finger exercises without a guitar

[wiechfreak]

are there any exercises i can do to increase finger strength or speed without having a guitar? Like say im in the car going somewhere is there anything i can do without a guitar to help?

[dave111]

Theres a few i like to do-

Lay all four fingers flat, then lift then up or down in different patterns- start with just 1 2 3 4, but then go to 1 3 2 4, eventually do stuff like 3412 etc.

Tap against something that is pretty hard, doing the same as above, but try make little "indents" in it- so something not that hard like a can. This doesn't work to well, but most of this improvement is subconcious.

For right hand speed-
Set up an elastic band between 2 stationary objects, so it is pretty tight(better to have a thick rubber band). Now grab a pick, and start picking, its hard to get used to, but you can work on staying close to the string, and even floating hand :D

My 2 cents- remember, believe that these will help. Or resort to finger pushups. :D

[wiechfreak]

thanks