Guitar Lesson 02
Gary Hoey's Six Minute Trill Drill

Gary Hoey's Six Minute Trill Drill - Gary Hoey recommended this exercise to build up your finger strength and control of your left hand at a recent guitar clinic here in Orlando. Try it out. With your first finger on any fret, start doing trills (hammer on and pull off) with your fourth (pinky) finger. Do this for one minute. Repeat with the following finger combinations each for one minute:

1&4, 1&3, 1&2, 2&4, 2&3, 3&4

There are only six combinations (thus the name) and after a few weeks of this your control will increase along with your endurance. This is a pretty quick daily routine that won't take too much time from fun practice.

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