Lesson: Left Hand Finger Independence for Guitar

ByBradford Werner
2016

Lesson of the week: Left Hand Finger Independence. This exercise comes from one of the most popular books for the classical guitar: Pumping Nylon by American guitarist Scott Tennant. It’s a great reference/exercise book with short memorable exercises for warm ups or technique correction. I love this exercise for training the fingers to have dexterity and independence but also for correcting the left hand position overall. Having to keep all the fingers down the entire time really helps to create a compact and well-aligned hand position. Plus, the first exercise is a nice gentle introduction with the second being more challenging. See more lessons from Pumping Nylon.

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Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.