3 Awesome Finger Exercises For Guitarists | Tim Pierce | Learn To Play | Guitar Lesson

[@solocam1962]

Tim is so real! As great a musician as he is, he really shines here. THANKS Tim for your YT vids and the lessons that I have purchased! You absolutely have inspired and helped me.

[@CA10Z]

I love to watch the masters struggle and stumble. ........AND LAUGH

[@johncuster3833]

Watching Tim talk to his fingers "stay down, stay down" is comical. Not only is he a Great musician and teacher, but he's such a humble person.

[@reggiebellamy7112]

...now I don't feel so bad...(yes I do)!

[@jorgegvb]

Nice to see even the most experienced players struggling with a basic exercise. Shows we are all human and have much to learns no matter what level we are at. Enjoyed the lesson!

[@vazkenkouftaian3252]

🎉

[@tekannon7803]

Dear Mr Pierce, I would like to thank you for your solo guitar teaching for the J Hendrix video cast. What a kind and generous person you are to give so much of yourself to the world. Your clear steps and excellent teaching technique have shown me a new world: the lead guitar. Thanks to you I have been given the keys to enter electric lady land. Jimi turned us on to a style of guitar that lives on, and you have shown us the way to play like him. Your playing is fabulous as well.

[@drothberg3]

Tim proved that these exercises are not required for being a great guitarist!

[@srh361]

I was thinking the exact same thing! Some exercises are point less.

[@dannyhayden1170]

How could anyone give this a thumbs down????!!! Timmy is the greatest ever! This was fun and something to work on

[@claytronico]

I'm going to use this musically. You got my chuckles.

[@ROONTANG]

Awesome! I played through the exercises with you guys, and man, you can really feel that tension in your lower arm.

[@lynnhathaway1247]

Tim, you look like you're taking your first guitar lesson ever! Haha, this was fun to watch. Really levels the playing field!

[@mpogze8020]

These are great! Wow, they are tough!!! The third exercise reminds me of some fingering exercises on piano when I was young.

[@thegolfnut812]

Love what you did with the modes. Great learning tool and practice. Then at 7:11 this is genius. Thanks Tim

[@rogerwilliams4742]

These exercises are sure to improve mental and physical dexterity. Thanks guys!

[@phillipasby9202]

There is a beauty in humility and a willingness to show vulnerability - particularly when an amazingly gifted artist does so... I will be working on these tonight and expect a level of incompetence that would boggle the mind - but you don't get better playing the same licks you know!

[@patrickfoster4586]

Any exercise that makes Tim sound like a beginner has got to be tough!

[@javierf55]

You should see me now practicing these great exercises... Thank you for the video!!!

[@saknut]

LOL...That was fun to watch and some of it sounds amazingly similar to sounds that come out of my guitars.

[@chrisjelley6899]

always great useable stuff. love the clunkers and all Thanks Tim you always make me want to grab a 🎸

[@phillippehrson4908]

Love the Guild in the beginning.

[@marianoulibarri]

Excelent tim, you’re awesome!!!

[@bobboitt3126]

Now Tim knows how I feel every day...lol

[@lucasich]

hahahaha

[@brettweber6132]

Guys that was so funny!! LOL I'm so Psyched out even just watching you guys do these that I can't even walk over and pick up my guitar, fearing my mind will explode.

[@joelandrew84]

This is my fav video by far. 😂 I feel like I want to do these exercises as much as I want to have never seen them 😂 It made me so happy to hear y'all laugh so much.

[@johnnyfreedom4117]

That was awesome getnts. Truly, this may be the most important lesson for anyone, and certainly for me. I am thinking one thing that could HELP replace years of reps to a degree, is amazing practice. So, let's make practice great again....

[@gathda]

I'm on day #2 of trying the first exercise and it is already getting a bit easier. Still really tough, but I can kind of do it now. Amazing how brain plasticity and all that works!

[@macleanclassics]

Tim, you are actually human.... lol. Great to watch an all time great player try something unfamiliar... We normally just get to se the results of your playing, but this reminds us all of the hard work and practice required to get there.

[@georgeshepherd3381]

Thank you this is great. Recovering from stroke...

[@Jekylnhyde55]

Pebber Brown utilizes some of these type exercises (spider, etc) in his teaching methods. Even when you've been playing for 40-50 years it can drive you nuts because of existing muscle memory...

[@Aniki82]

Thank you for your energy and everything you give to us Tim, This is very precious !

[@colinerrington9187]

I can't stop laughing, Tim is hilarious...love it!!

[@gottastayfocused]

You guys are wonderful!!

[@georgeshepherd3381]

Recovering from stroke. This is great.

