{"id":2048,"date":"2018-08-04T12:30:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2018-08-09T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:16:24","slug":"micro-study-26-left-hand-basics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/micro-study-26-left-hand-basics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro Study 26 &#8211; Left Hand Basics 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Micro study 26 &#8211; left hand basics 2 is part of the &#8211; <strong>#6stringinspiration<\/strong> &#8211; series of short and sweet studies that target very specific ideas. These are for those who have very little time and want huge gains from tight focused practice ideas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Classical Guitar Rocks: Micro Study 26 Left hand mechanics 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wxN-e2OJlV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Micro Study 26 &#8211; Left Hand Basics 2<\/h2>\n<p>This is a left hand only exercise, which has three levels of difficulty.<\/p>\n<p>The fingers are exercised in a specific series of combinations, beginning from the strongest finger combo to the weakest. Don&#8217;t linger on the combinations you can do (they are just being warmed up), work on the ones that are tough.<\/p>\n<h3>Finger Combinations:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1 2, 1 3, 1 4, 1 3, 2 4, 2 3, 3 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Strong &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-&gt;weak<\/p>\n<p>There is an extra exercise on the end of the video which shows the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scott-tennant.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Tennant<\/a> method: planting the other fingers down and then using the combo. Both are viable options.<\/p>\n<h3>KEY Strategy<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Finger Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gaining finger independence is a slow process, but it is crucial to playing guitar-any style. Work on moving each finger at time down the fretboard slowly and mindfully. There are a couple of things to keep in mind when you do this, but foremost is make sure you are always, always in the sweet spot of the frets &#8211; inside right. That way you also train good tone, without playing a note.<\/p>\n<p>In order for fingers 3 &amp; 4 to move in this manner, there needs to be elbow rotational help. Watch the video to see how my elbow moves the wrist in order to facilitate this awkward finger movement.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Info<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: This study uses the left hand only so that maximum concentration can be given to this exercise, which not only improves finger control but also has a bearing on tone production. Practice mindfully.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Secret<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Push against the wall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are 3 levels to this exercise, the string spacing basically increases, so take your time on the level that requires it. If you can&#8217;t reach all 6 strings, then work up to your level. That then becomes your wall, and you need to beginning pushing against it, and through it everyday: go onto the new level, do until you can&#8217;t, then drop back into the comfort zone-repeat! Eventually you will break through on to the new level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And Remember: only move the fingers you need to.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you fingers are moving one combination at a time only. Keep the other fingers hovering above the string as you move. This is very clear on the video above.<\/p>\n<h2>Want More?<\/h2>\n<p>Click the link below if you want to go back to the beginning of the series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yKdl-rh\">Beginning of #6stringinspiration series link<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Want the Dots?<\/h2>\n<p>No music for this example, use the video above to walk through the 4 exercises.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micro study 26 &#8211; left hand basics 2 is part of the &#8211; #6stringinspiration &#8211; series of short and sweet studies that target very specific ideas. These are for those<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/micro-study-26-left-hand-basics-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Micro Study 26 &#8211; Left Hand Basics 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[203,150,277],"class_list":["post-2048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-micro-studies","tag-6stringinspiration","tag-basics","tag-micro-study"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Classical-Guitar-Lessons.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2048"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2057,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions\/2057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}