An Exercise Plan for Guitarists Includes: © Daily warm-ups © Lessons on right- and left-hand technique © Exercises for chords, single netes, pickstyle and fingerstyle © A.30-day technical development |) plan for alll guitarists Jody FisherContents ABOU THE AUTHOR oi os . sense INTRODUCTION 7 even 3 SECON ONE—TERMS, GEOGRAPHY AND READING MUSIC...8 SECTION TWO—BASIC TECHNIQUE . 8 Megtete > 2 CONTENTS.SION FOUR—THE WORKO zamnininieinin etmrcne #1. Shrornaic Seals ordac Onl # Herwonzed Seales fo lexerose 12 orase by 2 wee a Yoon . orcas Beil 8 Four Senewice M. Doediac Dri Me Fee - - eee - posi Dril #5 ‘Sever. Sereicise #7 Sordi Dil Seeecive #8 Srovdiac Dll 88 New Feecice #7 : ordi Bn 1? Ten 2 Eeven wale ‘ Flexerose #10 . Chorsiac Drill w1C Thineer . Fonercne #11 ‘Shores Oe 7 Fouree Fexecies M2 ‘Dreriae Del #12 Fiteor Fenercice #13 Cronckoe O81 3 Che-dise Dall 818 Day Twonty Three: Fexercise 819 Chordine Dil 19 Day Twenty-Four Flexercze 20 Grordiae Di] 20 Day Twonty Five. 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Practice Mlexerdse 1 using aentat and volumes, 2. Practce Chardiae Pill #1 using all downstvakes, all ypstrckes and ‘kerning the two Fingerstyle 1. Practice Flexarcia #7 using pand mattenstely 2 Practe Flexerc #1 using vane averaiely 3, Precuoe Chovaisc Gril 1 sriking all four stings simultaneous (oat 4. Practice Co wine Bri #1 waing cutsde/insde tedinique.* ln pking. Vrous tanipes | Qarsidetinsse tecrnia.e i amply plucking the ino outside stings together ra down: ‘Best nc then plucking “ho:wo iside ings together onthe usbrol. “hs wiampleshows tes chaque spy othe harmonized ese in Chordie Dri 81 a9 page 17. Mg ee My Fete Ray? BCs DPS Lt? 9 SECTION FOUR—The WorkoutsWarm-up ft Flexercise #2 uitanecs yp ie SECTION FOUR The Worvay inree. Warm up #1-4 Flexercise #35 Play this pattern cirematically up and daw se Hngerboaid en each suing. Starstowly tnd increase speed. The open stirs rrust be aa loud me the feted notes. Steve ke ‘evenness and contol. 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Practice Flexercise #9 usinp manic akernatly 3 On Chordie Dril #9 strike Une choras wth p (aw a simul:enzousiy Keepal notes even imamically, Prost at dferent cystic vais 28 SECTIONFOUR—The WorkoutsWarm-Up #1-4 Review Warm-Up #14 Review Warm-Up #1-4 Floxercise #10: SERUIONTChordiac Drill #10 faa Horwis a chardstetching exercise, Sta withthe major ?thshape: jan He “Then move 280° fing down one tre 39 ime starting with your li ager, shen 2rd ole “The rich to do ths very slowiy a you have tohald the chord dewn fora wie. Sldemack eget chm sith liking of ol wip rata. Tvel{fam the 29p the fingerboate all the ‘vay dann te the fist fet cur 0? oS Grins aM a7 bas b b =the ane yh ap iT: x whl u Picking: 1, Pract Foro F.wth ths picking pater doy down ome-=cime-yp. ste Keep otes ever interme of volume ane tere Pen Ren owerety of ore 2. Practice Chordine Orit 0 weing al! dawaitiokéo. Then sterateleul pickin Fingerstyle: 1. Pract Fence #0 si pane matenatey 2 Facsce Fosorcee fusing pti repeatedly. 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