Guitar Techniques - Minimum Movement Guitar Exercise - Guitar Lesson [TE-004]

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In this guitar lesson we'll be looking at a the Minimum Movement Exercise, a super powerful exercise that will help you take proper control of your fingers!
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@MarkusStelzer 10 лет назад

"little finger wants to go heeeeeeey" :D

@janeswurld 10 лет назад

exactly what my teacher says lol

@JG-wg6uc 10 лет назад

ya'll know he's the Real Deal!! There are hundreds of people out there who claim to be giving away lessons for free but end the end you end up at a page asking for paid subscription. But this fellow right here (God Bless Him!!) i believe is the only person who really gives free lessons (check out his website you'll come to know www.justinguitar.com) . Whatever i know i owe it to you Justin. Thanks Man.

@s0cks1985 8 лет назад

It's worth mentioning that to do this the fingers that aren't in use need to be very relaxed. If you notice them shaking that's a good thing! It means your fighting tension that's built into your muscle memory. Pause while the shakes happen, let them happen and relax into them while they happen (it may be the whole hand shaking, or just one finger). When they stop (don't fight them with more tension) continue. When we lift our fingers far above the fretboard we are creating tension to hold that finger above the fretboard. Do it often enough and it feels normal, it feels relaxed, but it's not! How can holding your finger far above the fretboard be normal? Truly relaxed, the fingers should just hover above the fret. This lesson is more important than Justin gives it credit for and this approach should be used when learning anything! Chord changes, new licks, any thing! Do it slowly so that you train in relaxation to your muscle memory, thus your playing.

@AawhanKafle 3 года назад

Make sure you cover the body of your guitar. It requires full attention. I was drooling all over the guitar.

@Kalama2512 2 года назад

Great point; it makes perfect sense what you are saying about the tension and relaxing, also about all the nuances of acquiring muscle memory. Great video lesson. Just looked at a John Standerfer video on the same subject. It is good as well.

@PatheticaVine 10 лет назад

Ahhhh I remember when I first practiced minimum movement... Those days were horrible. Great for training patience too!

@peliparado94 7 лет назад

Almost six years since I started playing guitar, looking back I've made a HUGE progress, yet I'm still watching this guy's guit lessons. One of the best teachers on youtube no doubt. Thanks for this exercise on movement economy

@Britalex 10 лет назад

Justin, I cannot tell you how valuable your guitar lessons are to the international community. I subscribed back when you first started and even though at times I have had long periods without the guitar, you always feature on my youtube subscription box. Thanks!

@eliasripstrand3593 10 лет назад

Justin is just the best teacher. The previous video was really good but this one is incredible! I love Justinguitar!!! If I ever become a famous guitarist, I will donate half my fortune to this guy!

@Dragozan 9 лет назад

I've been playing guitar for six years, and after trying to perfect lead playing on and off for the last 3, it really frustrated me that I wasn't getting any better. I've begun to dissect my playing, finding out the bad habits and rectifying them. This being one of them. Wish me luck with this, and best of luck to you all doing the same :)

@Whodidthis12345 6 лет назад

2 years after your post, here I am in the same position. Fucking pinky

@ForrestHoward 3 года назад

You can only go so far with bad technique. Im here for the same reason lol

@kipzinger 10 лет назад

Mate I've been playing 4 years now and I wish I'd focused on this a lot more when I started. Probably one of the most important technique lessons. Thanks for all your vids - really appreciated!

@weshard1 10 лет назад

My teacher taught me this 17 years ago, but I didn't follow his advice. Maybe now I'll actually practise this.

@Vosje53 10 лет назад

You're such a marvellous teacher, Justin I do appreciate your advice so much!

@FlakyD 10 лет назад

This is exactly the kind of exercises I was looking for, I hope you'll make more of it ! Thank you for this one :)

@Ntymenos 4 года назад

You are great teacher. I never thought of that all these years!

@geeleeggan 8 лет назад

great lesson, gonna have to push to slow myself down and do this consistently - Thanks Justin!!

@nishadnadkarni7874 10 лет назад

Awesome! Really needed some help with playing with minimal movement. Great lesson!

@shadybrain3424 10 лет назад

something ive had a problem with for a while great video man thanks

@ericrummelt7968 7 лет назад

valuable lesson for sure, changes everything

@kylelescisin141 2 года назад

you're the best Justin!

@that5sosphangirl185 9 лет назад

thanks loads for this lesson justin xx

@Kalama2512 2 года назад

Great video on just what I have been working on and just watched a video from John Standerfer on the same subject. Tommy E talks about busy finger...Thanks for a good one (not that they aren't all good)!

@DanCarlyon1 10 лет назад

I thought it wouldn't be that hard, how wrong I was....

@ralphmettle 3 года назад

@Peter Martins Keep practicing.

@captainzeb1969 3 года назад

I am sure I have set the world record for a fly away pinkie. I’ll give this a go. Thanks!

