Défauts pour jouer

As I have mentioned elsewhere on this site I think it is important to develop your technique further than where you want to play. If you want to be an athlete then you MUST go to the gym and work out, but even if you don't want to be an athlete it is very beneficial to go to the gym and work out, keep fit... and so we should also for our hands. Perhaps I should try and make it to the gym more often... Please read the notes on the technique section of this site for more information on general technique development. The three exercises I would recommend for most players would be:

• 5 minutes - Finger Gym
• 5 minutes - Spider Exercise
• 5 minutes - Scale Picking

This will give you left hand strength and independance (Finger Gym), a serious alternate picking workout (The Spider) and some coordination work, combined with speed picking (Scale Picking).

If you are learning more techniques you might consider doing an A/B routine where you do the above exercises on day 1 (A) and 3 new ones on day 2 (B) and alternate them.

Other possible suggestions for a Technique B routine would be:

String Bending - Legato Technique - Minimun Movement - Finger Tapping - Fingerstyle - Pinch Harmonics - Tapped Harmonics - Rolling - Sweep Picking - Harp Picking - MORE...

There is probably loads I have forgotten, but that's a start. I don't recommend ever losing the initial 3 exercises though - keep them there, but just do them every 2nd day. They are your basics and will really give you a lot of benefit if you follow them properly and do them regularly.