Damn lol , nobody said learning guitar was easy because it's not. My pinky is trying soooooo hard to work with the rest of my fingers. We got this guys stay committed and practice
It's always been something I wanted to learn since I was 12, but I put it off for so long I'm only starting now at age 42😅 but I'm loving it just wana get to the point of playing well.
I find myself laughing for trying so hard to control my own pinky 😂 Edit: Damn... you guys still can't control your pinkies eh? Well, I'll have you all know that I can control my pinky now! (More or less)
LOOOL .. in the beginning that finger will be opposing in every direction from the brain .It will refuse and be jerky and always wanting to ride high . In time .. The pinky in my experience is the most controllable after time . and definitely necessary for explosive leads and scale/mode runs
@@bishalmagar7079 no man just practice this maybe after 2 weaks - 1 month u will find ur pinky more control able and after u can control ur pinky u just need to speed up little bit every day
My struggle for 2 weeks of playing guitar is my ring finger have mind of its own and I can't put enough energy for my pinky to press the thick strings. Now trying to lessen the hovering distance between fingertips and the strings. There's a small improvement from the first week, taking about from 5 minutes to 30 minutes practice a day. Keep it up fellow strugglers! Keep on practicing.
Wow, it's difficult to keep those fingers down near the strings! Just a couple minutes of that and I feel like I've been doing forearm curls. There's an invisible force pulling my pinky away from the strings.
Have been following your 10 day beginner’s course and love it. All your instructions are easy to understand albeit not not always to do because my fingers often have their own ideas.. Thank you for your dedication to teach us!
Did the Spider and the Pentatonic for 10 Minutes each today. After that i did some Chord- muskle exercise. After that i tryed my Nemesis, the walkthroughs in Green Manalishi and Viola, them worked like Magic. Boring Exercises got the best results.
This first iteration is an interesting way to learn/teach this spider exercise, I was always taught not to let your fingers hover over the string but instead to start by keeping all 4 fingers placed on the string while moving 1 at a time, making sure not to let the other fingers move at all during each individual fingers accent up the strings. Its definitely much more difficult the way I was taught but it also drilled into me more finger control and finger on string spacing etiquette to allow for better sound when multiple fingers are placed closer to strings that arent being played.
Hey Andy! thank you for these exercises. you have told some of these here and there before and I was hoping that there were a way to get them all together nice and organised. and Bam ! There we have it now! I appreciate it man! keep up the good work :)
That was a superb explanation....i was doing mistake of putting my finger first then strum,which lead to no synchronization, now i got the thing....thanx Andy ...It was very important for me as a beginner...now my hands will open up
@@ygetv I'm Doing very good can play every chord all the strumming as needed can play lead too working on fingerstyle not perfect though but I can say I'm going good 😊
Hey, Andy i like the way you explain how to make a finger excersice...Really it is a great help for the beginners.. Thank you so much ....Upload more such videos..
Very well explained Sir🙏...i saw many guitar tutorials but none of those are like urs...ur explanation and demonstration are really too good👌...one can get to learn guitar from its very basics by watching ur tutorials...love from India❤❤🙏🙏
You will get it with practice. My fingers did what they wanted for a while. I can start with upstrokes or downstrokes pretty good now and do the runs pretty quickly as well. And I'm old lol. Good luck everyone.
Andy, my little finger just doesn't want to stretch as yours does. Is it just practice or am I resigned to not being able to stretch? I have small hands and the little finger seems to point in towards the ring finger. Thanks Trevor
thank you very much for this yt channel... really help me in this quarantine time... i hv so much time,so i decide to learn guitar... hope someday i will play guitar verywell...
Hi Andy, love all your videos which are so clear and well explained. I have a problem with my fingers which are really short and doubt if I would be able to play; I so want to.
