Fingers Independence IV

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Hi, is Danilo here. Welcome to the fourth lesson about "Fingers Independence". I really appreciated your posts on my previous lessons, so voilà... here we are again!

In this lesson we look again at the independence and resistence of your fingers, but this time in a more gentle way, a little relax after the stretching of the lesson three, and with a look at very basic alternate picking.

Practice these exercises ten minutes each day at alternatives periods with the lesson one, two and three. Just try to practice slow and with costant time, it's not a run, it's cordination!
As ever, read the explanations and DON'T HURT YOURSELF!

See you next time, looking forward the fifth lesson of "Fingers Independence".

Thanks to everybody.

                            Fingers Independence IV                             


                                                                Danilo Capezzuto
Traccia 1



     4 Fingers                                                            
     E         E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E   E  E  E   
E||------------------8--------|-----------6--------|-----------10--------|
B||---------------7-----7-----|--------7-----7-----|--------9------9-----|
G||------------6-----------6--|-----8-----------8--|-----8------------8--|
D||--5------------------------|--9-----------------|--7------------------|
A||---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E||---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|


   E   E  E  E  E   E     E   E   E   E   E   E      E   E   E   E   E   E   
-------------8---------|-------------12----------|--------------10----------|
----------9-----9------|---------11------11------|----------11------11------|
------10-----------10--|-----10--------------10--|------12--------------12--|
--11-------------------|--9----------------------|--13----------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|


   E   E   E   E   E   E      E   E   E   E   E   E   
--------------14----------|--------------12----------|
----------13------13------|----------13------13------|
------12--------------12--|------14--------------14--|
--11----------------------|--15----------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|


   E   E   E   E   E   E      E   E   E   E   E   E   
--------------16----------|--------------14----------|
----------15------15------|----------15------15------|
------14--------------14--|------16--------------16--|
--13----------------------|--17----------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|


   E   E   E   E   E   E      H.             
--------------18----------|----------------||
----------17------17------|----------------||
------16--------------16--|----------------||
--15----------------------|--15------------||
--------------------------|----------------||
--------------------------|----------------||

In this exercise (4 Fingers) we move the 4 fingers togheter. The target is to improve the independence and strength of fingers.
There are two simple positions:
1. Index on the fourth string, medium on the third, ring on the second and pinky on the first.
2. Pinky on the fourth string, ring on the third, medium on the second and index on the first.
You don't have to move the fingers all togheter like a frozen hand, you can just move one finger and then the others if you prefer. Try to push the note with your fingertips. The right hand use down-strokes and up-strokes in this way: D-D-D-U-U-U-D-D-D-U-U-U...
Practice with the metronome playing three note per beat.

                            Fingers Independence IV                             


                                                                Danilo Capezzuto
Traccia 1



     4 Fingers II                                                            
     E            E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E   E  E  E   
E||---------------------8--------|-----------6--------|-----------10--------|
B||------------------6-----6-----|--------8-----8-----|--------8------8-----|
G||---------------7-----------7--|-----7-----------7--|-----9------------9--|
D||--5---------------------------|--9-----------------|--7------------------|
A||------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E||------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|


   E  E   E  E   E  E     E   E   E   E   E   E      E   E   E   E   E   E   
-------------8---------|-------------12----------|--------------10----------|
---------10-----10-----|---------10------10------|----------12------12------|
------9-------------9--|-----11--------------11--|------11--------------11--|
--11-------------------|--9----------------------|--13----------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|


   E   E   E   E   E   E      E   E   E   E   E   E   
--------------14----------|--------------12----------|
----------12------12------|----------14------14------|
------13--------------13--|------13--------------13--|
--11----------------------|--15----------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|


   E   E   E   E   E   E      E   E   E   E   E   E   
--------------16----------|--------------14----------|
----------14------14------|----------16------16------|
------15--------------15--|------15--------------15--|
--13----------------------|--17----------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|


   E   E   E   E   E   E      H.             
--------------18----------|----------------||
----------16------16------|----------------||
------17--------------17--|----------------||
--15----------------------|--15------------||
--------------------------|----------------||
--------------------------|----------------||

In this exercise (4 Fingers II) we move the 4 fingers togheter. The target is to improve the independence and strength of fingers.
There are two simple positions:
1. Index on the fourth string, ring on the third, medium on the second and pinky on the first.
2. Pinky on the fourth string, medium on the third, ring on the second and index on the first.
You don't have to move the fingers all togheter like a frozen hand, you can just move one finger and then the others if you prefer. Try to push the note with your fingertips. The right hand use down-strokes and up-strokes in this way: D-D-D-U-U-U-D-D-D-U-U-U...
Practice with the metronome playing three note per beat.