[@mikiegood]

Love that Guild Tim. It sounds killer

[@hoffy1003]

I'm in the master class. I'm looking for these exercises and, maybe pdf's showing them exactly how they're done. I'm having trouble following where the notes or patterns are. But, I can't find em' on the master class. Do they exist? PDF's or downloads would be helpful. But that's just me.

[@tunaficiency]

Feels very relevant to doing pieces like Granada were you have to play melody but also hold a chord down. I’ll be adding these to my practice cheers

[@jimsmith4611]

excellent enjoyed the humour

[@MeanMaoriMean555]

I love this video! Weirdly enough - It makes me take guitaring more seriously! 😆👍

[@johnnytruck2009]

Great video!

[@jordimartinez]

Thanks for the interesting ideas, guys...!

[@crisbochguitar]

My guitar teacher introduced the first exercise to me almost 30 years ago and named it "spaccadita", that literally means "fingersbreaker" 😃

[@duncanmathers76]

Would love to see the great one do a lesson on articulation. His playing is so fluid, amazing.

[@anthonydinardo5334]

LOL..!! I was literally cracking up! It's so funny seeing a guitarist who can obviously play like anything spot on, struggle with a finger exercise! Not that these exercises are easy . I'm gonna go grab the guitar & see how bad I butcher these exercises. Then I'll just play some Jeff Beck material. LOL!! I think that kinda sounded like sarcasm but it really wasn't. Love the videos brother, I always take away something from all of your experience. Even if it's some session stories, they're as entertaining or better than a new technique,etc....... Thanks for sharing.... ✌️

[@cello_melow]

Is that an artist package 594? What a beauty!

[@ChristosLouridas]

I really enjoy your vids Tim also that's an awesome studio you got. Keep these up. Hi from Greece. First try on my SG and on the D string I lift everything up trololol. Nice fail xD

[@AdamGotheridge]

You had me at .02 and the guild guitar. :)

[@rockandrollrabbit]

"Are you sure this is helping?" Hilarious 🤣

[@pentatonicschoolofmusic]

Awesome

[@metalmick]

If Tim can find this challenging, then there's hope for crappy me yet.

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

This is what Tim was probably like when he first learnt guitar as a baby or as a young kid.

[@LordFingers1]

metal micky - have you seen tim play? that dude cuts it so strict, he is obviously being nice to the kid pretending its hard for him. he could literally do those exercises on a two by four with bass strings, with his eyes closed, with tape around the joints of his fingers to impede movement, and tim would just laugh as he effortlessly plowed through those exercises. this guy, who has played on every big album ever, whether it be lead or rhythm, doesn't struggle with anything, for he is the six string slayer, the guru of guitar, the master of movement, and the greatest by far: he is tim!

[@metalmick]

That's it then. My LP shall become kindling and i shall take up the triangle!

[@josephsliger3308]

I used to do these in the early 80s. I'm sure I didn't invent it. But then again maybe I did. The idea is to create evenness, strength, technique conviction and playing clean.

[@danioliveira8611]

Sensacional!!!

[@L.Scott_Music]

I think this guy has made you feel young again. Not a bad feeling is it?

[@KyleEngen1]

As the hobbits humanize Elven history, so Tim Pierce helps us accept imperfection on the path forward. Loved this all the way through.

[@michaelvarney.]

Tim is revisiting how his first day of guitar playing felt!

[@hochha]

Check out Eric Johnson in the early eighties playing lead GTR for Carol King, some of this is clearly used on her "One to One" single. Eric was a monster back then too.

[@pwnEdge1]

That first one is tricky ,like some guys ,you said as I was typing hardy look like there moving there fingers lol. I think I heard you say fing G :-). I know there was a C in front of it . Love you vids

[@XR650L_GUY]

I love stoned guitar players.

[@kenlee5015]

At 56, my fingers are saying FU to re-training. Wish I had some instruction when I was young.

[@davidrobinson5928]

I second that emotion !!!!

[@BoyGeorgestrait]

Albuquerque baby!!!!

[@BoyGeorgestrait]

You inspired me to be better everyday Tim! If love to meet you if you come through Albuquerque. My hero!!!

[@jamesortiz5388]

Burque!

[@lindataylormusic]

Terrific exercises and very revealing (uh-oh)

[@ragingchimera8021]

Haha, playing is easier when you can just let the muscle memory fly! Humbling indeed.

[@robertfrederick4714]

Look at all those 🎸

[@bjm9650]

Killer!! TU

[@speediegonzales]

You should invite kiko loureiro...he is one of the first I saw teaching this spider thing...nice video!

