Left Hand Only Exercise
by Dejan Farkas
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Kristofer Dahl29th January 2008This is a very useful and cool sounding exercise - thanks Dejan!
Toni Suominen29th January 2008Great and useful excersise, great work Dejan!
Mark.29th January 2008Nice exercise
- Mark.29th January 2008
Do the left hand fingerings matter much In this exercise or do you just use the finger which is closest ?
Mark 
Gerardo Siere29th January 2008Nice excercise
botoxfox29th January 2008Cool
Ivan Milenkovic29th January 2008Nice pattern Dejan, definitely something that can be useful. Thanks!
Bogdan Radovic29th January 2008Great left hand workout !
Dejan Farkas29th January 2008Thank you all
Mark - the fingering is not strict, you may use the one suits you the best, but try to use all three fingers (index, middle and ring)
Marcus Lavendell29th January 2008Great exercise, and it sounds great as well!
Pablo Vazquez29th January 2008Cool exercise! Nice Lesson Dejan!!
Robwylde29th January 2008Great workout and preformed very clean. Thanx
- Dejan Farkas29th January 2008
Thank you guys
The Uncreator29th January 2008Excellent stuff, the melody is very cool!
- fire29th January 2008
nice lesson, althoug in my opinion thunderstruck is picked
- TheClansmanDK29th January 2008
Very nice lesson and very useful Dejan!
Gonna make this part of my daily rutine Thanks 
David Wallimann29th January 2008Very cool!
My left hand is gonna love this. :-)
steve2529th January 2008Nice, what guitar are you playing with not seen that one used before
Juan M. Valero29th January 2008cool exercice Dejan, and you can have a beer in the right hand while playing !!!!
- Dejan Farkas29th January 2008
Thank you all, glad you like it
fire - could be, wasn't there when he was recording it, just watched it in some live show, it does sound like picked but having in mind that it's SG with quite thick strings, everything is possible
steve25 - it is ibanez ex360, i played it in the little finger workout as well
Juan - you can use the technique during gigs
SLASH9129th January 2008Very nice. I need this
Muris Varajic29th January 2008Thunderstruck is picked I think but that doesn't matter actually cause this is even better left hand workout,well done Dejo!!
krudtaa29th January 2008Sounds great and a cool exercise.
- ch00ch00man29th January 2008
very nice lesson, thanks. btw, considering you are resting your right hand on the top horn, it is fair to say, you are not using it for muting. how do you achieve such a clean sound with only the left hand? is it strictly accuracy? or are you somehow using it to mute the higher strings? thanks, boris
Gabriel Leopardi29th January 2008This lesson is very helpfull! Good job Dejan!
Smikey200629th January 2008awsome lession.. great workout thanks!
- Dejan Farkas29th January 2008
Guys, you are very kind, thank you
ch00ch00man - I don't mute other strings anyhow, i believe it is only accuracy 
Jenkinson29th January 2008I loved this, great lesson!
- stratman3329th January 2008
awesome lesson!
- wylde guitar29th January 2008
sweet lesson gotta try it out!
Nick32529th January 2008nice
- Dejan Farkas29th January 2008
Thanks guys
Hisham Al-Sanea29th January 2008nice lesson dejan...goodwork
- Joey29th January 2008
I love your exercises so much dejan
Jerry Arcidiacono29th January 2008Great lesson. I love the sound
- Dejan Farkas29th January 2008
Thank you all
PolackHax0r29th January 2008wow, that was really sick. I love the way that sounds... Nice work, man.
JukeboxHero29th January 2008I'm not sure that Thunderstruck is picked but I play it without picking just to show off
Anyway this is a really good lesson. Very useful.
nikolai29th January 2008not only was this a great lesson but you have amazing tone in it too!
Fran29th January 2008Interesting!
Good job Dejan- Dejan Farkas29th January 2008
Thank you guys, very kind of you
Unleash-The-Shred30th January 2008Dejan, your doing a great job on your exercise lessons. Thanks a lot for doing these.
skennington30th January 2008nice man, obviously, lots of finger strength that I still need to build. Enjoyed!
- Dejan Farkas30th January 2008
Thanks guys, I am very glad you like it
- Kristofer Dahl30th January 2008
I agree with what's been said that your exercises are very clever!