Thought I was on my own with the complete lack of finger control. My pinky natural moves way off the strings as I use other fingers. Hand muscles are struggling. Now I'll keep it up and worry less about playing a song and just focus on training my hand and fingers to behave 😂😂👍👍👍👍
I wish utube was available 20 years ago.. I was just getting into guitar, I watched this, gave it a try for an hour.. and I feel like I wanna give up already 😅
I have really tiny hands and I'm trying to learn the electric bass now, I've played the viola for ~3 years now and I'm still having trouble with its (comparatively) tiny neck 🥲. I just wanna play like someone with long fingers lmao
Keep all fingers on strings and move one by one down and then up to develoo control and make sure other fingers dont go up. After mastering this do andys excercise
Hey guys, only been playing around 3 weeks, a complete beginner and I am struggling with the spread of my fingers, the tips of my index and pinky fingers point in to the palm of my hand instead of straight like Andy's is there a stretching exercise that will straighten my fingers out ? Thanks
Can you show me from where to start. I can learn stuff, played a guitar years ago, was very talented, but nothing since then, I started and quit. I really want to play again, actually bought a guitar. Can you tell what to learn first, chords, scales etc?? Tnx man ☺️
Damn lol , nobody said learning guitar was easy because it's not. My pinky is trying soooooo hard to work with the rest of my fingers. We got this guys stay committed and practice
how's your progress now?
I'm at the point were I can play but can't strech fingures far enough
My ring finger and pinky are rebels ... they refuse to settle down and behave ...
Wonder how long will I take to settle them !!
My pinky finger is so short it can barely reach the deep strings, I have to stop a bit to put my pinky on the strings ಥ‿ಥ
It's always been something I wanted to learn since I was 12, but I put it off for so long I'm only starting now at age 42😅 but I'm loving it just wana get to the point of playing well.
Every Other finger: *cooperates
The Pinky: "I HaVe My oWn rUlEs."
same it dose not cooperate THT
Hahaha yeeeaah that’s true 😂😂
I had to laugh because I'm glad to know I'm not the only one Having a pinky that has a mind of their own 😄🙏❤
@@blackieja right 😂😂😂🏃🏻
😂😂
I find myself laughing for trying so hard to control my own pinky 😂
Edit: Damn... you guys still can't control your pinkies eh? Well, I'll have you all know that I can control my pinky now! (More or less)
LOOOL .. in the beginning that finger will be opposing in every direction from the brain .It will refuse and be jerky and always wanting to ride high . In time .. The pinky in my experience is the most controllable after time . and definitely necessary for explosive leads and scale/mode runs
Same hare🙈😪
@@bishalmagar7079 no man just practice this maybe after 2 weaks - 1 month u will find ur pinky more control able and after u can control ur pinky u just need to speed up little bit every day
Same XD
So frickin relatable
My struggle for 2 weeks of playing guitar is my ring finger have mind of its own and I can't put enough energy for my pinky to press the thick strings. Now trying to lessen the hovering distance between fingertips and the strings.
There's a small improvement from the first week, taking about from 5 minutes to 30 minutes practice a day.
Keep it up fellow strugglers! Keep on practicing.
I have the same problem with my ring finger. I just started a week ago but I will do these practices!
Literally all of us to our pinky:-
Why u bully me?
Wow, it's difficult to keep those fingers down near the strings! Just a couple minutes of that and I feel like I've been doing forearm curls. There's an invisible force pulling my pinky away from the strings.
I need my pinky exorcised
Same here🤣
kep67 qwe
same dude
give it time .. You'll find it will be your favorite and easiest to control later on ..
Have been following your 10 day beginner’s course and love it. All your instructions are easy to understand albeit not not always to do because my fingers often have their own ideas.. Thank you for your dedication to teach us!
me: pinky down
pinky: you wish😌
It takes a while. I can do it but my fingers are sore because of the force I need to press on the strings
@@Jsiano91 keep at it! After some time my fingers got used to it :)
everybody talks about their pinky but it's my ring finger that's giving me trouble. it just doesn't go far apart enough
Same here lol 😂
Sameee
Yep 😫
Exactly
word
That pinky needs a whole 65 min video for it alone lol
Achraf Agermoune 😂😂😂😂
😂😂 for real, it just won't stay down.
ROFL.... This comment just made my day..! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣
@@ayanglalemtur5883 seriously🤣🤣🤣🤣
Did the Spider and the Pentatonic for 10 Minutes each today.
After that i did some Chord- muskle exercise.
After that i tryed my Nemesis, the walkthroughs in Green Manalishi and Viola, them worked like Magic.
Boring Exercises got the best results.
Yes. "Boring" exercises in any sport also get the best results.
