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Here are some technique and warm up exercises that can help you to gain fluency, speed and accuracy on the guitar neck. 
It's a good idea to do some of these exercises every day. Don't do them too long at a time, it's better to exercise regularly 
(daily) for a short time.

You gain the most out of these exercises if you use a metronome. Start slow and built up the speed. Don't force yourself 
into a tempo that you're not ready for. Make sure your arms and wrists are relaxed. Failing to do so may result in a RSI like
tendinitis (wrist inflammation).

Just to make sure we understand eachother in terms of finger naming (warning: the numbers on the tabs below are not finger
numbers, but fret numbers):

Warm Up Exercises

This first exercise helps to develop your fluency, speed and left hand-right hand coordination. Start slow and build up the 
speed. Use fingers 1, 2, 3 and 4 of your left hand, don't skip the little finger. Use a pick and do alternate picking. The exercise
doesn't stop at the end of the tabs, continue for the rest of the neck. Be RELAXED!

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The next exercise trains your individual fingers. First do the exercise with fingers 1 and 2. Next round use fingers 2 and 3.
 Then use fingers 3 and 4. Do the exercise up to the 12th fret and for those of you who can't get enough of it, back from the
 12th to the first. And remember: RELAX!

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String Skipping Exercises

The following set of exercises train your picking abilities.

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This is one of bass player John Patitucci (if I remember it well). Happy skipping!

The next exercise uses the G major scale. It speaks for itself that you can use all guitar scales. Oh, when you reached the last
 note on the tab, don't stop, but go back (I admit I was a bit lazy).

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Intervalic Guitar Scales

The next set of exercises run through the G Ionian scale in different intervals. Try this exercise with all guitar scales you can
 think of.

In thirds:

In fourths:

In fifths:

In sixths:

In sevenths:

easy guitar tabs

Guitar

A guitar is a popular musical instrument that makes sound by the playing of its (typically) six strings with the sound being projected either acoustically or through electrical amplification (for an acoustic guitar or an electric guitar, respectively). It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the right hand while fretting the strings with the left hand. The guitar is a type of chordophone, traditionally constructed from wood and strung with either nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning. The modern guitar was preceded by the lute, the vihuela, the four-course Renaissance guitar, and the five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument.

There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar (nylon-string guitar), the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique.

Electric guitars, introduced in the 1930s, use an amplifier that can electronically manipulate and shape the tone. Early amplified guitars employed a hollow body, but a solid body was eventually found more suitable, as it was less prone to feedback. Electric guitars have had a continuing profound influence on popular culture. Guitars are recognized as a primary instrument in genres such as blues, bluegrass, country, flamenco,folk, jazz, jota, mariachi, metal, punk, reggae, rock, soul, and many forms of pop.

Names of Guitar Strings

Just a little bit more technical talk before we get into playing more chords and songs. Don't worry, this shouldn't take you more than a couple of minutes to memorize!

Every note on the guitar has a name, represented by a letter. The names of each of these notes is important; guitarists need to know where to find these notes on their instrument, in order to read music.

The image to the left illustrates the names of the six open strings on the guitar.

The strings, from sixth to first (thickest to thinnest) are named E, A, D, G, B and E again.

In order to help you memorize this, try using the accompanying phrase "Every Adult Dog Growls, Barks, Eats" to keep the order straight.

Try saying the string names out loud, one by one, as you play that string. Then, test yourself by pointing to a random string on your guitar, then trying to name that string as quickly as possible. In following lessons, we'll be learning the names of the notes on various frets on the guitar, but for now, we'll just stick with the open strings.

Reading Guitar Tab

Guitar tablature (tab for short) is a system of notation that graphically represents strings and frets of the guitar fretboard. Each note is indicated by placing a number which indicates the fret to play, on the appropriate string. With these easy instructions you will be able to understand how to read and write guitar tab in 5 minutes.