@MikeDGuitar 10 лет назад

Thanks, Justin for these lessons! This one is deceptively difficult.

@ampthebassplayer 10 лет назад

I've been looking for a video on finger efficiency! I'll be sharing this with my students.

@ckalas 10 лет назад

this also is equally important for the picking hand. i find monitoring your movements on a webcam or in a mirror is also beneficial.

@abuddhistmonk443 3 года назад

Moving my fingers with little motion didn't help me at all, I tried it for almost 2 years continuously.. But I noticed a big change when a start feeling the rhythm and synchronisation of my left hand fingers rather then trying to control my fingers movement .

@mattfoss2773 9 лет назад

This and finger gym are great. Also liked the 10 steps lesson. Any recommendations for scales to use on a Uke?

@bobloblaw7756 8 лет назад

What did you call your little finger.. a little rummond? lol Whatever you said, the way you said it cracked me up. Thanks for the videos, you are the best

@inisch 10 лет назад

Thanks Justin

@iliastakidis5771 7 лет назад

I play 6 years guitar and no one ever told me about this :( awesome video and a very hard punch for my fingers and playing in general.. I am slowly getting used to it.

@gauravmalhotra2003 3 года назад

How is it going now? Any updates/advice?

@kratipp 4 года назад

I think this is one of the hardest things to practice. Take a lot of patience

@blues4jesus 5 лет назад

just want to say I've been following you for quite a while and I've enjoyed your lessons immensely. recently noticed in my cording hand that the majority of the time when I'm playing either chords or soloing my left hand the middle finger when not on the fretboard is basicly looks to me like im flipping off people. I play in church so this isnt really good habit thats appeared. would this hep correct that or do you ha another suggestion?? Help please Thnaks for all your great lessons.

@lucaucronia1706 9 лет назад

Justin i want ask you a question if you mind, that G shape scale youre playing is it different from the one that you illustrated in the five patterns lessons?

@Mikegrungejazz 10 лет назад

I use to put my left hand against the wall. Kind of worked.

@renatagozdziak7052 10 лет назад

I love the updated lessons - but I kinda miss the old couch... ;(

@michaelcraig9449 6 лет назад

How long does it take till you can naturally and comfortably play with the fingers as low as possible, not flying away? I realize the only way to play fast and accurate, is to gain control of this, never worked on it before...it was so hard to do, ignored this issue for a long time.

@ZIONSCHRISTIAN 5 лет назад

Justin how long do we have to do this exercise? i have this problem with my left hand fingers

@haydendraycott7897 6 лет назад

"Off goes little finger..." sounds like the title of a Stevie Ray Vaughan song lol!

@SlimBarista 9 лет назад

But it is almost impossible to do this on guitars with very high action, especially on nylon string classical guitars like mine which tend to have higher action. Anyway, thanks for the tip Justin, I'll try it out.

@swirling5418 4 года назад

Justin I've moved from a 6 string to 8 string. Opinion, does that hinder or help progress??

@smiley50ish Год назад

Love to know if you have mastered this justin 8 years later t think its a yes

@johnberry5339 3 года назад

Hi Justin:) I am an absolute beginner and I have tried this! but my fingers wont open that far? They are all clumped together 😥 Thanks John :)

@xstingrayx 8 лет назад

I'm wondering one thing. If i realize i suffer from this and i start working on this, then isn't every other "routine" playing you do contraproductive since the "reflex" is still there when you normally play a song? Then the question would be: should one JUST exercise THIS and nothing else UNTIL the problem is fixed? Anyone here that allready fixed this issue?

@Kurt1969 7 лет назад

I'm in the process of learning It's Showtime by DLR/ Jason Becker. This is 10x more difficult. lol

@swirling5418 4 года назад

When i remove finger from note to play another note,, the strings ring out.😞 How do i stop that??😁

@dmaradona10 10 лет назад

My pinky flies all over the place!!! ahhhhhhhhhh!!

@burnsZY85 10 лет назад

This is very hard, trying to keep pinkie from moving of the fretboard too high is a pain in the arse.lol

@majd8138 9 лет назад

this is so fucking hard.... my index is so uncomfortable while getting to 4rth string and above....(lower strings) anything from D, A and E strings feels uncomfortable .... any tips on that ? the most comfortable position is when my index mutes the first string but I don't want that to happen.....

@NeoArch 5 лет назад

Well I let my pinky fly for 5 years.... He feels like Hannibal Lector as we speak trying to escape from restraining coat...mix a little bit of obsession personality and you will know where I'll be at 1am. Huge thanks Justin!

@pjokkenroll 3 года назад

Tried hard, never got this down. My fingers have rejected my brain as their leader, and formed and existence in total anarchy. Once I move my pinky, all other digits scramble out in random directions. Luckily I play in a punk rock band.