Great video. I am re-learning what I learn when I was 8 years old. I am 72 now.
Everyone talking about pinky
My whole fingers: I have my own ways🤣
Does it get better 😢
@@fathimahennam4119 no just give up
I can't even reach my pinky to thickest string without touching other strings -_-
Isn't that ok. As your not using them stings below at that specific moment. ?
Joe Satriani exercise will help me a lot. Thank you, Andy!
I want to thank you for speacking slow and loudly. I've understand every single word. IT was really helpfull
This first iteration is an interesting way to learn/teach this spider exercise, I was always taught not to let your fingers hover over the string but instead to start by keeping all 4 fingers placed on the string while moving 1 at a time, making sure not to let the other fingers move at all during each individual fingers accent up the strings. Its definitely much more difficult the way I was taught but it also drilled into me more finger control and finger on string spacing etiquette to allow for better sound when multiple fingers are placed closer to strings that arent being played.
Hey Andy! thank you for these exercises. you have told some of these here and there before and I was hoping that there were a way to get them all together nice and organised. and Bam ! There we have it now! I appreciate it man! keep up the good work :)
man. my fingers are all over the place. cant keep them hovering
What about now
That was a superb explanation....i was doing mistake of putting my finger first then strum,which lead to no synchronization, now i got the thing....thanx Andy ...It was very important for me as a beginner...now my hands will open up
literally the best finger exercises!! thank you Andy! :) i started playing on a guitar 3 days ago but by your help 3 day = 3 weeks :)
Same. Yesterday (second day of guitar) I could kinda play Enter Sandman and today I can get it right almost every time
@@toastom how you doin now?
@@vivek_musichow you doin now?
@@ygetv I'm Doing very good can play every chord all the strumming as needed can play lead too working on fingerstyle not perfect though but I can say I'm going good 😊
@@vivek_music good good, got any tips for me?
Hey, Andy i like the way you explain how to make a finger excersice...Really it is a great help for the beginners.. Thank you so much ....Upload more such videos..
Very well explained Sir🙏...i saw many guitar tutorials but none of those are like urs...ur explanation and demonstration are really too good👌...one can get to learn guitar from its very basics by watching ur tutorials...love from India❤❤🙏🙏
You will get it with practice. My fingers did what they wanted for a while. I can start with upstrokes or downstrokes pretty good now and do the runs pretty quickly as well. And I'm old lol. Good luck everyone.
Whatever I search about guitar I find u always
Well... His last name is guitar
@@timeisphantom6931 😂😂😂😂🙏🏻
You are a very good teacher Andy, thank you for teaching the intermediate spider exercise in such a great way. 🤘🏻
I cant stretch my fingers so widely 😑 im placing them where they need to be and they go back to normal 🤨😑😔
How to let the 3 finger of the left hand straight? My 3rd finger always bend to the 2nd one and refuses to be straight like the others
I ma facing the same problem
Hi... Brother good teacher in finger exercise... Thank u
Andy, my little finger just doesn't want to stretch as yours does. Is it just practice or am I resigned to not being able to stretch? I have small hands and the little finger seems to point in towards the ring finger. Thanks Trevor
i have the same problem.
Same here
Trevor Russell There is a solution to this in another video. Look for 'essential hand stretching for the guitar.'
This is perhaps the best guitar video I have ever seen, so so useful. Thank you.😗
Welcome😗
Then you haven't searched enough on youtube😗
😗
great lesson addressing the correct spot of the problem most beginners have. Thank you
Wish I'd started 50 years ago before my fingers became gnarled
Yes no denying you have to start young
Might take longer to learn now but never too late !
Makes it all the more worth it when you get it 😎
I’m 37 and I just started learning the guitar now.
Matt Gilbert how much young? Teenage years?
I just bought guitar and immediately learning fingerstyle
Same here
sanaol
It’s hard
@@armannsevilla3747 this channel is international and proper language must be used.
it's like skipping tutorials in rpg games
Just started and I have hopes this will help.
lmao my pinky goes 'woohoo' when the middle finger goes down 😂
Thanks for taking the time to pass on your knowledge dude.
