How To Get Your Fingers To Move Faster On Guitar Using 5 Killer Warmup Routines

It’s common for guitarists to wonder how to get your fingers to move faster when trying to do so results in tons of sloppy mistakes. Fortunately, this is not as much of a struggle as you might think when you know what to practice and how it helps you become a faster player.

 

One of the keys for getting faster fingers on guitar is speeding up your mental processing. This means you are able to think faster to process what your hands are doing. When you do this, playing guitar with speed becomes easy.

 

Good news: It’s not hard to massively speed up your fingers and overall guitar speed by warming up with just a few simple exercises for several minutes per day.

 

Use the warmup exercises below to play guitar faster and cleaner than ever:

 

Get Faster Fingers On Guitar Using Warmup #1:

 

Playing with legato guitar technique is a very quick and easy way to get your fingers moving faster. For example:

 

  1. Choose any guitar lick that can be played with legato only.
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  3. Play through the lick you chose as fast as you can using only legato (hammer-ons or pull-offs) for 1 minute. If needed, pick the first note of each string.
  4. Now bring your picking hand in and play the lick while picking for 1 minute. Pay close attention to any mistakes you are making.
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  6. Rest for 30 seconds and write down the mistakes you made after bring your picking hand in.
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  8. Repeat this warmup one more time for a total of 5 minutes.
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Watch this video to learn how to play with perfect legato technique:

This short warm up not only gets your fingers moving faster, but helps you find and correct mistakes in your playing. This makes it great for the beginning of a new practice session.

 

Get Faster Fingers On Guitar Using Warmup #2:

 

Breaking down guitar licks into small notes groups makes it easier play them fast and clean.

 

For example:

 

Take any guitar lick and break it down into segments of 3 or so notes. Then go through each segment and play the notes as fast as you for 30 seconds. Insert a brief moment of rest in between each repetition.

 

This video shows you how to use this warmup method to quickly get faster fingers, correct mistakes that slow you down and improve your overall technique:

Warming up with this for just 5 minutes is guaranteed to prepare you for maximum results in your guitar practice.

 

Get Faster Fingers On Guitar Using Warmup #3: Speed Up Your Mental Processing

 

Don’t allow yourself to get too comfortable in your guitar playing. Challenging yourself is what takes your playing to a new level.

Warm up before a new practice session for 5 minutes by:

 

Choosing any one of the practice items from it and practicing it with a metronome set to 20 beats per minute faster than what you’re used to.

 

Even if you make mistakes while doing this, you still gain the benefit of programming your mind to think faster in order to catch up to what your hands are playing. This has the effect of feeling like you are moving your fingers faster while playing guitar at normal speeds.

 

Watch this video to learn another cool trick that helps you play guitar at fast speeds more easily:

Get Faster Fingers On Guitar Using Warmup #4:

 

Another great way to get faster fingers on guitar is to combine the other ideas with a more long-term approach. Do this by simply increasing the speed of the things you practice by 1 beat per minute every practice session.

 

Doing this continually keeps you increasing your guitar speed over time. It keeps your from getting too comfortable at one speed, without pushing you too much at once.

 

Keep in mind these are just a few of many warmup ideas that help you get faster fingers to play guitar with speed. In addition to these, you quickly become a faster guitar player by practicing with an effective schedule while using your time as efficiently as possible as explained in the video below:

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