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This exercise is so useful, I started doing it almost 2 years ago, and now my pinky can reach to the store and bring back some snacks while the rest of my fingers keep playing.

Thank you. Just starting to try and learn at 60 and appreciate all the help I can find. Cheers...

@gergemall

2 ай бұрын

Th u amigo

@jeffalton9380

Ай бұрын

I am starting at 64.

Gosh, you can play the whole fretboard with your hand in the first position. Respect.

56 years old with Arthritis. Doc says “play that guitar “. So I’m doing it. Starting all over learning the basics. I have such a beautiful Blueridge BG-2500 Jumbo so I just hate seeing it sit there in the case. Here I go!

@asqmate

14 күн бұрын

Any update?

@benallmark9671

11 күн бұрын

Ya sticking with it ?

It worked! Went from 5-8 to 5-12 in 4 days! Thanks a lot.

@Lawrance_of_Albania

3 ай бұрын

4 days!? That's all it takes!? WOW P.S. When i was a teenager i have no idea why my teacher didn't make me practice this, i was learning to play guitar for a year and i quited.

@BigDaddySeandingo

17 күн бұрын

5 to 12 is crazy, I've never done the exercise but i can only do 5 to 11

I do this for a minute at least 5 times a day...just another benefit of being a GMM member...learned this from Eddie a long time ago...great exercise and it works!

struggling with a 6 fret stretch on Mister Sandman. Literally practiced this for a minute and INSTANT progress! Probs first time a guitar drill worked that fast!!

@Andrew_guitarsandgames

28 күн бұрын

Mister sandman 😂

@benallmark9671

11 күн бұрын

Probs ?

I totally agree with your suggestion about sitting position. I believe every learning guitar player should be taught to hold their guitar (electric or acoustic) in "classical" position while sitting. Not just for finger stretching but also for health reasons; that position puts less strain on your muscles and nerves in your wrist and forearm. They will appreciate that lesson many years later ;)

@mmbrown82

3 күн бұрын

I went to a guitar store and mentioned that I wanted to play my electric this way. The employee heckled me asking me why the heck I would want to do that… safe to say I bought my guitar elsewhere.

It does physically matter if you have a shorter than normal pinky like I do. Mine is approx 10mm shorter than most, including yours. This is about a fret less than you can reach but I'll persist and let you know. Apparantly size does matter 🙂

@virid6819

Жыл бұрын

So how'd it go? Did you stick with the practice? And did it help if so?

@steve_one

Жыл бұрын

@@virid6819 The benefits of having the guitar sit higher on your body is important as your wrist is straighter with your hand to assist the stretches I think. Regardless of pinky size, the straighter wrist will benefit everyone. Thanks for asking 🙂

@dorito_chip_my_beloved

5 ай бұрын

what is the average pinky length? Mine is 5.8cm long and I'm having an insanely difficult time playing my brother's kid-size guitar. I can't seem stretch further than 3 frets (7th to 10th)

@Dobie_ByTor

5 ай бұрын

Have you ever seen Segovia’s fingers ? They are sausages. Watching him and grinding out practical exercises like this gives me hope.

I was delighted to notice progress during ten minutes of practice. My fretting hand pinky progressed from the middle of the eighth space to the eighth fret itself. Thanks.

Thank you so much for this helpful video. I was so sad and frustrated with my little stubby fingers. You have given me hope! :)

Oh wow, this helped a ton! Thank you!!

Really good stuff here. This is part of my practice routine now. Thank you!

Wow Eddie Great Lesson, at the beginning of your video my pinky stretched from 7th to 8th fret & by the time your 6 min video had finished I did what you explained & I can now stretch my pinky from the 7th to 12th fret.

I cant even get beyond 3 frets LOL, i got small hands (short fingers), carpal tunnel, i have hypermobility in my fingers, ANDDDD I'm a beginner too, the worst combo to have but, this helped me out a lot! My pinky kinda hurts but I got past the fourth fret and super close to the fifth fret before my finger hurt too much to continue. Thank you so much for making this video!

I love your videos man! Keep em coming!

Can’t wait to try this!!

Great tips! Thanks! Love that beautiful Martin guitar too 😊

Absolutely lesson and thank you for sharing your tips ❤

I can't wait to try this, thanks for this video 😁

Very helpful Eddie, thanks

That was realy helpful! Thanks! 🎸

wow, it really works, i've streched my fingers for a minute, couldn't believe!

Very useful stretch/warm up exercise.I have been doing something else for years.This is better!Thanks.

awesome! thanks!

This is awesome, thank you so much ❤

Very interesting! Will be definitely giving this a go. Thanking you Robbbert from Melbourne Australia .😊.

First try it worked and also it is going to help straighten my hand to create the space between my hand and fretboard. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks Eddie!

Very well done and so simple! Why didn’t I think of that?

You just made my day. Thank you!

@GuitarMasteryMethod

6 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thanks. This was very helpful and I'll probably keep doing this, switching between frets is soo annoying for me right now so I'll keep going.

