Finger Gymnastics

             It is very important to do a little warm up for your shoulder & fingers before you start practicing.

             Theory is not important at the initial stage of practice but later you'll feel it is very useful in playing/composing music.

             So lets begin today with our 1st lesson/exercise.


* 7 letters in music (A-B-C-D-E-F-G) which keeps repeating.

NAME OF THE STRINGS

Strings  :  6         5          4           3         2          1
Names  :  E        A          D          G        B          E

FINGER GYMNASTICS - I

Ascending

E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1---2---3---4-----------|

B |----------------------------------------------------------------------1---2---3---4-----------------------------|

G |----------------------------------------------------1---2---3---4-----------------------------------------------|

D |----------------------------------1---2---3---4-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A |------------------1--2---3---4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E  |--1--2---3--4---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Descending 

E |--4---3---2---1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B |--------------------4--3---2---1-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G |------------------------------------4---3---2---1--------------------------------------------------------------|

D |------------------------------------------------------4---3---2---1--------------------------------------------|

A |------------------------------------------------------------------------4---3---2---1--------------------------|

E  |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4---3---2---1--------|

FINGER GYMNASTICS - II

Ascending

E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1---3---2---4-----------|

B |----------------------------------------------------------------------1---3---2---4-----------------------------|

G |----------------------------------------------------1---3---2---4-----------------------------------------------|

D |----------------------------------1---3---2---4-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A |------------------1--3---2---4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E  |--1---3---2--4--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Descending 

E |--4---2---3---1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B |--------------------4--2---3---1-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G |------------------------------------4---2---3---1--------------------------------------------------------------|

D |------------------------------------------------------4---2---3---1--------------------------------------------|

A |------------------------------------------------------------------------4---2---3---1--------------------------|

E  |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4---2---3---1--------|