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Finger dexterity
I’m having trouble coordinating my fingers across the strings. Do you have any finger dexterity exercises that may help me improve my finger coordination?
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I use chinese steel balls and a theraputic squeeze ball to help strengthen and work the fingers. When I used to watch TV I had a guitar in my hands and formed different major and minor chords over and over and over in different keys.
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The thing that worked for me was repetition on the strings: pushing past boredom for the reward of strength and flexibility on the other side. What I did not expect, practicing this, I was also training my ear without knowing it. This also meant that I would have to stop and stretch (silly putty stretching). My fingers were always strong enough it was precision and accuracy that allowed me to learn to play with barely touching a string to get the desired sound. Precision is key. Even in bar chords, once I became precise about applied pressure bar chords became easy. Most bar chords involve the bar on only three strings. Your other fingers hold down the three others. That realization came through repetition.
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