Join my support group for updates. I post to the group when I add tutorials or workshops to the website! Plus you can ask questions, and post topic requests! I Just Wanna Play The Darn Thing support group ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome! This is Part 3 of a 3 part workshop. It would be wise to at least go through Part 1 & Part 2 once before you work this one. But it's plenty powerful on its own! But there are far less instructions in this one because Part 1 covers all the "How Tos". This one is a KILLER! And you'll get a solid stretching workout! (I sounds like my Martial Arts Sensei! LOL) Part 1 teaches you the permutations, or combinatins. Part 2 is for players who seriously want to S T R E T C H their span! And this one, Part 3 is for players who want super speed, super dexterity, strong hands and fingers. And for players who want to play chords and licks, scales, solos, and HIT THE TARGETS every time! Part 3 is a combination of 1 & 2, PLUS . . . The Shake! Between the 16th and 20th centuries, what we call TRILLS today were called "The Shake"! And we're going to incorporate trills into the basic finger exersizes you should already be doing every practice session as a warm up before you do ANYTHING else! These exercises below will now take their place. Or at lease, alternate between them. Once day do the regular exercises. The other days . . . Add The Shake! Trills sound like this . . . OK, that's it for the chatting. Let's work out! Sounds simple, right? But there's a catch! The S T R E T C H ! It looks like this! NOTE: When you stretch a finger to the next fret, let your other fingers move naturally. But try to keep finger 1 ON/pressing the 1st fret. As in, STRETCH to reach the forward notes as much as you can. It also helps to shift your thumb so it's about in the middle, between fingers 2 and 3. And keep it behind the neck! No Blues Grips! Finger 2 plays F#, stretches to the next fret and plays G, then back to F# Finger 3 plays G, stretches to the next fret and plays G#, then back to G Finger 4 plays G#, stretches to the next fret and plays A, then back to G# Thus, the name Spider S T R E T C H ! Play it like this, one count on each note. Open E F 1st fret finger 1 F# 2nd fret finger 2 G stretch your 2nd finger and play 3rd fret! F# 2nd fret, slide your finger back to fret 2 G 3rd fret finger 3 G# stretch your 3rd finger and play 4th fret! G 3rd fret, slide your finger back to fret 3 G# 4th fret finger 4 A stretch your 4th finger and play 5th fret! G# 4th fret, slide your finger back to fret 4 A stretch your 4th finger and play 5th fret and hold it. Then, play it in reverse. G# A G# ~ G G# G ~ F# G F# ~ F E DO NOT PLAY IT STRAIGHT! It's not the "notes" that are important!