This exercise will help you build dexterity in your fretting hand. Do each of these on every string.
1-2-3-4
1-2-4-3
1-3-2-4
1-3-4-2
1-4-2-3
1-4-3-2
2-3-4-1
2-4-3-1
2-4-1-3
2-1-3-4
2-3-1-4
2-1-4-3
3-4-1-2
3-1-2-4
3-2-4-1
3-4-2-1
3-1-4-2
3-2-1-4
4-1-2-3
4-3-1-2
4-1-3-2
4-2-1-3
4-2-3-1
4-3-2-1
Hammer Ons Down Hammer Ons Up Outside Inside Middle Reverse String Skipping String Skipping Two Notes Per String Up by Fifths Up by Fourths
E--8-10-8---8----8--------------------------------------------------B--8----8---8-10-8---8---8---6---6----------------------------------G--------------------7-9-7---5-7-5---5---5--------------------------D------------------------------------5-7-5---5---5---3-------3---2--A--------------------------------------------5-7-5---3-5-3---3---3--E----------------------------------------------------------5-------- H H H H H H HE----------------------------------3-5-3---3---3--------------------------------------B----------------------------------3---3---3-5-3--------------------------------------G--5-7-5---5---5-----------------------------------5-7-5---5---5----------------------D--5---5---5-7-5-----------------------------------5---5---5-7-5---5---5---3----------A------------------5---5---3---3-----------------------------------5-7-5---3-5-3---3--E------------------5-7-5---3-5-3-------------------------------------------------3---- H H H H H H H H H HE--8-10-8---8----8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------B--8----8---8-10-8---8---8---------------------------------------------13----12------------------G--------------------7-9-7---------------------------------------------12-14-12---12----12-------D----------------------------10---10-12-10---10----10-----------------------------12-14-12-------A---------------------------------10----10---10-12-10---10----10-----------------------------15--E-------------------------------------------------------10-12-10---8----------------------------- H H H H H H H HE------------------------------------------------------------B--13----12---8---8---6---6---5------------------------------G--12-14-12---7-9-7---5-7-5---5---5---5----------------------D-----------------------------5---5-7-5---5---5---3---3---5--A-----------------------------------------5-7-5---3-5-3---3--E------------------------------------------------------------ H H H H
Root Major Scale Shape 4 Notes Per String - Start at Fret one do this up the neck until you run out of fretsE-------------------------------------------------12-13-15-17--B-------------------------------------10-11-13-15--------------G---------------------------7-9-10-12--------------------------D------------------5-7-8-10------------------------------------A----------3-5-7-8---------------------------------------------E--1-3-5-6-----------------------------------------------------E--17-15-13-12-------------------------------------------------B--------------15-13-11-10-------------------------------------G--------------------------12-10-9-7---------------------------D------------------------------------10-8-7-5------------------A---------------------------------------------8-7-5-3----------E-----------------------------------------------------6-5-3-1--2nd Degree Major Scale Shape 4 Notes