My gosh! It worked 😂 i could’t reach from 1st to 5th thread no matter what but now i can 🥹

@BerryBlue08

11 ай бұрын

@@ArchiveOddities yes

@helithathsara439

6 ай бұрын

Really ❤❤

@cristianaguilar5088

4 ай бұрын

How long did it take?

@f39emperor69

3 ай бұрын

​@@cristianaguilar50883 years

@rollinOnCode

Ай бұрын

threads?

Thanks man.

Cool tip Eddie! This definitely help me get a grip on the neck! Seriously though, this is going make a difference for me. Thanks for all the quick tips and game changing exercises

Good exercise... thanks

Thanks Eddie appreciate all your videos and GMM. I've had amazing progress since I've signed up . One question how do you get rid of hand cramping

Good stuff.

Thankyou Eddie , appreciate this so much,

@GuitarMasteryMethod

11 ай бұрын

No worries!

Guys just givin these helpful handys all over the internet

Thank you stranger

THANK YOUUUU

ive been playing the guitar for a few years, thought i was getting pretty good until i tried playing some 12 bar blues and i couldn't stretch my fingers to reach the finger on add on notes... so this helped thanks

Thanks for this method in 3 days I went from only being able to do 5 to 9 barely to 5 to 12

This helped!!!! I’m trying to play Si Supieras by Estabon Armando y Dannylux and the chords stretch to at least five frets

i've been training an Ichika Nito's song (Orb), and that beatiful man just makes a chord stretching from 8th fret with the low E to the 15th fret high E. I was almost sure that the man has a hand of Golias, but after a few hours of this exercise i could (hardly) get my pinky from the 14th to the 15th fret. Still a lot to go throught to make it sound clean tho. Thanks for the help! This exercise is really helping a bunch

Im already a pianist with quite large hands, and i could barely do 4 frets with classical guitar. Now, im comfortablely doing 6 frets and doing 7 if i really stretch out those fingers to the absolute max. Has been working for a few days now.

Your a legend bro, thank you for the video. Been struggling with this, your a Rockstar 🍻

I have tiny baby hands. Hoping this'll help me reach more frets. Thanks for the tip, anything that's a gradual process seems believable to me, there are no shortcuts any guitar guru can give me so I trust someone who tells me it's all in the practice I do.

@adrewbateman1760

Жыл бұрын

So did this help u ? I have baby hands too

Nice1..Guitar & thank u

This is a great tip. My thumbs keeps slipping from the neck the farther I go though and I don't know if it's bad or good. Should I keep pushing it or stay in a comfort level.

Thanks. I had hand surgery about 20 years ago and my stretch is limited. Cannot reach 4 frets. But you video is an encouragement. I play classical.

@rainydays070

3 ай бұрын

You got this dude

I see these little kids shredding the classical guitar and making crazy shapes and stretches so I have no room to complain 😂

i can't even stretch the first example you showed, i can in front of me very wide, but on the guitar with my hand shaped under the neck i simply cannot move the fingers to the next frets., and this past spring breaking my wrist and it affecting my thumb, it's even a bit more challenging, hope this video helps. and actually on the lower strings 6,5,4 i'm ok, it's when i get higher on the neck, the 1,2, and 3rd

This will help to play Once Bitten Twice Shy!

thanks coach stay dope

Very helpful. Thanks. Sometimes just an extra eighth or sixteenth is all one needs to achieve an inaccessible chord.

@GuitarMasteryMethod

Жыл бұрын

Very true!

Grande Andrea Mazzei

Thanks Eddie, I'll definitely start utilizing that exercise today. Unfortunately my hands & fingers are arthritic. Won't know until I try. Peace out brother

@peterbruno657

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have some arthritis going on too. My son and I started playing at the same time and he is light years ahead of me.

Whaaaat... from 5th to 12...waaooooo

@eliezerpala5796

2 жыл бұрын

I was feeling smug abt myself that I could stretch 5 frets 5th to 10th then he showed me what it means to surpass the limits...

This was so helpful! Brand new and having a hard time fretting 5th string 8th fret in pentatonic scale. I was able to reach it immediately. Just need to make it strong enough to get a sound out of it now😅

@GuitarMasteryMethod

10 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

I cant even reach 4. I stuggle playing a c chord and i can barely do anything with my pinky. Im going to try this technique.

i didnt know i could get from 5th to 11th fret i thought i can only to 5th to 9th fret thanks man

great video, i have the oposite problem, how do you fit a giant mitt in 2 frets? haha

@choppys223

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eddie! Don’t forget about finger warm up and stretching as taught in your amazing course. You guys rock🏁

Do I do this with the other fingers to? Or just the pinkie

Can you apply practice this to the other fingers ?

I have large enough hands to palm a basketball, but also have other factors against me. As I approach 60, instead of just doing chords like I've done all my live, I've decided to start working on mastering runs up and down the fretboard. Unfortunately, I've had injuries to all my fingers on my left hand with multiple surgeries. This has limited my ability to stretch out across frets, neutralizing the advantage of larger hands. Still, I think doing these stretches will help. It's probably going to take me 10 times longer because of age and injuries, but I'm determined to do lightning fast runs like 1 3 5 across all my strings. Thanks for the exerrcise ideas!

