The ONLY Stretching Exercise You Need

This is a really loved classical guitar stretching exercise to improve dexterity and flexibility for the fretting hand, and I have seen it a few times on RUclips and I decided to explain it a little bit further. I already covered it in some other videos I made but this time I felt like I should dedicate an entire video to it, making sure you all get everything you need.
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[@charmainenissanka7171]

Thank you for the valuable lesson. God Bless and Best Wishes always.

[@Wayneebrum]

impossible for me, ring finger and little finger dont want to be single

[@beatrixguitar]

I feel you, take it slowly, I'm sure you can do it step by step! :)

[@AlessandroUlcigrai]

Look easy...but is really tough for my hands....thank for this video

[@leventeszabo1451]

Its maybe a silly question but is there an excercise for this excercise. I can barely can do this with my index finger but absolutely no way with the next finger. If i put down my fingers like you do i can only move my second finger upwards or downwards but sideways i cannot move more than milimeters. Thanks anyway for the great videos.

[@2945antonio]

Thank you for your lesson, delivered in most pleasant and friendly way. If I may, that sculpture in clay behind you of a sitting man moulding something, is that from Goa, India? I am from Goa and had one like that. Many Thanks, again.

[@ygl8686]

my guitar string broke in 5 weeks and idk if thats normal

[@warrencm]

The part about how the fretting hand can exert less pressure as the string vibration grows narrower is good for people like me who have hands that resist relaxing.

[@jacksonvalad8012]

I know this exercise

[@WCGP]

This will be a challenge for my old hands, but I'm going to give it a try. Cheers, Will.

[@beatrixguitar]

Best of luck Will, take it slowly and try not to do the entire thing at once, maybe just until the 7th or 5th fret

[@justinray8107]

Marcin is your dad 😂

[@sbrowde]

Thank you. Always appreciate and learn from the youtube videos.

[@beatrixguitar]

thank you! glad you like it!

[@tomfox1372]

Coool 😎

[@fuffy442]

Great lesson! I was a professional clarinetist and have been studying guitar for 2.5 years. The difference between warming up for a wind instrument and a string instrument is huge. I never realized how different the ergonomics of the two would be.

[@beatrixguitar]

That's very interesting! I would have thought there has to be some similarities, at least for the fingers. Good luck with guitar! :)

[@victoza9232]

@fuffy442 Did you learn that by trying to blow into your guitar's headstock? 😄

[@fhulkster]

i find this a tough stretch between the ring and little finger specially at the 1st to 5th position , but i keep at it 😊

[@beatrixguitar]

take it easy, you got this!

[@amyl.9477]

Thank you, I’ve never seen this one. This is extremely difficult, I can’t even do the first chord..

[@jochenbecht6191]

Thanks mam. Now i can try to play guitar. Take care and god bless.

[@burtmantooth8913]

I enjoy this exercise. It reminds me of Chopin.

[@Anothy]

Great video. I'm learning Classical Guitar so this helpful.

[@beatrixguitar]

thank you! glad you like it!

[@ManuelDiaz-zy2cb]

I already try but my hand is to small

[@aaronhuffman3343]

Where have you been all my life?

[@duytiennguyen904]

So great lesson, thank you

[@najtunich4605]

🥰

[@TimothyHuffGuitar]

Omg this is so hard

[@vagamorneval8451]

Thanks.

[@mx7079]

Thank you. Great advice.

[@beatrixguitar]

thank you! glad you like it!

[@johnchunga7633]

Thank you. Can’t wait to see you play.

[@beatrixguitar]

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[@accountemail9712]

Diminished triads on each string.

[@cliffhendrickson4749]

Reminds me of a stretch that helped me make significant progress (over time like you said).
It was a John Petrucci stretch that was in his "Rock Discipline" instructional video (same kind of 4-finger slant, but he was walking it up & down the fretboard). You might even try flipping the slant over like he did, it helped me alot.

[@komatikvengeance8811]

I saw this on one of your previous videos. I noticed I can easly do it on higher frets up the neck but not on the lower ones am really having a hard time starting on the 12th fret. Whatam I doing wrong

[@delangelarte3324]

The distance between frets gets larger as you go down towards the first fret and so it becomes more difficult to stretch your fingers. It's actually normal.

[@komatikvengeance8811]

@@delangelarte3324 I think you misunderstood i mean in the reverse order starting on 1ste fret easy, starting on 12 is hard

[@beatrixguitar]

maybe try starting at fret 10@@komatikvengeance8811 ? maybe that will work better. it's not a rule to start at 12, hope this helps!