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Video Question: Warm Up Exercises, Acousitc or Electric Guitar

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Date: June 9th, 2008 | Length: 1.15 | Instructor: Nick Greathouse

mercenary asks, "Hey Dennis - Or other instructors - With your latest metal lesson set leeson where you show come cool awesome warm up techiniques - Can these also be applied to acoustic guitars as well? I generally play with both acoustic and an electric - and I prob assume they could be used also for electric guitars??? Thx" Another benefit of being a member of JamPlay is the video response section. Our expert staff fields questions from our members and provides video responses each week.

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Other Video Responses:

Barre Chords - November 28th, 2007 (3 minutes, 35 seconds)
Louis Aves asks: "Hi Steve- What is the correct position of the thumb when making a barre chord ? I have tried putting my thumb in line with my first finger and also running my thumb along the neck pointing toward the nut but both cause a lot of pain around the base of my thumb when I move position.The only way I can kind of do it is by bending my thumb in almost a right angle shape and using the tip, not the pad,to press on the back of the neck but this makes for quite a lot of movement and time to get from open to barre chords and vice versa. Any suggestions? (Apart from sell my guitar ! ) Love the lessons Steve." View Response
Plectrum or Fingers - December 4th, 2007 (1 minutes, 13 seconds)
Calumito asks, "Do I have to use a plectrum for electric as I am much more comfortable using my fingers which I've been doing for the last year? Will it be a limitation or does it make no difference? Thnks" View Response
Sweeping Arpeggios - September 19th, 2007 (2 minutes, 27 seconds)
Billy asks "I have been trying these for about a year now and I just can't seem to nail them. Are their any exercises for both hands that will make it more easier. It seems that my left hand has the most problems." View Response
Master of Puppets Solo - November 5th, 2008 (5 minutes, 18 seconds)
Fenderboy writes: "Hi, I'm working on Metallica's Master of puppets solo 2. When it starts, there are some really fast notes on it. I don't really get it how to do this. When I play it, there is limitation of speed. I think there might be a special fingering. Please please give me some tips about this solo... Have a great day!! :)" View Response
Background Tracks - March 17th, 2008 (3 minutes, 25 seconds)
Mtindall asks, "Is there percussion and rhythm software available and if so which would you recommend?" View Response