Creative warm-up
Warm up with control and expression. Listen to every note you play.
- Tempo
- Free
- Duration
- 5 min
- Last time
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First time here, go for it!
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How to play it
Why this exercise
This warm-up gets your fingers and your ear ready at the same time. Listening for nuance, not just notes, is what opens the door to real music.
- Play the minor pentatonic scale in position 1, one note per beat.
- Add a soft vibrato to each note, moving the string up and down about a half step.
- Then try slides: finger 3, from fret 5 to fret 7, without picking the string again.
- Legato (hammer-ons and pull-offs): pick only the first note, the rest ring out from your fretting hand.
- Finish with 1 minute of improvising, mixing these 3 techniques together.
Today's tip
Play the pentatonic scale in 2 positions, listening to every note.