{"id":181,"date":"2021-04-12T19:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T02:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2023-03-23T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T00:00:07","slug":"quick-easy-guitar-warm-ups-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/quick-easy-guitar-warm-ups-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick & Easy Guitar Warm-Ups For Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Just like any other physical activity you engage in, stretching and warming up are important parts of staying healthy, avoiding injury, and maintaining good technique. Every time you sit down to practice the guitar, you shouldn\u2019t jump right into the most challenging material you\u2019re working on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, you\u2019re better of going through a few technique-building warm-ups first. In this article, we\u2019ll be going through a 10-minute practice routine as well as some additional warm-up exercises. Let\u2019s get started with the first video.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Before we get rolling, you\u2019ll want to make sure you have your open chords down as well as a basic minor pentatonic scale. Download the charts above so you can see what you\u2019ll be working with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re ready, start the video. For this practice along, you\u2019ll be following along with Ayla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll begin by playing a 12-bar blues progression with an A major, D major, and E major chord. After you\u2019ve been through the progression a few times you\u2019ll switch to an A7 chord, D7 chord, and E7 chord. We\u2019ll be using a few different strumming patterns throughout the play-along so be ready to change it up on the fly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve made it through the chords, we\u2019ll move straight into using the A minor pentatonic scale. We\u2019ll then shift down three frets to F# minor. After that, we go back to the A minor pentatonic but this time we\u2019ll include the \u201cblues\u201d note. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last part of the practice along, we\u2019ll be playing a chromatic scale to build on our dexterity. This one makes use of all four of your fingers on each string as you move up and down the scale. As you progress through the exercises, we\u2019ll also try doubling the speed and even moving onto triplets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If at any point you can\u2019t keep up anymore or your fingers get too sore, feel free to stop. Your goal should be to work up to a point where you can play the entire thing through!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up, we\u2019ll take a look at a few more dexterity exercises you can incorporate into your daily practice time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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