GuitarZero

Made it to Day 30! I've definitely improved a lot since starting, so for sure the time I invested was well spent! Also, I'm thinking that if I keep it up I'll get better, so maybe I should give it another week? My original mission was to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past week.

Day 29 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge! I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past week.

Day 28! Gonna keep going, just 2 days left I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 3 weeks.

Day 27! 3 Days left! I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 3 weeks.

Day 26! Only 4 days to go. Still making a few mistakes - some days are better than others and this wasn't a really good one. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 3 weeks.

Day 25! 5 days left! On the final stretch! Definitely playing better than when I started, but still not where I would like to get...wondering how much more progress can be made in the next 5 days? I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 3 weeks.

Day 24! 6 days left! I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 3 weeks.

One week to go! Its taken a lot of effort to make sure I'm doing this everyday without fail, but I think it'll be worth it. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 3 weeks.

Day 22 of the Spider Walk Guitar Exercise Realized that over time I've drifted away from my original focus on finger independence as I play the exercise - I've been lifting my fingers to try and get the notes sounding individually. So today I'm going back to basics. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 3 weeks.

Day 21 of the Spider Walk Guitar Exercise Day 21! Just 9 days left until day 30 I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 3 weeks.

Day 20 of the Spider Walk Guitar Exercise Something that I realized today - back when I started my fingers were tiring quickly, and by the time I was done practicing they felt sore and stiff. I'm beyond that now, now it feels like I could do this all day without any pain afterwards, so that's another area of progress I'm thankful for. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 2 weeks.

Day 19 of the Spider Walk Guitar Exercise Did better today than yesterday. Wondering how long it'll take before I achieve real consistency with this exercise - is it possible within 30 days or will it take longer??? I guess I'll find out I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 2 weeks.

Day 18 of the Spider Walk Guitar Exercise I think I was probably a little worse today than yesterday, but I think still better than I had been before that, so I guess I've leveled up a tiny bit! Gonna stick with it and keep it up1 I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 2 weeks.

Day 17 of the Spider Walk Guitar Exercise Seems I did it a lot better than I did yesterday. Could just be a fluke though! Let's see how I do tomorrow! I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 2 weeks.

Day 16 of the Spider Walk Guitar Exercise Lots of annoying mistakes! I've improved a lot since I first started and was struggling to get my fingers to move across each string - it was really hard to even hold the strings down - I wish I had recorded the first few days so you could see how much I was struggling then! Still got a long way to go though and I'm already halfway through the 30 days. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 2 weeks.

Day 15 of the Spider Walk Guitar Exercise Not a great day - seems I made more mistakes than usual - not sure what the deal was. Also for some reason the sound barely came through - maybe there's a short in my cable. Nothing I can do about it now though, so here it is. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 2 weeks.

Day 14 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge. 2 weeks in and I've certainly seen big improvement with finger independence, which is the number one thing I wanted to improve. For that reason I'm trying to let the strings ring out and not really trying to mute to make the transitions clean - maybe once I'm satisfied with the independence of movement I'll focus on that next

Day 13 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past 2 weeks.

Day 12 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past week.

Day 11 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but it's much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past week.

Day 10 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past week.

Day 9 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves. I've still got HUGE problems with accuracy and consistency in both my fretting and picking hands, but finger independence has improved a whole lot. When I first started this on Day 1 (which I don't have on video), fingers 3 and 4 were always moving together and I could hardly keep the strings down. I still have to make effort to keep the strings down but its much easier than before - my finger strength has certainly increased over the past week.

Day 8 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves.

Day 7 of my 30 Day spider walk exercise challenge. I'm on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. You can't hear the metronome in this video, but I'm using it at an 80 bpm setting

Guitar Spider Walk Exercise Day 6 m on a mission to practice this for at least 15 minutes each day and see how much my finger independence (which is currently TERRIBLE) will improve. I'm doing it fairly slow at only 80bpm and will only increase the speed when my accuracy and consistency improves.