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Anyone out there have any scale, finger or other likewise exercises they'd like to post for us here beginners?????????????

Thanks!

I'm going to 'cheat' and just tell you to check out Joe Wright's 'Technique Bundle'. It's just what the doctor ordered. He's listed on the Forum links page.
Steve

Alright, it's later now and I'm back. Try this out for size. The first 3 items are 'Finger-Thumb Crossover' exercises, both up the neck and across it. The fourth item is a 3 finger roll back and forth across the neck. I hope this works out.

1) This is the basic pattern used throughout.
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2|---------------------------------------
3|---3-----------3-------3-----------3---
4|-----------3-------------------3-------
5|-------3-------------------3-----------
6|---------------------------------------
7|---------------------------------------
8|---------------------------------------
9|---------------------------------------
---2---T---2---T-------2---T---2---T---
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2) Basic pattern applied up the neck to a I-IV-V progression in G.
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G C D G
2|-------------------------------------------------
3|--3-----3---3B------3B---5B------5B---6-------6--
4|------3-----------3------------5-----------6F----
5|----3----------3A-----------5A----------6A-------
6|-------------------------------------------------


C D G C
2|----------------------------------------------------------
3|--8-----8---10-------10---10B--------10B---11---------11--
4|------8-----------10--------------10--------------11F-----
5|----8----------10-------------10A-------------11A---------
6|----------------------------------------------------------


D G
2|-------------------------------
3|--13---------13---15-------15--
4|---------13F------------15-----
5|-----13A-------------15--------
6|-------------------------------
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3) Basic pattern across the neck.
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--2-T-2-T----2-T-2-T----2-T-2-T----2-T-2-T---
1|---------------------------------------------
3|--3-----3------------------------------------
4|------3------3-----3-------------------------
5|----3------------3------3-----3--------------
6|---------------3------------3------3-----3---
7|---------------------------------------------
8|--------------------------3------------3-----
9|---------------------------------------------
0|-------------------------------------3-------
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4) 3 fingers
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1|-------------------------3---3-------------------------------
2|----------------------3-2---2----3---------------------------
3|-------------------3-2-1---1----2----3-----------------------
4|----------------3-2-1----------1----2----3-------------------
5|-------------3-2-1-----------------1----2----3---------------
6|----------3-2-1------------------------1----2----3-----------
7|-------3-2-1-------------------------------1----2----3-------
8|----3-2-1--------------------------------------1----2----3---
9|---2-1---------------------------------------------1----2----
0|--1----------------------------------------------------1-----
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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Steve Feldman on 18 May 2000 at 07:16 PM. Any and all mistakes are the responsibility of my Evil Twin.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[Evil Twin struck here...]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Steve Feldman on 18 May 2000 at 07:30 PM.]</p></FONT>

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6________5-5B____5B-5__________5-5B___5B-5______
7_____5_______________5_____5_______________5___
8__5_____________________5_____________________5
T 1 2 2 T 1 T 1 2 2 T 1 2
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Here's a lick I use to warm up with sometimes. My instructor that showed it to me used a different fingering, I don't remember what it was. This is the fingering I found to work best for me. You may want to try several variations. Just repeat over and over until you hand aches. I guess you could call it a crossover lick? Comments anyone?

David
<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by David Mullis on 19 May 2000 at 08:44 AM.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by David Mullis on 19 May 2000 at 08:47 AM.]</p></FONT><FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by David Mullis on 19 May 2000 at 08:49 AM.]</p></FONT>

Hey guys these are great. Thank you very much.

Missy-
Bobby Lee posted a link to a real good Pedal
Press article about cross-picking in a thread
on 11 May, 2000. The title of the the thread
is "B.E technique on thumb and middle finger"
If you don't find it, here's the address:

http://www.b0b.com/sgwest/pp7806p4.htm

Have fun,
Curry

Y'all are wonderful, you know that???? Thanks so much.....

Lots of good stuff here. Thanks for asking, Missy.

Also, if someone tries to tell you that running your fingers on a tread mill is good finger exercise, don't believe them. Ran mine 2 miles a day and it didn't help one bit.

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Carter D10 8p/10k
Richard Sinkler BS, www.sinkler.com

David,
I play that lick using thumb and middle finger with a crossover going up and down

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