                            Fingers Independence IV                             


                                                                Danilo Capezzuto
Traccia 1











     Index medium                                     
     S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G||--9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10-9-10------------------------------------
D||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Index ring                                  
  S S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S  
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
--9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11-9-11------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|


  Index pinky                                         
  S S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S   
----------------------------------------------------||
----------------------------------------------------||
--9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-9-12-----------||
----------------------------------------------------||
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In this exercise (Trill I) we' ll make some movements between the index fingers and the others,
playing with alternate picking. The target of this exercise is to improve the strength and independence between left hand's fingers and cordination between the hands. We start with the index and medium, then index and ring and last index and pinky. Play slow and with constant right hand's alternate picking, D-U-D-U-D-U-D...
Practice with the metronome playing four note per beat.

Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments

Kristofer Dahl	19th March 2008
GMC Founder & Rocker	Thanks Danilo for yet a useful excercise! GMC:ers - I would like your feedback about this lesson series, as this kind of lesson is rather new to us. It will help our future lesson planning!

Tuubsu	19th March 2008
Member	I think it's worth mentioning that these exercises are excellent for classical guitar too. It's a good series!

Trond Vold	19th March 2008
Instructor	I think they are really useful. I didnt even know there were that many different exercises before this series started

Muris Varajic	19th March 2008
Instructor	Useful nonetheless!

Dejan Farkas	19th March 2008
Instructor	nice exercises

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	Glad to hear you comments. Thank you guys!!

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	I have missed an "R" before...sorry. Glad to hear your comments. Thank you guys!!

Bogdan Radovic	19th March 2008
Bass Instructor	Nice one Danilo!

Ivan Milenkovic	19th March 2008
Instructor	Nice warmup exercises, interesting combinations here and in the last one

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	Thank you Bogdan and Ivan!

DeepRoots	19th March 2008
Member	Great series- some of these exercises can be trickier than they look so id encourage people to try all the exercises from the series. Thanks Danilo. Seems that this video is slightly harder to see in terms of light and video quality, but thanks again for the awesome exercises

Ivan Milenkovic	19th March 2008
Instructor	Also would recommend some nice riffs maybe incorporating these exercises so people could find it even more interesting. Just a thought...

kaznie_NL	19th March 2008
Member	It's cool to learn this stuff, becasue it realy improves your playing. The only thing is that it's maybe a bit unintresting to play this for a long time. So a little riff like Ivan said might be a good idear to. The series are good, but not to much I'd say, because now it's still cool, but if you do mutch it might get a bit to much of the same. Just to help

kaznie_NL	19th March 2008
Member	It's cool to learn this stuff, becasue it realy improves your playing. The only thing is that it's maybe a bit unintresting to play this for a long time. So a little riff like Ivan said might be a good idear to. The series are good, but not to much I'd say, because now it's still cool, but if you do mutch it might get a bit to much of the same. Just to help

Nick Kellie	19th March 2008
Instructor	yet another nice addition to your series. Nice work!

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	Sorry if the quality is a little bit low "Deeproots", but my monitor is getting old...I will buy another as soon as possible. I now that make a cool riff is much more...cool...but my lessons are made to help with independence of fingers, these exercises are for the beginners. The " Finger Independence V" will be the last one of this series...then I look to the right hand basic. The cool riff will come, but I wanna make some basic lessons before. Thanks Ivan for the suggestion!

Carlos Carrillo	19th March 2008
Instructor	hey Danilo!!!!! fantastic lesson!!! nice job!!!thanks

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	Thank you Carlos!

Pablo Vazquez	19th March 2008
Instructor	Nice exercises Danilo!

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	Thank you Pablo (nice picture...)

Joe Kataldo	19th March 2008
Instructor	Cool Stuff My Friend

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	Grazie Joe!!

Alejandro Piñero	19th March 2008
Instructor	good work man!

Danilo Capezzuto	19th March 2008
Instructor	Thank you Alejandro. I love your playing!!

Hisham Al-Sanea	19th March 2008
Instructor	nice exercise Danilo...good work

Nemanja Filipovic	20th March 2008
Singing Instructor	great exercise Danilo

Marcus Siepen	20th March 2008
Instructor (Blind Guardian)	very nice

Danilo Capezzuto	20th March 2008
Instructor	Thank you guys!!

Juan M. Valero	20th March 2008
Instructor	yeah, another useful exercice !! great serie

Danilo Capezzuto	20th March 2008
Instructor	Thank you Juan!

FOK	20th April 2008
Member	Interesting lessons are good, but I find that a "cut and dry" lesson is interesting compared to doing riffs all the time. Its also a lesson where you have nothing to focus on but the exact finger movements of your left hand. For instance, since im not doing a melody, I can focus on making my fingers more perpendicular with the guitar neck. Thats one thing with all the lessons that should be incorporated: More emphasis on finger positions. It was only a couple months ago that I learned that your hand should be square with the neck as much as possible, and by constant reminder, I have improved because of it. oh yes, keep doing things your way Danilo, everyone learns things differently!

Danilo Capezzuto	8th May 2008
Instructor	Thank you FOK for looking at my lesson, keep on practice!