Pete Huttlinger on Fretting-Hand Control

ELIXIR® Strings presents the fingerstyle guitarist walking through his favorite left-hand exercise.

The fingerstyle guitarist walks through his favorite left-hand exercise, focusing on chromatic runs on the fretboard and planting the fingers until they have to move to the next string. 

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