Warm Up Routine
Short guitar warm-up exercises for picking and legato
Warm Up Routine is an online guitar course with a set of short warm-up exercises. It is taught by Steve Stine, GuitarZoom's Master Instructor. You start with stretching and pre-practice exercises, then work through legato, down picking and alternate picking drills, ending with the G major scale. It has 28 short lessons, about 70 minutes of video, a 35-page PDF book and jam tracks.
What Warm Up Routine is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course and takes you through his pre-practice exercises.
Course intro: Introduction · 2:09
Free preview lesson: Pre Practice Exercises · 9:01
Is Warm Up Routine right for you?
- Players who jump straight in cold. You get a stretch and warm-up to do before you practice.
- Guitarists working on picking. The course includes eleven down picking and seven alternate picking exercises.
- Busy players. The exercises are short, so you can use a few or all of them.
- Any level. The course starts with stretching and basic exercises before the picking drills.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Warm up and stretch before you play
- Use pre-practice exercises to get ready to practice
- Play basic legato warm-up exercises
- Play basic rhythmic figures
- Play 11 down picking exercises
- Play 7 alternate picking exercises
- Play the G major scale with alternate picking
What the course covers
The full lesson list is below.
Warm-up, legato and picking exercises
Warm-up and stretching, pre-practice exercises, basic legato and two legato exercises, basic rhythmic figures, 11 down picking exercises, 7 alternate picking exercises and the G major scale with alternate picking.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 35-page PDF book, Jam tracks. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"I'm just overjoyed to come across learning material that I've yearned for."
Andy M.Australia
"Thank you for breaking down music theory and making it so easy to learn."
Travis B.United States
"I have definitely improved and I enjoy it immensely."
Melina K.United States
"Steve Stine is the teacher that I have been looking for a long time."
Jimmy H.United States
"I discovered your courses. I find them great. It's a complete guitar journey and I learned something every week."
Philip M.United States
"It made the fretboard much, much simpler and easier to understand than I have imagined it to be."
Geoffrey E.United Kingdom
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Where to go after Warm Up Routine
Ultimate Practice Routine
A practice plan in four paths: core technique, learning from songs, fretboard and theory awareness, and creativity.
12 Easy Finger Exercises
Two-, three- and four-finger combination exercises with backwards and legato variations, plus a string crossing exercise.
Picking Booster
Warm-ups, finger combinations, economy and legato picking, metronome drills and bursting for building picking speed.
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