How To Dramatically Improve Your Guitar Playing
In Only 10 Minutes A Day
By Dan Denley
Dear Friend,
If you follow this simple plan, you'll
immediately and dramatically
improve your playing, guaranteed. But first, let
me give you a real-
life example...
How long do you think that Brett Favre (Super
Bowl winning QB of the
Green Bay Packers) would have lasted if he said
something like...
"I really don't want to work out. I don't like
it. It's mundane.
Tedious. Boring. I just want to go out and
play."
What if during the off season he sat around and
did nothing?
No running. No weight lifting. No swimming. No
biking. No
conditioning.
Well, you and I both know the answer to that
hypothetical situation.
If Favre had refused to condition his body, not
only would he not have
made it to the NFL, he wouldn't have made it on
the Southern
Mississippi football team, or his local high
school team, for that
matter.
It's a fact.
If you're an athlete, you MUST train your
muscles for competition.
But there's more to it than that.
There's the physiological phenomenon of your
body being able to do
what your brain tells it to.
Here's what I mean...
Brett Favre could tell his arm that he wanted to
throw a pass 50 yards
all day long. But, unless his arm was physically
capable of responding
to that "brain command" he still wouldn't be
able to do it.
It's the same way with guitar.
You have to "train" your hand and arm muscles to
do what you tell them
to.
You have to condition them.
You have to think of your body like an athlete
does his or hers.
How do you do this?
By doing a little "conditioning" every day.
You should start, NOW.
Don't put this off.
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QUICK EXPLANATION OF THE EXERCISES:
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* These are tablature.
* Each dashed lined is a string.
* The numbers are frets. (Not finger numbers).
Guitar
exercise #1:
|---------------------1234-2345---------------------|
<-- E string
|-----------------1234---------2345-----------------|
<-- B string
|-------------1234-----------------2345-------------|
<-- G string
|---------1234-------------------------2345---------|
<-- D string
|-----1234---------------------------------2345-----|
<-- A string
|-1234-----------------------------------------2345-|
<-- E string
Guitar exercise #2:
|---------------------4321-5432---------------------|
|-----------------4321---------5432-----------------|
|-------------4321-----------------5432-------------|
|---------4321-------------------------5432---------|
|-----4321---------------------------------5432-----|
|-4321-----------------------------------------5432-|
Guitar exercise #3:
|---------------------1423-2534---------------------|
|-----------------1423---------2534-----------------|
|-------------1423-----------------2534-------------|
|---------1423-------------------------2534---------|
|-----1423---------------------------------2534-----|
|-1423-----------------------------------------2534-|
Guitar exercise #4:
|---------------------1324--2435---------------------|
|-----------------1324----------2435-----------------|
|-------------1324------------------2435-------------|
|---------1324--------------------------2435---------|
|-----1324----------------------------------2435-----|
|-1324------------------------------------------2435-|
You will want to take these all the way up to
about the 12th fret.
Then reverse them and come all the way back
down. Also, you can
practice these same exercises picking both up
and down, then all down,
then all up.
And if you really want to get serious grab your
metronome and use it
while your practicing. Is this fun? Well... for
geeks like me, it kind
of is.
But, that's not the point.
Do you think that when Favre was running 3 miles
a day, he was
grinning the whole way saying, "Gee, this is
great!" No. He was
thinking about winning the Super Bowl, which
WOULD be fun.
Even if you play guitar "just for fun" these
exercises are still for
you.
Why?
Because once you train your fingers to do what
you tell them to by
conditioning them, playing guitar will be MORE
fun because you'll be
in greater control.
I promise you this: if you take seriously these
few exercises and
practice them every day for 10 minutes BEFORE
you start to play, you
will see a significant improvement in your
playing in as little as 14
days.
One last thing...
Don't go "nuts" with this right off the bat.
Build up speed and
duration, gradually. And if you feel any PAIN
whatsoever, stop
immediately. These should be effortless and
smooth.
Hope this helps. Keep in touch...
Cheers,
Dan Denley
About the author: Dan Denley
began playing guitar in 1989. Mr.
Denley is a self-taught guitarist
and classically trained musician.
After graduating with honors from
the Scheidt School of Music
(University of Memphis) with a
bachelors degree in Music History,
he created the "Amazing Guitar
Secrets" course for learning guitar,
which is considered by many to be
complete and authoritative. You can
learn how to
improve your guitar playing and
get a free, 6-part guitar lesson
"mini-course" by visit
http://www.amazingguitarsecrets.com
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