5 MISTAKES to avoid when playing the Spider Walk exercise

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[dvaunhowe]

My first mistake with the spider exercise is not knowing about the spider exercise. And my second mistake is neglecting warm-up exercises in general. Thanks for this practical lesson, Brad!

[alcovitch]

The idea with this exercise is to isolate finger independence. You should only move one finger at a time leaving all the rest on the note they land on as you walk up or down. This focuses you to move your fingers independently and forces you to pay attention not to mute lower strings as you pick them.

[johnnyringo]

Using a metronome with this is helpful too.

[Ryuusei]

your first tip was so helpful 😭 my hands are pretty small so starting low was really straining my hands. once i’m used to it, i’ll definitely try the rest of the fretboard!

[ervin]

I was so confused with the spider walk exercise honestly until this video. Been playing for 1 year and somehow haven’t come across this exercise until a friend mentioned it and was doing it wrong the whole time. Step 3 helped me a lot, thanks

[aprildamski]

Thank you! FINALLY someone tells us what we are REALLY supposed to do!

[richardkoolen]

Beginning lower on the neck is actually a really good one. Just playing for a month so I can still change bad habits. Thanks for making the video.

[JamesWebber]

I haven't played in over 25 years. My son who's 12 has just started, it brought me back to it. I stumbled upon your channel. LOVE your videos and we both do your lessons! Awesome work brother! (From Vancouver)

[brbsnortingcatnip]

This video is very motivating! I've been playing more off than on for a couple of years, and when i do play, im mostly reinforcing terrible habits (thanks, Rocksmith!). I really connect with your style of instruction, so I'm looking forward to digging into more of your content!

[anaromero]

Hello and THANK YOU! I'm just starting to learn to play the guitar at 65 yo after retiring from being a special education teacher!

[AllenE]

From Alberta Canada. Just had my first guitar lesson last week. I will try that spider walk.

[winterhear]

regarding the 2nd problem, using metronome can be beneficial AND being number 6th mistake as well imo :) set it to 60bpm (or even lower from the start) so you have clear time signature of playing note every second. And the picking hand .. oh gosh this is excelent you pointed it out. in higher tempos you magically reveal how bad your picking hand is if you don't pay attention to it :D great video tho! greets from Slovakia :P

[redxiii_]

I'm almost 40 years old and just recently picked up the guitar. Thank you for the tips!

[later_daze_]

So glad I found this video. I was holding my fingers down instead of lifting them individually. I've been doing it that way for months and still playing sloppy. I just started doing it one minute at a time and it's cleaner and it feels like I'm actually doing something now. thanks!

[jwlee]

Best explained I have seen so far....and I have seen a few.

[kevinwalker]

Thanks from Alabama! Just got my first guitar this Christmas as a retirement gift. Looking forward to driving myself crazy

[Armitage]

my first guitar teacher I went to in the late 90s had some other things I had to do, for example leave the fingers - only moving one, and generally as less movement as possible. also as always do it as slow as needed and do it clean and after it's clean get faster.

[Sushi_Overdose]

I think that most of youtubers show the spider walk wrong, leaving the fingers on the board... I think I started like this, and now that I'm doing it the right way, it has become a great 5-10 minutes warm up everyday.

[juliatao]

Thank you for your explanation. I just started learning to play guitar and I find your demonstration is so helpful.

[LucaZuschnig]

omg this is like the most important vid for beginners! thank you so much - everybody tells you to do that stupid exercise and shows it how you do it after one year of playing :D after breaking all my fingers for the last week it´s really kinda fun now :D