First Classical Guitar Finger Exercise for Beginners - Limber up and get started!

[@ClassicalGuitarShed]

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[@kevinlander46]

Just starting out , and these videos are priceless, your finger tip exercises for beginners is just brilliant and I thank you for that.

[@Radagast-]

I've been playing most of my adult life, and had quite a lot of lessons initially. But I was the worst student in the world and did little practice, so it's great to have these drills to try to correct all my self taught bad habits!

[@paulw8583]

Thanks Al and CGS Team, great exercise.

[@timriley69]

really love these tutorials. I am self taught and wish I had started with these videos. Now I have to undo some bad playing habits...

[@glenmerwyn5195]

Wow. I really enjoyed that lesson.... corrected so many things I took for granted. I'm relearning, after 25 years not playing, but this time, I'm playing left handed (my natural hand, which is also my correct rhythm hand).... Great lesson. Thanks !

[@mikemahin]

Great video. Thank you.

[@ionageman]

Always pleasant to see your videos Allen .

[@tee-33]

Thank a lot, i will practice your exercises

[@jeremymarquart1065]

Hey Allen thank you!

[@wonderscall6486]

Very cool I will do these thanks 😊

[@mrose4566]

Thank you for your calm sensible demeanor. I this was a good simple warm up and practice to work on my fundamentals.

[@manicole007]

I love your way straight to the point awesome 👏 love love it 😍

[@lynchcreekmuzzy5759]

So glad to find this....i want to learn Classical Guitar and wanted to learn the very basics first with exercises. I have been practicing with some "spider crawl" exercises that i picked up off an electric guitar tutorial.....but this is great! 😃

[@mauriciogoncalves3608]

Amazing teacher. Thanks

[@elenamiteva992]

Gonna try this tomorrow. Thank you 😊

[@raymondpalmer6398]

That is really great thank you

[@purpleglobethistle4448]

Thank you! This was extremely helpful! I appreciate it!

[@davidhill8163]

Great video I’m going to implement these exercises straight away.

[@alfaroman7948]

Thnx u soooo sooo much for this exercise bcoz this is different and hard and its good for me to improve my skill

[@ccgc4255]

Great video!

[@laysbritto]

Hello Professor Allen! Thank you for this excellent class! I've already practiced these exercises a little before and I actually find the fingers 2, 3 and 3, 4 more difficult to gain coordination... But it's really worth practicing! I'm going to try your suggestion of the zigzag movement!

[@UURevival]

Not sure how to do the exercise without being able to see the fret board. That seems like the first step. Can’t even see if my fingers are in position.

[@udayanmustafi3963]

Thanks for this tutorial.. 🎸

[@guidofeliz8384]

Allen, I play solo guitar at the intermediate level. I have been searching for someone to simplify advanced arrangements of hymns to intermediate level in terms of notation. How much would you charge for this work? I am thinking about 12 favorite advanced pieces arranged by professional guitarists. I look forward to your reply. Thank you.

[@ClassicalGuitarShed]

Hi, Thanks for asking. It's very possible. Could you email us at [e-mail] and we can have the conversation there? Thanks again, All the Best, Allen

[@R.and.R.]

Thank you Allen!

[@stevensmith4752]

Yes it's a great exercise. It's basically an exercise called the spider. If you google spider and guitar all sorts of similar exercises pop up.

[@jacquesd5781]

2:20 Shark! lol

[@williemacon30]

Is there anyway where you can explain a little deeper the left hand I’m still confused on the left hand when you say 1234 what do you mean innocence of the finger test

[@anonymousadi2998]

Thank you sir 😊

[@jessicapsalmist8205]

Thank you so much . That's what I was looking for. Any advice of a simple song to apply this ? Or songs to practice plz? Thank you

[@kaadhalveri7527]

Wow! Tq very much Sir for the valuable lesson !

