick, or you can do two down pick in a row, so two down on the first fret notes, then two down on the second fret notes etc.
Left Hand: The trick is to “flatten” out the left hand finger when moving from one string to the next. So, to play the first two notes on the 1st fret, lay your index finger down on the 6th string 1st fret, then just flatten it so that you can play the 1st fret on the fifth string. It’s kind of like a mini-bar of just two strings. Just repeat that movement for each fret on each string.
Hope that helps!