The Spider Exercise - Part 2
Following on from part 1, you should be familiar with the basic Spider exercises. In part 2 we move on to string skipping, more complicated patterns and rhythmic changes! As always, start slow and build up, these exercises will still work as a warm-up. Click here to read the article! Comments welcome, give it a share! Until next time!

The Spider Exercise - Part 1
As any musician will tell you, warming up when you practice or perform is essential! No warming up (or warming up incorrectly) can lead to damage that may be irreversible. I didn't pay much attention when people told me to warm up and ended up having to take a couple of months off playing. I count myself quite lucky, as if I had carried on down that road, months off could have turned into an eternity. One of the most common warm up exercises for guitar has to be the Spider Ex
