Guitar Aerobics: A 52-Week, One-lick-per-day Workout Program for Developing, Improving and Maintaining Guitar Technique
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- Create Date：2021-06-04 09:53:37
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Troy Nelson
- ISBN：1423414357
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Summary
From the former editor of Guitar One magazine， here is a daily dose of vitamins to keep your chops fine tuned for a full 52 weeks。 The guitar exercises cover several musical styles including rock， blues， jazz， metal， country， and funk。 Techniques taught include alternate picking， arpeggios， sweep picking， string skipping， legato， string bending， and rhythm guitar。 These exercises will increase your speed and improve your dexterity and pick- and fret-hand accuracy the more you practice them。 The accompanying CD includes all 365 workout licks plus play-along grooves in every style at eight different metronome settings。
Reviews
Tristan
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I spend 15 to 30 minutes with this book each day and notice clear progress by the end of each session。 Excellent drills。
Dora
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The exercises that Nelson provides turned out to be very useful。 I saw a significant improvement in my technique over the months I worked on this book and I practiced only about 30-40 minutes a day。 The only negative feedback I can give is that some of the exercises simply cannot be played on the acoustic guitar since there aren't enough frets （e。g。 I could only partially go through the exercises that include the 20th/21st fret since my acoustic guitar only has 21 frets）。 Otherwise， the whole co The exercises that Nelson provides turned out to be very useful。 I saw a significant improvement in my technique over the months I worked on this book and I practiced only about 30-40 minutes a day。 The only negative feedback I can give is that some of the exercises simply cannot be played on the acoustic guitar since there aren't enough frets （e。g。 I could only partially go through the exercises that include the 20th/21st fret since my acoustic guitar only has 21 frets）。 Otherwise， the whole concept of the book is great。 Personally， I sped up the program by going through 7 exercises a day for the beginner weeks and then 3-4 exercises a day when the the exercises progressed （you're supposed to only go through one per day）。 Though I'm not really a beginner so this tempo worked find for me。 Regardless， the exercises are nicely conceived and very gradually get harder throughout the weeks so there is enough time to adapt and improve your skill set。 。。。more
John
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This book is a great find。 I'm confident that any guitarist from late beginner to intermediate will find their guitar skills improving quickly and steadily if they use it as prescribed。For each day of the year， Guitar Aerobics gives a short exercise with a few instructions from the author。 The exercises slowly increase in difficulty。 Each day of the week is dedicated to a particular area: alternate picking on Monday， string skipping on Tuesday， and so on。These exercises won't serve as a complete This book is a great find。 I'm confident that any guitarist from late beginner to intermediate will find their guitar skills improving quickly and steadily if they use it as prescribed。For each day of the year， Guitar Aerobics gives a short exercise with a few instructions from the author。 The exercises slowly increase in difficulty。 Each day of the week is dedicated to a particular area: alternate picking on Monday， string skipping on Tuesday， and so on。These exercises won't serve as a complete guitar course。 For one thing， they're fairly repetitious and would get pretty tedious if not supplemented by other material。 I'd recommend using them as part of daily practice along with other material。A few warnings: This book pretty much assumes that you're learning to play electric guitar using a flat-pick。 If your main instrument is acoustic guitar， you'll probably have to make some adjustments when an exercise takes you well above the 12th fret， or asks you to bend strings in a way that's more practical with the very light strings usually used on electrics。 If you're a finger-picker， this book may not be worth your while， since two of the seven areas revisited every week are specifically aimed at building flat-picking technique。Apart from these limitations， I'll say again that any dedicated guitarist who uses this book should see their technical skill improving substantially。 Strongly recommended！I'm using the book now， so in about a year， God willing， I'll have worked all the way through it， and will plan to add some final remarks to this review。 。。。more
Doug DePew
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I've been playing guitar since the early 1980s as a hobbiest and songwriter。 I'm a decent rhythm guitarist， but I never quite understood how to improvise on lead， and my dexterity wasn't good enough。 I could accompany myself singing but was never what I'd call "good" on guitar。 I bought this book to improve my skills as a lead guitarist。 I've only been using it for a few weeks， and it is tremendous！I've worked through the first few weeks of lessons， and my skills already show a marked improvemen I've been playing guitar since the early 1980s as a hobbiest and songwriter。 I'm a decent rhythm guitarist， but I never quite understood how to improvise on lead， and my dexterity wasn't good enough。 I could accompany myself singing but was never what I'd call "good" on guitar。 I bought this book to improve my skills as a lead guitarist。 I've only been using it for a few weeks， and it is tremendous！I've worked through the first few weeks of lessons， and my skills already show a marked improvement。 My wife has even commented that she can tell a difference。 I started at lesson one although a better guitarist could probably skip ahead。 I love how the lessons are structured and build on each other。 So far， each one gets easier to master because it's a variation of the previous week。 It's great， and I am actually seeing improvement in my skills。 It's amazing to see the transformation from beginning to end each week。 I'm working the program step-by-step and it works。I can't say enough good things about this program。 It has made me a better guitarist。 By the end of the book， I think I'll be able to say I'm "good" on guitar。 Thanks！ 。。。more
Shantanu Chaudhary
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