Stiff fingers solution?

[Lindsey]

The last few days my fretting hand fingers have been too stubborn to my liking. They just don't move as I wish. I'll admit I'm lacking practice, but usually this problem is solved by just playing for a while.
I tried stretching and the well know 1234 patterns exercises.

I'm wondering what your favourite exercise or song that helps you with this is?

 

[Jesse Salmons]

Usually i just do three string sweep exercises. Start slow and work my way up to just under my fastest speed and once im a little under my fastest speed i start moving around the neck doing 3 string sweeps. Do this for 5-10 min and im warmed up and feeling stretched out

 

[Christian Schulze]

Well what I usually do is stretch my hands, crack my knuckles, do some grip exercises (see picture below XD ). Then I play my warmup songs ( Currently This charming man...which is a great workout !).

 

[idssdi]

If playing doesn't work I do the same thing as when I have cold hands and create some friction between them

 

[Lindsey]

Well what I usually do is stretch my hands, crack my knuckles, do some grip exercises (see picture below XD ). Then I play my warmup songs ( Currently This charming man...which is a great workout !).

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The cracking sounds horrible
I'm going to try those grip exercises, we must have something like that laying around here.

 

[Lindsey]

Usually i just do three string sweep exercises. Start slow and work my way up to just under my fastest speed and once im a little under my fastest speed i start moving around the neck doing 3 string sweeps. Do this for 5-10 min and im warmed up and feeling stretched out

Good idea. I haven't done something like that in a while.

 

[TerminatorMetal]

Gripmaster off Amazon for approx $15 USD.

Get the red one.

 

[Calvin Phillips]

I can't really comment because I never had stuff fingers. But i use my hands all the time going to whatever beats in my head so they are active all day everyday lol.

 

[Lindsey]

I can't really comment because I never had stuff fingers. But i use my hands all the time going to whatever beats in my head so they are active all day everyday lol.

That's probably the best advice though, keep them active haha

 

[Firsty Lasty]

I love to recommend that people massage their forearms front and back before playing, because that's where your "finger muscles" actually are (mostly).

 

[Calvin Phillips]

I used to have a piano as a child.. played it so much I wore out the keys. I guess music was always in my blood. It makes sense to play guitar. And piano. That's essentially what my fingers do. Move along the imaginary keys.