Pinky Conditioning

One of the biggest weaknesses for me starting out was pinky strength. at first i was like i don't really need my pinky cause ill just play with the first three fingers which i regret now. if you just train the first three and have a weak pinky the whole hand suffers cause its all connected. its like having huge biceps but your triceps are tiny therefore the whole arm suffers. well today i have a few proven methods that i have used and they really do work. now the key here is not to over exert your hands cause you don't want to hurt them. if they hurt take a few minutes for your hand to recover and always warm up first before rigorous playing. and don't forget to use one finger per string thats key to the exercise or else its pointless to do it.

The first exercise below is a very simple exercise that is meant to coordinate your fingers and build pinky strength.it looks like this

G---------------7--9--10--9--7----------------------
D---7--8--10--------------------10--8--7-----------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

now this is a good exercise cause your pairing the pinking up with the middle and ring finger which can both be weak spots. and you can even change the strings your on or change the pattern up like below. and don't forget about alternate plucking. and repeat it till its fluent

G---------------7--8--10--8--7----------------------

D---7--9--10--------------------10--9--7-----------

A-------------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------

the next exercise i want to share with you is one i came up with myself that is a bit tricky but its great practice and this is a key one where if your hurting stop stretch and take it slow

G---8--6--8--5--8--6--8--7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D--------------------------------8--6--8--5--8--6--8--7------------------------------------------------------------

A--------------------------------------------------------------8--6--8--5--8--6--8--7------------------------------

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--6--8--5--8--6--8--7--

and do this at different areas on the neck because there are different tensions at other parts of the neck

and our last pinky exercise for today is a good one that isolates the pinky with one finger at a time.

G-----------------5-8-8-5--------------------------------6-8-8-6--------------------------------7-8-8-7----------------

D------------5-8-----------8-5----------------------6-8-----------8-6----------------------7-8-----------8-7-----------

A-------5-8---------------------8-5------------6-8---------------------8-6------------7-8---------------------8-7------

E--5-8--------------------------------8-5-6-8--------------------------------8-6-7-8--------------------------------8-7

thats all i got for today keep it slow and keep low any questions feel free to contact me at papabear82191@gmail.com