10 Essential Guitar Practice Exercises For Beginners
Becoming a better guitar player requires lots and lots of practice, that much is obvious. But figuring out how to practice can be a bit of a challenge. I believe you will find the following post very helpful. Below are 10 awesome guitar practice exercises that you can fit into your daily practice routine.
These guitar practice exercises target a variety of different areas including finger strength and dexterity, soloing, barre chords and more. Some of the videos below are demonstrated on electric guitars, but you can do the same exercises on acoustic guitar.
Practice Exercise 1 – Justin Sandercoes’s Finger Gym
The practice routine below is a brilliant one from Justin Sandercoe. This exercise alone will greatly improve your guitar playing. This routine really works out your hands and fingers, so in the beginning, you may tire quickly. This is normal. The more you do this exercise, the longer you will be able to last.
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Practice Exercise 2 – Chord Change Exercise
This exercise will give you practice playing and changing between your basic, but essential open chords.
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Practice Exercise 3 – 7 Strumming Patterns & Techniques for Acoustic Guitar
Learning how to properly strum your acoustic guitar does not come easy to all of us. The video lessons on the following page will hopefully make you a strumming master. Add these strumming exercises to your practice routine today.
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Practice Exercise 4 – Pentatonic Scale Pattern Practice For Solos
This is a great practice exercise from Marty Schwartz that will show you how to get more out of your scales. This is great practice if you want to play lead guitar.
Practice Exercise 5 – Finger Dexterity Exercise
This practice exercise has multiple benefits. It builds strength and dexterity and helps familiarize yourself with the guitar fretboard.
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Practice Exercise 6 – Barre Chord Changing Exercise
Here is a great exercise from Next Level Guitar to help you practice those challenging barre chords.
Practice Exercise 7 – Strength & Dexterity Exercise For Solos
Here is another great exercise from Next Level Guitar for building finger strength and dexterity for soloing.
Practice Exercise 8 – Right Hand Picking Exercise
This exercise is great for practicing your right hand picking. Its made especially for Bluegrass Guitar, but it will benefit any guitar player of any genre.
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Practice Exercise 9 – Collection of Great Warmup Exercises
Here is a collection of excellent warm up exercises for guitar. Several of these exercises are done without a guitar, so you can do them anywhere, which is a real plus for those of us who are on the go or don’t always have the time to devote to practice.
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Practice Exercise 10 – Paul Gilbert Speed Building Exercise
Here is a great exercise for building up speed on the guitar.