Finger exercises take a large part of my 'playing' time. Other than scales, modes and chord progressions (which I dont' really practice or know what it's about in terms of theory), finger exercises are very, very important.
So, I thought up a mnemonic to help folks categorise the different exercises they go through. The end result is to have a better idea of what it is we're trying to accomplish with each type of exercise so that we know which one to use when we're trying to improve on a part of our playing.
It's also good to defferentiate between left and right hand exercises - but off course lah - and which finger the exercise is targetted towards. This is relevant because some exercises are specific for a particular finger or group of fingers.
So the mnemonic is D-ASS - hehe - sure remember right? :mrgreen:
That's
D-exterity
A-ccuracy
S-trength
S-peed
Dexterity, Accuracy, Strength & Speed. So these are what each exercise whould try to accomplish. Of course one exercise may target more than one of these attributes.
Feel free to add to the list if you think you should but please don't be too pedantic about things.
Then feel
1) free to add the type of exercises you care to share with the folks here
AND
2) state which attribute the exercise is good for.
AND
3) which finger or group of fingers the exercise is targetted towards.
Can?
You RIKES?
So, I thought up a mnemonic to help folks categorise the different exercises they go through. The end result is to have a better idea of what it is we're trying to accomplish with each type of exercise so that we know which one to use when we're trying to improve on a part of our playing.
It's also good to defferentiate between left and right hand exercises - but off course lah - and which finger the exercise is targetted towards. This is relevant because some exercises are specific for a particular finger or group of fingers.
So the mnemonic is D-ASS - hehe - sure remember right? :mrgreen:
That's
D-exterity
A-ccuracy
S-trength
S-peed
Dexterity, Accuracy, Strength & Speed. So these are what each exercise whould try to accomplish. Of course one exercise may target more than one of these attributes.
Feel free to add to the list if you think you should but please don't be too pedantic about things.
Then feel
1) free to add the type of exercises you care to share with the folks here
AND
2) state which attribute the exercise is good for.
AND
3) which finger or group of fingers the exercise is targetted towards.
Can?
You RIKES?