@boguest2873 7 лет назад

So I've seen this question already asked but it wasn't ever answered...if I'm trying to fix this issue is it counter productive to continue playing my other normal practice routines considering that the problem will still be present in my current playing?

@sjcoupon1754 7 лет назад

I'm a bass player but I wonder the same thing

@AndreiGrozea 7 лет назад

Combine it with "the spider" and do it as a beginning exercise and it's gonna be quite efficient imo :)

@orangeblue3531 6 лет назад

Yes, it is counter productive if this issue creeps up in anything you are currently playing or practicing. Otherwise you are just ingraining old habits further into your muscle memory. At that point, no practice would be more beneficial to any practice at all.

@zzznakedoctur2681 9 лет назад

Is this a good technique to practice while still trying to FIRST LEARN your scales as well?

@mesanomad55 6 лет назад

Placing my thumb vertically between middle and ring finger when doing scales feels so unnatural to me. I want to work on my technique but it’s actually painful to do this. Am I a freak?

@chrisjames1924 4 года назад

Been practicing this for 20 years. Still not possible after 1000's of hours of playing.

@MVH5150 4 года назад

are you for real ?

@Jensoncorpuz 10 лет назад

Can I do this if I'm only on stage 5 of the beginner course? I don't even know what the g scale is

@JG-wg6uc 10 лет назад

of course you can!! but learn the g major scale first. i'd also recommend you go through all of his beginner lessons as all of them have their own importance.

@alem4831 10 лет назад

You HAVE to do this, ESPECIALLY if you're a beginner. Developing proper technique at an early stage will make everything a lot easier. Your playing will be more precise, effortless, and just overall better. If you don't know any scales, just play the first four frets (1, 2, 3, 4 on the 6th string, then on the 5th, the 4th, and so on...).

@Jensoncorpuz 10 лет назад

Joel George Alexander Black Cool thanks dudes, I'll definitely do them then

@karu6111 3 года назад

I think this is a "acoustic" only player symptom, cuz I don't own an electric guitar and the only way I can play things like bends and hammer ons is when I force it

@RantKid 6 лет назад

Norm McDonald is right -neuroplasticity is an amazing thing.

@michaelcraig9449 6 лет назад

Should a guitarist stop all other scales and lead playing, till they get this conquered, no matter how slow, or how long it takes?

@THiser-yq4vf 8 месяцев назад

Video is great but man that finger board is frightening. Why the gouges? That the quality Gibson is putting out?

@qiaoli1800 8 лет назад

stupid question. What's a G major scale ?

@xstingrayx 8 лет назад

+Qiao Li this is where you revealed you're not really asian.

@qiaoli1800 8 лет назад

I put shame on family.

@TubeScrewed 8 лет назад

+Qiao Li This reminds me of that Mad TV Skit 'Average Asian'.

@kubamarciniak6234 3 года назад

practicing sweep picking is much less frustrating than this but... u gotta learn the basics right

@jedcullen8939 9 лет назад

anyone else notice the other difference between the two ways of playing the scale is the that the "correct" way sounds stale and unmusical?

@elephantricity 10 лет назад

Play with economy picking and you wont have flying fingers.

@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar 10 лет назад

an ex-girlfriend was a master at this

@garethedwards4739 4 года назад

Flying off the handle for no reason? 😂

@mattgilbert7347 7 лет назад

There's a harsh truth about learning a musical instrument that many people simply don't want to hear. There are some things that, if you don't learn them when you are relatively young, you will never really be able to learn. You can't learn muscle memory if the muscles are too old. This exercise is simply impossible for me. My hands shake and it hurts to the point where I can't play. Ever since I started trying to learn the "proper" way, my playing has suffered. I prefer to just learn songs and as long as I can play them, who cares about technique?

@dsddsdd7566 5 лет назад

I hope no one took your comment too seriously and felt discouraged by it, cause it's complete bullshit. While it's true that you USSUALLY ( not always ) learn A BIT slower when you are older, you still can learn new things. Also, it is harder to get rid of bad habits the more ingrained they are, but it's not impossible, just a matter of a bit of patience. Most people prefer to rely on technique they already posess, even if it's not optimal, because they don't have the patience to invest like a month into focusing on unlearning bad habits. Instead they prefer to moan and learn new songs, ingraining bad habits even more, just like you.

@JamesSmith-qy3eu 4 года назад

He's just bloody lazy and impatient, so he justifies it to himself by saying that technique isn't important. Everything on the guitar requires some degree of technique.

@personofearth1541 3 года назад

Interesting, I'm 46 & started playing guitar 7 months ago. Started this exercise 3 months ago & doing it daily. Initially I was the same as you (shaking, hurt badly), now I'm getting pretty good at it (hasnt hurt like you say since about week 2?). Muscle memory is just learning how to fire the muscles as efficiently as possible, it's lactic acid build up that is causing the hurt. We can pretty much learn anything at any age its just our ability to adapt slows, it doesn't stop.