Satriani exercise was exactly what I needed!!! Thanks a lot dude. Wish i knew this exercise 7 years ago when i had more time to practice lol
Aight so pinky what you're gonna do is stay down
pinky: IM FLAMBOYANT, YOU CANT CONTROL ME
Hi. Thanks for your video. I'm just a begginer with 52 years old trying to make and old dream come true
thank you very much for this yt channel...
really help me in this quarantine time...
i hv so much time,so i decide to learn guitar...
hope someday i will play guitar verywell...
Hi Andy, love all your videos which are so clear and well explained. I have a problem with my fingers which are really short and doubt if I would be able to play; I so want to.
Thanks Andy, going to incorporate the "satriani" spider in my daily exercises.
These exercises are very nice.These helped me to get better.
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Thank you bro it is very educational excerise . now i played a Bass guitar easily ...
Great lesson your singing enables me to sing and play along thanks
My pinky wants to curl into the same position as my third finger. No way I can keep my separated as you have shown. So frustrating!
same, are we at a disadvantage not being able to use pinky?
This same is happening with me....
I cannot bend my pinky without bending my ring finger....I've tried hard but all in vain
that's how it was for him too when he was starting to learn
Am literally saving every single one of your videos!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks,Andy!
It is hard but 1h a day will help.
Cheers from Latvia!
imma use this exercise before guitar thanks alot Andy 😁
I love this everything about this guy.
Thanks again sir💖
My little finger keeps going heeeeeey 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Beautiful way of teaching excellent dear sir
God bless you
Blessings in Christ
Brilliantly explained. Thank you
Thanks
thank you!!!!!more power to u ❤️❤️🙏🏻
Thanks guy👍🏽 I needed this
Love you dear you are just amazing God bless you always
Starts at 1:45
Thank you
Great exercises
Great help
Thank you!
Waaaah it's very helpful for me, thank you so much sir
I like your way of teaching slow and easy no haste at all.....
Thanks, this is very helpful
Thank you so much, this video helped me alot in my music journey
Great lesson thanks
Thought I was on my own with the complete lack of finger control. My pinky natural moves way off the strings as I use other fingers. Hand muscles are struggling. Now I'll keep it up and worry less about playing a song and just focus on training my hand and fingers to behave 😂😂👍👍👍👍
you're awesome Andy!
How to learn guitar???? What should I learn first? Can you make a list of it???
Thank you sir
You are a perfect teacher for learning guitar
Thank you so much.
Step one: have slim and long fingers.
Perfect lesson
I wish utube was available 20 years ago.. I was just getting into guitar, I watched this, gave it a try for an hour.. and I feel like I wanna give up already 😅
Good dear, step by step. As a learner to solo, nice ringing
Tks so much! Love you
thank you
Thanks❤️
I have really tiny hands and I'm trying to learn the electric bass now, I've played the viola for ~3 years now and I'm still having trouble with its (comparatively) tiny neck 🥲.
I just wanna play like someone with long fingers lmao
Thanks Andy for guitar lessons for us new beginers..god bless buddy
Keep all fingers on strings and move one by one down and then up to develoo control and make sure other fingers dont go up. After mastering this do andys excercise
Excellent video with superb teaching, definitely subscribeing!
Tqqqqq you broo for good and easy teaching..
Thanks Andy your lessons are amazing! Sha from Australia
I want more of finger picking exercises and to play my first song in this exercise
Very helpful man
Thank You, Andy
Hey guys, only been playing around 3 weeks, a complete beginner and I am struggling with the spread of my fingers, the tips of my index and pinky fingers point in to the palm of my hand instead of straight like Andy's is there a stretching exercise that will straighten my fingers out ? Thanks
Cheers Mate.
When he said "No more than a centimeter", I was like: "Well shoot".
simple 'n great lesson
Solid! Thank you
Simple but effective! Thanks Andy!
Can you show me from where to start. I can learn stuff, played a guitar years ago, was very talented, but nothing since then, I started and quit. I really want to play again, actually bought a guitar. Can you tell what to learn first, chords, scales etc?? Tnx man ☺️
Everyone's having a problem with the pinky but I am having problems with my index finger😭😭😭
Yes my pinky finger is not healthy..bt I'll do it ...hard work..no pain no gain..💪💪
Same
My index finger 😵😵😭😭😭
Yes SAME 😭
it has provided to me easiest way to do finger exercise