How to Actually Play the SPIDER Exercise on Guitar
There’s a whole horde of guitar lessons online explaining the “Spider” exercise on guitar…but guess what?
I disagree with all of them.
The exercise they are playing is the old 1234. Which is a fine exercise; however, it doesn’t look like a spider.
The reason why it’s called the “Spider” exercise is that as your hand crawls up the neck, it’s supposed to resemble a spider.
But the one everyone is showing you makes your hand look more like an ANT. Not a spider.
However, since tomorrow is Halloween, in this post, I want to share with you the ACTUAL “Spider” exercise, which I learned decades ago from an old classical musician.
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