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Feedback
adibarve7th February 2013Simple and useful lesson Ben!
JD_9th January 2012This is now added to my daily warm up routine.
I think its great and everyone should have a go at it. I am used to picking this sort of stuff on the high strings...very good to be able to do it on the low e string.
Cheers
Patrik Berg9th December 2011Great lesson Ben, very good advice
Gabriel Leopardi28th September 2011I just rediscovered this awesome lesson and I'm now recommending it!
Ben Higgins29th July 2011Thank you gentlemen
Sinisa Cekic28th July 2011Very useful lesson, good job Ben !
Ivan Milenkovic28th July 2011This is great, lots of cool advices given there
Daniel Realpe27th July 2011excellent lesson! very useful stuff!
thefireball26th July 2011Yeah, this is a very good lesson. My problem is I can't play as fast as I want without tensing up. Or at least, it's hard not to tense up. That is what I should practice on.
- Ben Higgins26th July 2011
Glad you like it, guys.. I made this lesson to address an issue that I read about a lot on GMC. Over time, I hope people find it, watch it and benefit from it
Adrian Figallo26th July 2011very nice lesson ben, thanks for that, im checking all the lesson out, gotta build some speed myself
Bondy26th July 2011Very good lesson Ben, (as always) really helpful
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Kristofer Dahl26th July 2011Very cool concept Ben - I hadn't though of it like this!
zen26th July 2011So many great advices all packed in one 'easy to listen to' lesson. Thanks mate. This one is gold. Also enjoyed those dark riffs in the 3rd video
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Hi and welcome to Stamina School !
The focus of this lesson is to build stamina and speed but using our natural hand position.
What do I mean by 'natural hand position' ? I'm talking about the way you strike chords, strum chords, palm mute, pluck notes - the normal way that your hand rests against the strings when performing basic, easy movements on the guitar. We all have a natural hand position. It doesn't matter whether you are a beginner or advanced, anyone can do this lesson using what we already have at our disposal.
The structure of this lesson is slightly different to others due to the exercise involved. I've presented my stamina & speed building approach in the following way:
Part 1 - introduction to the concept of using your natural hand position and why it works.
Part 2 - the exercise itself.
Part 3 - following on from the lesson, how to apply this to yourself.
I hope you'll take the time to listen to the spoken videos as they will present a much more detailed explanation of this concept and will help you to understand the main exercise.
Remember, the only opponent is within !
Enjoy!
BenFrom this course:
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
