The BEST Guitar Exercise! 

Im trying to learn guitar on my own and this helped me A LOT

And don't forget to say the names of the notes as you go, for total fretboard mastery. >:)

Thank you, Tony! This is a great Exercise. I bought my first guitar at 52 years old. I Tweeted the GREAT Nile Rodgers & asked him how to learn to play guitar. He Replied: " Pick one up & start playing it." i play it every day, even if it's just a few riffs. Hopefully, I'll get good enough to play onstage one day.

I just found you. A week or so ago. I am a older guy who has dabbled with the guitar for more than 5 decades. Working construction for 4 decades didn’t help. Tendinitis in my arms caused me to have to put down the guitar for a long time. I am looking forward to learning like never before. Finger picking is something that has always appealed to me. I have to overcome arthritis but so it will take me awhile. Thanks for being here.

This has helped me greatly. I played guitar in the 80’s and have had a stroke since. I recently started to play again and this has helped my left hand (fretting) a lot . Thank you!

Cool exercise. I used to do these when i was into fast shredding (still am). I would add that when you get to the 12th fret, do the same excerise but start with your pinky and work your way back to the 1th fret.

Thanks Tony. Always learn from you

I’ve been playing for 25 years and love this. I never focused on lead - I became addicted to Dave Matthew’s early on and have been stuck since. Considering this exercise is pretty similar to a couple of his songs (seriously), I have no trouble with the left hand. Where I’m struggling so far is not cheating on the up-stroke, down-stroke pattern. I do what I feel is easiest instead of sticking strictly to up down up down…. But here’s to breaking bad/limiting habits! Thank you for this!!

You're a fantastic instructor and remind me of an old friend. Thanks for what you're doing for us!

Excellent. I bought this guitar because of your review and can honestly say I love it. Amazing sound and playability!

Great Exercise! Thank you Tony and Merry Christmas. Love your teaching method! Am a member!

Great exercise, Tony ! Thank you very much for this!!!

For the past two years, I've not been playing guitar as much and so I sought out a nice little exercise to get me back in shape. Tried this video out this evening and I've lucked out - it's a terrific exercise. I appreciate the pacing of the lesson: worked well for me. Now I've this cool little thing to practice. Thank you.

Love all the little exercises to keep the fingers limber. I hadn't pick up a guitar in some time, not that I'm any good, but I try. I took the exercise from bottom of the neck up. It helped stretch the fingers just a bit each pass. That you.

This made me realize my up-picking while ascending is horrendous compared to while descending. I can do it ok when going from B to E string but going from the B to the G and the upstrokes falter. Great exercise

Thank you so much. Fantastic exercise.

Thanks Tony!

I'm getting the hang of it and it's my first time trying this exercise. I'm going to put this into my routine. Thanks for this! - Cheers!

Thanks man. I haven't even tried the excersize yet, but I already see why it works.

I was always taught to down stroke when switching string so this will help me to do both and rewire my brain

Thank you this is very helpful 👍

Loved it bro.. Your lesson made practice so easy..

Thanks, Tony - great exercise!

Great exercise. Thanks

Great video, thanks!

Thanks I'm just starting and this is gonna help a lot

One of the great exercise, well done sir

Thanks for the Exercise

this is so helpful, thank you!

Great exercise, thank you Tony

Great exercise. I practice everyday it help a lot. thank you so much.

thank you so much, this helped me out a ton!!

Will add it to my daily. Thanks.

Great lesson.

thank you so much sir! it is greaat

Very good exercise. Thank you for the tutorial !!

Thank you for this amazing video

Thanks for easy to follow and effective exercise.

Great video like always, much love from USA!!

Yes sir, it helped me a tonne!

Thanks bro that helps a lot

Nicely done... so easy to understand, now just got to getter done....

Awesome Exercise! Happy Holidays!

Thanks for the lesson. very helpful and easy :)

Omg I haven’t play since 20 years ago, this is actually helped me a lot, YOU ARE THE BEST! I was even looking in Spanish but this is my guy 👆🏻🤟🏻

Very helpful 🙏🏻

Thanks a bunch, I will practice this everyday

Simple yet so hard at first! Love it! Great lesson!