[@payalpayal3942]

Sir which model is this ?? Are these nylon strings?? Plzz reply 😮😮

[@WesleyGopee]

They prolly r

[@haniakhan7737]

can you hold it however you want? like i feel more comfortable with pressing the strings (lol im such a noob) with my right hand bc my left is much weaker and its hard to control or do i have to do that with my left hand?

[@pnnkkkuja]

You can and you can get yourself a left-handed guitar or, altho it isn't recommended*, change your strings so that E is on the bottom and e is on the top. Then when you flip the guitar so that you press the strings with your right hand, you will have the normal order of the strings. I'm both-handed* and I used my left hand to press the strings for the last ~10 years of my sporadic guitar sessions. My pinky finger of my left hand has been damaged when I was a child so it's hard to use it to press the strings. Since recently I've been playing a lil bit more often, I wanted to play more correctly - and I needed a working pinky finger, so I decided to switch to my right hand. Feels funny. *It isn't recommended because a right-handed guitar might not work properly with a different string order. Dunno what that means exactly, this is what I did, or more like I asked the shop which sold me the guitar to do that. They also told me you cannot reuse the old strings like this cause they will keep to distune. **My left hand is more precise but weaker so I use it to write, but my right is more self-assured lol so I use it to cut, for example; however, it's a complete lottery which hand or leg I'll use to do more random stuff - kicking, covering my face when I sneeze or yawn. It happened to me to start randomly writing with my right hand and not realise. At this point, I've got no clue which hand would be "natural" for me to pres the strings, especially after using my left hand for years.

[@MyYTvideos-z9f]

Ok so im a bit late to this video... Im only just learning classical guitar after being self taught electric for 20+ years... My fingers dont go straight across the fret. As in paralell to the fret. And also, i cannot play this without blocking the next string down/dampening it, e.g. playing bottom e 2nd fret, but dampening the a string. How do i fix this? Aomeone please help!!

[@serpentlili]

how did i get through the whole video reading the invideo writing as classical guitar shred and wait to learn how to shred for some reason critical thinking isnt unlocked yet for me but i really want to learn how to play classical guitar after learning violin for a few years :D

[@heikkilatti1810]

👍

[@limitededition3295]

Iv been playing a classical for 9 yrs and every time i have to play single strings and fast i use only my index finger to play like my pick am i the only one?

[@ozh3349]

Awesome tutorials many thanks ❤. When I press with 3 and 4 fingers, my index and second finger flies away:/ how can I prevent this?

[@christopherstanford5599]

🎶🤗🤗🎸

[@vz5135]

Oops

[@yourrnamee1280]

I cannot focus on this if you've not addressed fair comments/feedback on your previous upload. How is one to take instruction from you if there are so many false claims on your previous? Probably would not be frustrated IF I could find a place that helped me learn and DID NOT USE CLICKBAIT TITLES THAT DO NOT HELP AT ALL...ARE YOU OUT OF TOUCH? STOP POSTING "BEGINNER VIDEOS"

[@yourrnamee1280]

btw, you are not even using the tips of your "i" or "m" finger. You are on the pad, or even the sides, next to nails. So much so, your finger joint flattens at the stress of it. So how shall we "play"?

[@gshankaran]

@yourr namee - Are you for real? Let me break this down for you: First up, this is a free resource that Allen has created at his own expense (time, money, energy), based on knowledge and experience gained with much effort, and likely much expense. Second, no one is forcing you to watch this video. You are doing this of your own free will, so stop complaining. Third, if you are already knowledgeable about this content, then why are you even watching this? Fourth, has it ever occurred to you that once someone has gained significant experience and expertise, they can produce precise movements and results with minimal effort, that to the untrained eye might look "improper"? Fifth, try looking up Barre chords or string muting. Perhaps that will help you understand that there is more to fretting strings than just using the tip of your fingers. If you feel this video isn't helping you, then please move right along and take your bitterness with you.

[@marleengarza2023]

Thank you!