Warmup exercises

[bifferman2966]

I'm just curious about all the different kinds of warmups/exercises you do either before a show or just before sitting down you practice.

 

[Russ]

I usually do a minute of chromatics then some simple chord progressions but very fast just to get my hands warmed up.

 

[Elpelotero]

i have a few riffs that force my hands to go into certain positions. i find that playing these for a couple of minutes loosen up my hands nicely.

 

[sgtbaker]

+1 Chromatics, other various picking exercises, trills

 

[bifferman2966]

I do a lot of chromatic exercises as well nothing too special though. I like to do a lot of string skipping to warm up. I think string skipping really loosens both hands up

 

[mesanomad100]

chromatics and petrucci's rock disipline

 

[Russ]

Alex02 style?

 

[Guitarzan]

It takes me about an hour to get loosened and fluid. I start by doing alternate picking 3 note per string patterns, acending and decending moving up two frets each set. I keep it to a medium pace for the first 10 mins or so.

 

[18&Life]

It takes me about an hour to get loosened and fluid. .

1 hour !!! :shock:
I do chromatic ups and dows and some sweep arpeggios .
15 minutes and I'm ready

 

[Guitarzan]

I notice I'm more fluid if I keep at it for longer than straight to playing. I'll always do at least an hour before a gig. That's just me.

 

[mesanomad100]

I think you should always do exercises before a good playing session at the end of the day we are athletes(sp?),we just need to work smaller muscles but I will put it this way
If a runner has to run in a very long race then he/she will exercise way more than another runner who is running a half mile race so,if you are playing a gig where your most demanding song is goin to be say,stevie wonders sir duke then the need for exercise is not needed as much as if you are playing an entire Dream Theater album for example where you are demanding alot from your muscles etc


always warm up before playing i say and so does my doctor