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

2:15 lol I love that comment...

[@Songwirer]

Dropped my guitar laughing 😂

[@robgoodson2212]

I Saw Chet Atkins giving this kind of lesson quite a few years ago. Struggled then and now!

[@silentguitarist8250]

Prs🔥🔥

[@MWright95186]

lol!!! good to know that awesome pro players have a hard time on some stuff too!!!lol kinda sounds like Steele Dan on a REALLY bad day... lol? ;) M

[@flouisbailey]

If Tim has a problem I have no chance but we all should try.

[@OldBiker]

Main thing I learnt today was being a guitarist is a lot of fun.

[@jefferylord3068]

was the 2nd guitar tim played a prs?

[@e200al1]

Tim Pierce doesn't need any of those exercises for sure.

[@WickBeavers]

Drives me crazy just watching. Then I figure I've gone off the deep end when I consider what the hell I AM watching!

[@Aniki82]

Yeah one of the "trick" is unplugged in front of tv or whatever ahah But yes this is a nightmare for the girlfriend too xD

[@bobankr]

Yes! My sentiments exactly. Love seeing these talented pros struggle to master their fingers too.

[@ravecaster]

14:41 sounds little like Shine On You Crazy Diamond. I wonder if Gilmour did those same exercises. ;)

I thought the same.

[@MassViking]

There are many variations of this exercise in Scott Tennant’s book Pumping Nylon. Use all finger combinations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1+2, 2+3, 3+4, 1+3, 2+4, and 1+4.

[@jeffdubuque5622]

does it help a lot?

[@MassViking]

jeff dubuque Yes, it’s a great exercise for building finger independence and dexterity. It’s a very humbling exercise at first, even for experienced players. I recommend you practice it in the fifth position since it’s less fatiguing. You can see Scott Tennant demonstrate all the fingering variations in the following videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4mrqadvob2ipac and kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4SuipStZaybmqs.

[@MassViking]

Starts around 6:57 in the first video and continues in the second video.

[@jamesmurphy7466]

Yep. My fingers are stupid

[@ronvandelaak2333]

What guitar is this Tim ?

[@littlerhodyguitar2169]

Wow that was hilarious I suddenly don't feel like I have a chance to be a better player. Thanks

[@kdcyp]

Great fun! But the most surprising thing to me, I never knew James Cordon could play!

[@davidfriesen7748]

You guys are Hilarious ! You really make up Us wannabe's feel good !?! 🎸

[@teaheadQ]

4.45 reveals Tim’s commemorative Hitler portrait rug.

[@ianforsyth6513]

Hahaha lots of fun

[@jerrywestaway9316]

Must Be Nice To Have Guitars As Nice As Those .

[@strings1955]

Considering the chops Tim has, one can only assume that the flexibility exercises shown here will allow even Tim to be more effective in his chops, eh?

[@alainbrasseur7083]

exercise = boring? NO, make it FUN! that's the lesson here.

[@wenzwenzel2529]

Nice. My hand is angry and it's good.

[@abates226]

I love it. Ridiculous.

[@clgmafnas]

Lol...Tim has been so musical for so long that exercises like these challenge his masterfully musical mind. His fingers are probably like: What is this "mundaness" that you bring before us??? Come back with something worthy of GREATNESS! 😂😂😂 jk Tim...I just hate spider exercises with a passion! Totally love your guests and lessons tho! 🤘RAWK ON!!!

[@Guitaroverkill]

Tim should do these with Rick Neilsen. The twins lessons.

[@SouthernSierra56]

I shouldn't have burned my guitar after hearing Tim's Crossroads solo. Instead I should have waited til I heard this one and burned Tim's guitar.

[@jasonring5231]

Haha!

[@ADEker]

LoL overture ,my stomache hurts ! some way to get funky!

[@jerrymckenzie6205]

2:16 does this really help?? hahahaha

[@mk8530]

All I want to know is that opening lick. LOL.

[@jrwojick]

Spider scales kill me...my fingers will not behave hahah

[@georgegriffith7263]

Reminds me of Steely Dan

[@Whodidthis12345]

Sounds like robert fripp

[@six_rabbits]

All the same, it's like Bootsy Collins said: 'If I had your hands, I'd throw mine away.'

[@speediegonzales]

It would be nice either to see you playing power rangers theme again...😉!

[@jdb62]

That last exercise will give you those Allan Holdsworth hands.

[@robbiegarnz7732]

I could never see why these exercise were stressed so much. It was almost like you couldn’t learn anything else until you mastered them. I wonder how many people quit guitar because they never got these down.

[@marin4311]

Very funny ! ;)