My guitar teacher Amanda calls the pinky one of the stupid fingers. So far my two stupid fingers have done well. Always one wants to move with the other. Just don't listen at times. Thanks for this some ignore this an it's very important. Your a great teacher Ms. Lauren. Have a great weekend Alabama is a great fan.

Hey Lauren, Thanks! My pinky also bends a little towards ring finger. I thought I will never be able to learn guitar but watching your videos I am inspired to learn again.

I still use spider to stretch sometimes, but it was chord changes that gave me confidence with my 4th finger. Open C Major chord then reaching my pinky to B string third fret for a cadd9, I think? Was first. Then switching from barre C on frets 3 and 5 to barre G that's right there. What felt crazy was when I could strum a clean barre C using my third finger for D G and B strings and still hit the high E string. When first trying to get my third finger to bend like that, I got the shakes from it feeling so unnatural. Once I got that to work, my pinky decided to do what I want it to. Playing that barre C Major chord 2 different ways, one with my pinky and the other without it, gave me control. It gave me that feeling of leveling up in a video game or getting a raise at work. I grew an inch taller.

I wish you get to 1 millions subscriber very soon. Great teacher, perfect teaching . Greetings from Türkiye.

u always lovely teacher God bless u

Simple info and yet so very useful !! 👍👍👍👍👍

Thanks for your kindness in teaching us the right ways of playing a guitar.

Great Lesson!!! One other pinky exercise my teacher 30 years ago taught: X-C-I-C-M-C-A-C. X= OPEN Then use it on different strings and different frets. Start slow. These are awesome in the lesson. I am not a lead person, intermediate at best. It's a big help to use the pinky is chords. That last one you taught, I really like it!

Lauren... thanks❤

Going to start this right away ❤

It's really very helpful for me 🎉❤

!!!!!Thank You!!!!

Perfect timing on this lesson, Lauren. I have really been working on my pinky just this week during my warm-ups. Thank you for the new exercises to add to my arsenal.

Another great tutorial! You mentioned the infamous "lazy/dragging thumb." That's my term for it. Now, I can focus on my thumb, too. Thank you!

I got her UDEMY course so I will go back and check that out.

Excellent

Vere usefull and helpfull. 👍

Great video

Thank you, i continue to look forward to every new video of yours

Helpful advice as usual ❤

This video is so useful. Will definitely add this exercise to my warm-up spider practice routine! Thank you 🙂!!

Thanks Lauren! This should help!!!

Thanks Lauren , I need this exercise .

Thanks Lauren, great stuff as usual!

Thanks Lauren, love your channel

Excellent exercise and demonstration

Great lesson, I almost think this one is better than the four finger spider. I don't have that adjacent fret comfort zone with this one .i The middle finger to pinky is actually harder for me than the ring finger to Pinky, neither one is easy right now LOL

I have been working on the "spider" for years Lauren!!! I get aggravatted and I quit!! This lesson should help. Thank You!!

Great exercise! Thanks!

This is great! Thanks!🙏🎸

Great tute as always. My issue is a shortish pinky that just doesn't seem to stretch far enough to the 6th string; wish I had your long fingers, I'm sure it would help

Ty again!!! Making my dream come true!!

Hi, I have this issue but I also suffer from inflammatory arthritis, which affects my tendons. What would you recommend for this situation.

Merci Lauren pour ce tuto, je.peux te dire quand je fais l exercice le pouce le fait mal je vais suivre tes conseils pour le faire glisser et pas le pencher bon week-end Lolo

❤ thank you for helping my alien pinky do the walk 👏

I AM 6’ 4”. So trying to adjust my electric guitar to play chords has been a pain in the behind. I will see if someone else can see my mistakes on holding the electric guitar; otherwise, I am going to put it down. The strap hurts my neck so I might look at getting a thicker wider guitar strap.

Can you do "Smoke stack Lightnig" by Howlin" Wolf? I just love the intro which is pretty much played for the entire song pretty much.

I guess my problem is more my pinky is "floppy". I find it flying off the fretboard which means it has to go further back when I want to play a note with it, and then it comes back with such a force that it is almost like a hammer on when I reconnect it with the string. That being said the last few days I've been trying to focus on NOT letting this happen, but will also try your exercises!

How to practice should i practice this slowly until i get used to the exercise and then try to go fast or stay slow?

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Great idea! The poor pinky always gets neglected.

If you want to fix your technique she has the answer.👈🏿🔥

SPEAKING ON GUITARS: Why is bass guitar so much easier to learn than electric or acoustic guitar? NEXT: Why are there so few bass guitar lessons versus electric or acoustic guitar lessons? Is it the aurora that the electric guitar or acoustic guitar holds over the minds of people? Is it just the American lore that an electric or acoustic guitar holds over the American people and the World? JUST ASKING? SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO A VIDEO ON THAT SUBJECT.👈🏿👀👍🏾

LAURA’S UDEMY COURSES ARE VERY THOROUGH. SHE NEEDS TO UPDATE IT THOUGH WITH A COURSE OR SECTION ON INTERVALS BECAUSE ONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO FIND INTERVALS IN ORDER KNOW HOW TO IMPROVISE ON THE FRETBOARD.

I'm just going to cut mine off - problem solved.

You have very long fingers