Juan - or you can wave at your mama with that hand!! 
Andrew Cockburn30th January 2008Really cool Dejan!
- Dejan Farkas30th January 2008
Thanks guys
rokchik30th January 2008As others have mentioned this is a very useful lesson Dejan and sounds wonderful. Great job
- Dejan Farkas31st January 2008
thanks rok
- Windwalker10th February 2008
On the pull-offs, are you slightly picking the string as you lift off? Also, is the gain turned up on your amp to help achieve the hammer and pull-offs? Sorry, I'm an OLD beginner. Been away from the guitar for 40 years!!!!
- Dejan Farkas10th February 2008
I do pick the string on pull-off but with the left hand, when I lift a finger I pick it with the same finger, another words, It's what pull-off is, you have to pull the string to make a sound for the following tone, you cannot just lift the finger
Gain setting was high, but it doesn't matter much, when I got idea for the lesson I played the guitar without amplification
No need to apologize, I'm here if I can help you in any way - Windwalker10th February 2008
Thanks Dejan, If you guys were around 40 years ago, I would of never quit playing. Tried other computer sites for lessons, yours if the best. Recommending it to all the old guys getting back into guitar. Seems to be a trend in USA with us 'baby boomers'.
- Dejan Farkas11th February 2008
You're welcome Windwalker, btw nice nickname
glazmusik17th February 2008super cool and awesome exercise! and man, does this look sick when you can just put down your picking hand and play a sweet solo!
- Dejan Farkas18th February 2008
thanks glazmusik
Old School Rocker18th February 2008Wow this is too cool i've been searching around the site looking for bits and pieces of videos to see what I like and what styles im intersted in following and, Dejan your work is simply put, amazing i've watched alot of your lessons as well as accustics and now i wanna try that as well. I've been inspired and i thank you for the inspiration.
Peace
-Matt-- Dejan Farkas20th February 2008
Thank you for the kind words, I appreciate it
D-loader21st February 2008I love the sound of this, using open strings rocks!
Really nice exercise, looks really cool when you're only using one hand. Would be totally awesome to master something like this, and then use the right hand to grap a can of soda and drink it, while still playing- Dejan Farkas22nd February 2008
Thank you, I'm glad you like it.
Yes, it would be cool to do it, just take care that you use the correct open string for that tune, if you don't want people throw things at you 
Danilo Capezzuto26th February 2008Good open-legato.
- Dejan Farkas29th February 2008
Thank you Danilo
Ulrik5th March 2008It sounds great, and it's easier then you would think.
A 130 or 140 bpm backing track would be nice.- Dejan Farkas8th March 2008
Thanks
I'll do my best to make faster backings as soon as possible, stay tuned 
Tiltil5th April 2008finally mastered it.. very very nice Dejan!
- Dejan Farkas5th April 2008
Thank you, great to hear that. I would like to hear the sample, if possible
Carlos Carrillo6th May 2008hey Dejan!!!
this lesson is excellent!!!- Dejan Farkas6th May 2008
Thanks Carlos
sigma728th June 2008hey do u leave the other strings quiet
- sigma728th June 2008
*how do u leave the other strings quiet*
- Dejan Farkas28th June 2008
I do not touch the string above, while the string below I do touch but taking care not to produce sound while touching or releasing the string.. Practice first by muting the neighboring strings with right hand
- twist13th October 2009
This is an awesome lesson! And it sounds cool, also good to impress girls
A nice way to achieve a good sound quick is to mute one string above and below with the right hand. But to be as accurate as possible with the left hand is way better Its just easier with muting to achieve a cleaner sound in the beginning - Dejan Farkas14th October 2009
Thanks twist, I appreciate it
I agree that muting neighboring strings with right hand can help in the beginning, and as soon as you can play it resonably well in this way you can then try without it 
Daniel Realpe10th May 2010Excellent exercise man!
- iwolf19th September 2012
Hi Dejan. Great lesson anyway. But I don't agree with you when you tell that Angus Young uses this particular technique on Thunderstruck. If you look close to videos in live performances you will notice that he's picking every single note. So what do you mean? Greetings, Wolfgang.
- Kristofer Dahl21st September 2012
Well spotted iwolf - fixed!
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