Very thankyou.

And then flip the guitar and do the same with your right hand! Feels good! :) Thanks for the exercise! Good stuff!

Fantastic exercise for all..👍👍

This is fantastic! I’ll learn this 👌 thank you 🙏

Annoying and excellent exercise! Thank you Tony. 🙏⭐️

Than you sir.

Nice!!!

Second video I've watched from you Tony, really good helpful stuff. You may want to add a 'pre-first' step and suggest they / we pick up a bottle of Jack... we'll need it after we do this exercise up and down the neck lol! 🤣🤙

This is my new daily go-to warm up exercise. Thanks for the great lesson.

This is great!

Thank you sir😃😃😃

thanks!

Loved the video . I always warm up wit a finger exercise can't stress the importance enough thanks 00015

Wowoow Nice to play

GRACIAS MY AMIGO THAT IS THE BEST EXERCISE I EVER PRACTICED!

Thank you.

Tony!!! Great lesson man. I’ve been working on some videos with similar patterns/exercises for my students. Thanks for posting this. 🙏🙏

With a million+ guitar channels, " it's refreshing to hear and see a true genius on the guitar put together a workable, learnable program of discovery, skill and development for both beginner and advanced guitar players!" Many thx Mr. Annihilator! lol You are the best man!!! Jackie

Thank you

Great teaching! Simple, not intimidating!

nice exercise :)

Great exercise

My son brought me an idea for an exercise by singing his favourite song he learned in preliminary school. It goes like this: I-I-V;I-I-V;I-I-V-V-VI-V-II. These are intervals I play for any root note on the high GBE strings with my pointing, third and pinky fingers. This exercise has a melody in it, so it’s pleasing to my sons ears. :-)

Super insights

Really good 👍

Thanks for the ahnillater!

wow.. just wow..

So cool 😎✌️

I'm familiar with the 1/2 of that exercise but not the other 1/2. That's awesome!

Really it is very helpful

It's like a diminished Jam!

Hi, like a lot of beginners this as helped greatly, thanks a lot

very usefull, thanks. i did this before but NOT the other way round, but THATS THE CLOU:

wow!! That's really helpful exercise. Thanks to "Acoustic life".

Another fun variant i was trying is to leave a gap of 1 or more strings. Ex play it on the G/ high E then D/B etc

Love That Alf in the backround haha

there's so many things done right in this video! great tutorial man!

Thanks Tony! About to Annihilate this drill 👊

What the hell?! I just put my guitar down because of the same problem and BAM! You upload a video on it. Crazy!😨

Awesome. FROM KENYA

Nice Santa Cruz guitar and t-shirt.

Annihilator indeed tq.

Great lesson, very challenging,! Which is good, it definitely helps in focusing on the right strings and the strum up & down makes it kind of awkward for me, 😂

I used to play hockey, and everyone hated so called “skating drills” (goal line-red line-blue line-blue line-red line-goal line😩) “grumble, grumble”🤣. But they were the BEST THING for us.👍 This is the exact same thing. - Only, it is FUN!👍🥳👊. Great exercise!👍. Thanks a lot!👍👊

I skip one or many strings while changing frets. Makes it even more challenging.

I've been doing this exercise every day for the past month, and have seen some huge improvements! I used to have a ton of trouble playing snow by the RHCP, but now it just falling into place effortlessly. Thanks for another great video!

Do this same exercise starting with the pinkie ....

Plzz share heart beat exercise plz

He had me at Annihilator

Nice tattoo buddy ,and thanks for the exercise

When you saved this on RU-vid where do you find it on a IPad the lesson is going to help me cause when I’m moving barre chords I always pick weird and end up in the wrong place or my picking hand loses where it is so thank you thank for the video! As always I enjoyed it. Thanks Tony

Thanks! I’m getting the hang of it better 😀 yes it’s helpful but I just need to build some calluses