@tracymatherson8174

9 ай бұрын

Be grateful you have large hands to begin with. I have small child hands and short fingers. I’m over 65 and I’ve had a broken finger and arthritis in my hands … …man, trying to get back into guitar after a 40 year hiatus is hard! My fingers are so stiff that it’s discouraging. But I do remember practice makes perfect. Oh how I wish I had those nimble 20 year old fingers again. I was studying Blues scales before I had to stop because of a cross-country move all those years ago. It’s like you have to develop a whole new mindset with the limitation’s. I remind myself of the guitar players with missing fingers. Where there’s a will, there’s a way! 40 years later, it’s like starting over from scratch, only harder.

By having my thumb on the upper back I only have two segments of my fingers left. I can reach frets out but yeah I have baby hands. The necks width is the full length of my hands

Should I be only doing this with my pinky or other fingers as well?

Going to start today. Trying to learn Run Run Rudolph by Chuck Berry. Having trouble reaching two frets f5 f6 chords.

@GuitarMasteryMethod

Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Came looking for this so i can do a 5 fret stretch for the power rangers theme tapping part

Can I do this with my finger next to my pinky? I have issues with stretching this one too

I do this on my steering wheel to and from work 🎸🤟🍻

So im missing about 3/4 inch on my freting thumb, cut it off years ago. It doesn't seem like a hindrance, but it cranks my wrist. I know its an uncommon probably but any advice? Please

Ok, so how do I get my pinky to the E string on Am/G without mutin my A string? I hate not being able to form all the needed positions to learn a whole song. That's the one I cannot play on dust in the wind.

I can get a fairly good stretch of my fingers unfortunately my pinky is 1 inch shorter than my ring finger and that makes it rough for some stuff. Thanks for the tip

@toddsutton5672

Жыл бұрын

exactly and i have short finger to begin with. this guy has giant hands clueless. i cant reach the low E with my thumb.

Can it ruin fingers? I hear my joints cracking and stiff 😮😮

Great! Thx! And… your fingers looks like a spider when you are showing it 👍😄

How tight should guitar strings be?

how long do i do this to finally get finished results? or does it depend on the person or something??

@GuitarMasteryMethod

Жыл бұрын

It definitely depends on the individual. But just stick with it and you'll definitely get the results :)

3rd week and till string 6

i can reach from second fret to sixth yay

I've got the opposite problem :(. I've got wicked stretch abilities but an 5 string A major shape barre chord is my nemesis. I usually leave off the "cheesecutter" e string and catch the rest with one finger past the barre 😂

I cant even get into the starting position, seems like im just not meant for the guitar... 🙁

Doing this as a beginner on 11 gauge strings with high action :)

Does your thumb need to stay absolutely still or can I walk it across the neck too?

@tracymatherson8174

9 ай бұрын

Your thumb moves along with your fingers. Try to keep the tension on it as light as possible so you won’t injure it .

@shockafter7

9 ай бұрын

@@tracymatherson8174 thanks!

Luckily of you to at the beginning to be able to reach at maximum 4 frets, i can't even reach 3 properly that my hand is already dying

@GuitarMasteryMethod

Жыл бұрын

This just takes time and patience, you'll get there. :)

My pinky finger is bended and im struggling on pressing chords im already considering on giving up on playing guitar

I can't bend my ring finger when playing G, any advice. I havent the biggest hands (no jokes please) It's really annoying as i havent a problem with the other basic chords. PS subscribed 👍👍 Regards - Andy

@GuitarMasteryMethod

Жыл бұрын

reach out to support@guitarmasterymethod.com and we can help with that. :)

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My biggest problem atm is this little voice in my head always telling me all fingers must be paralel. As we see in your video is your index finger not paralel and that's the fact I can't come across atm. :(

My struggle is my middle and ring fingers can't really reach separate frets..

Helps with frapping too.

@Aloysius1966

2 жыл бұрын

So after a week of practicing this exercise I'm able to reach all the frets when I'm frapping. Thanks Guitar Mastery Method!

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How did he see me struggling with the fretboard LOL.

Sadly the problem for me is I can't move my pinky finger independently from my ring finger😢

Is it normal that your dominant hand, in this case my picking hand, is usually more stretchy than my non-dominant hand?

@GuitarMasteryMethod

11 ай бұрын

Yes, that is normal, but its just consistent practice and repetition that can get both hands on the same level. :) Reach out to support@guitarmasterymethod.com if you need help with anything else.

@navylaks2

11 ай бұрын

@@GuitarMasteryMethod Thanks man much appreciated 😉😉👍👍🎸🎸

Im new i just started today i started in yousician but didnt want to pay so i started playing white stripe tabs( 7nation army) 😅 baby steps right 😂 😂

@GuitarMasteryMethod

Жыл бұрын

Perfect tab to start with! Yes, baby steps :)