Benefits of Practicing Barre Exercises Everyday on Classical Guitar
A lesson on the benefits of practicing barre exercises for classical guitar everyday. I discuss the benefits first and at the end of the video I run through a number of barre exercises to help you improve. The exercises all come from My Technique Book. Here’s the YouTube link if you want to watch the lesson there. If you want to support these free lessons visit my Support Page.
Topics and Times
- 00:00 Intro
- 1:11 Improvement and Refinement
- 1:56 – Short Practice Time with No Injury
- 3:05 – Physical Coordination
- 3:46 – Strength training (kind of)
- 4:50 – Lesson and Tips for Better Barres
- 7:14 – Barre Exercises to Practice
- 15:23 – Conclusion Some
Main Benefits
Improvement and Refinement: Actual barre exercises are designed to help you become better at the technique and they also help you to refine a barre technique that is “pretty good” but not usable. They can pinpoint problems and zero in on each string for refinement.
Short Practice Time with No Injury: Practicing short exercises EVERY DAY means you can practice it for 30 seconds to 2 minutes without causing injury as opposed to binging on the technique when you start a piece with lots of barres.
Physical Coordination: It takes time for the muscles in the finger to realize what is needed, and the muscle memory to adapt. You can’t force it quickly.
Strength training (kind of): It actually doesn’t take much strength to form a barre once you have the coordination and refinement of positioning. So strength is not needed, little kids can play barres successfully, but regular practice with good positioning and coordination can lead to a tiny amount of relaxed and directed strength training.
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