Three string F chord
Four string F chord
Video - hints for playing bar chords on guitar
Finger strengthening exercise
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Finger dexterity exercise
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- Use alternate picking (up, down, up, down...)
- Focus on clean playing
- Once you are playing it cleanly focus on steady timing
- Repeat this on all strings
Korg MA-30 Metronome. You can buy this or something similar or you can even find some free metronomes that run on your PC if you search the internet.
Blues Shuffle
Play with a shuffle feel
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Tip
Change your strings regularly (about every couple of months or so). New strings sound better, are easier to play and stay in tune better. You should keep extra strings in your guitar case. One can (and will!) break at any time.
Elixir Light Polyweb Acoustic Guitar Strings These are the strings I use on all of my acoustic guitars and the ones I recommend to my students. The coating on the wound strings cuts almost all string noise and I love the feel of these strings.
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