The Basics

To start out, tabs are written in lines, each line representing a string on the guitar. The thickest string being the bottom most line and the thinnest string being the topmost.

e--------------------------------
B--------------------------------
G--------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
Numbers are then placed on these lines to represent finger positions on the guitar fret board. If you read the diagram below you would play this on a guitar by putting your finger just behind the 2nd fret on the 5th string (or the second thickest string). As musical notes this would read as follows B B B C# B A. The ‘zero’ represents playing an open string. So in this case you would play the A open with no finger position on the fretboard.

e-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
D-------------------------------
A--2--2--2--4--2--0------------
E-------------------------------

Chords

To tab a chord the notes would be placed in a vertical line upon the horizontal ones. This diagram represents a C Chord. You would strum the bottom 5 strings of the guitar in one motion if you were to read this tab properly.

e--0----------------------------
B--1----------------------------
G--0----------------------------
D--2----------------------------
A--3----------------------------
E-------------------------------

And this one you would strum the ‘C Chord’ three times.

e--0--0--0---------------------
B--1--1--1---------------------
G--0--0--0---------------------
D--2--2--2---------------------
A--3--3--3---------------------
E------------------------------

The one shortcoming of guitar tab is it doesn’t usually represent how long to hold a note for, or rhythm very well. Although some good tab writers will represent it by how much space is between each note. Tab works best if you listen to the song for guidance on timing then read the notes and practice it. Here for example is the timing of ‘Day Tripper’ by the Beatles, note the distances between the numbers, the first ’0′ would ring slightly longer then the next 4 notes and the distance between D2 and D0 would also indicate a break in timing:

e-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-----------------------------
D-----------2---0---4---0-2--
A---------2-------2---2-------
E-0---3-4---------------------

Tablature Symbols

The numbers don’t really describe the subtle techniques that a guitarist can execute, these are the tablature symbols that represent various techniques.

h – hammer on p – pull off b – bend string up r – release bend / – slide up \ – slide down v – vibrato (sometimes written as ~) t – right hand tap s – legato slide S – shift slide - natural harmonic [n] – artificial harmonic n(n) – tapped harmonic tr – trill T – tap

TP – trem. picking PM – palm muting \n/ – tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n – tremolo bar down n/ – tremolo bar up /n\ – tremolo bar inverted dip = – hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> – volume swell (louder/softer) x – on rhythm slash represents muted slash o – on rhythm slash represents single note slash

A Hammer On A hammer on is executed by picking a note and then hammering done with the fretting hand on the second note. The second note isn’t actually picked but kind of echos the first one. Here is an example of how hammer ons are written in tab: e----------------------5h7---- B------------------5h7-------- G--------------5h7------------ D----------5h7---------------- A------5h7-------------------- E--5h7------------------------

A Pull Off A pull off is the opposite of a hammer on, so the first note is played again then the fretting hand pulls the finger off and lets the one fretted behind it play. e----------------------7p5---- B------------------7p5-------- G--------------7p5------------ D----------7p5---------------- A------7p5-------------------- E--7p5------------------------

A Bend A bend is represented by the symbol ‘b’, this is where the fretting hand actually bends the string to give a wobbly effect. e----------------------------- B----------------------------- G--7b----7b------------------- D--------------7b----7b------- A----------------------------- E-----------------------------

A Release Bend A release bend is represented by the symbol ‘r’, this is just like a bend, but it tells you when to release the bend and go to the next note. e----------------------------- B----------------------------- G--7r5---7r5------------------ D--------------7r5---7r5------ A----------------------------- E-----------------------------

A Slide-Up A slide up is represented by the symbol ‘/’. You would play the first note on 7 then slide the finger that is holding that note up to 9. e----------------------------- B----------------------------- G--7/9---7/9------------------ D--------------7/9---7/9------ A----------------------------- E-----------------------------

A Slide-Down Opposite of a Slide Up, slide down is represented by the symbol ‘\’. You would play the first note on 7 then slide the finger that is holding that note down to 5. e----------------------------- B----------------------------- G--7/5---7/5------------------ D--------------7/5---7/5------ A----------------------------- E-----------------------------

Vibrato Vibrato is like a constant rhythmic bending of the string. You do a bend up and bend down quickly to create a moving sound. It is usually represented by ‘v’ or ‘~’. e----------------------------- B----------------------------- G--7v------------------------- D--------------------7~~~----- A----------------------------- E-----------------------------

Tapping Tapping is much like a hammer-on but you don’t strum any notes. Just tap the notes on the fret board with your fretting hand. e----------------------------- B----------------------------- G--7t---7t---7t--------------- D----------------------------- A----------------------------- E-----------------------------