Manuel Lopez Ramos Coordination Exercises
I love these exercises plain and simple. If you want an excellent warm up that will improve technique and facility, this is what you want. I've even heard that Paco de Lucia would play the whole page before each concert. If it's good enough for Paco, it's good enough for anyone.
The purpose of these exercises is to develop finger independence. By setting your metronome at 60bpm (playing 16th notes) and going straight into each combination, the whole thing should take exactly 18 minutes. Demonstration and PDF is below. Have fun!
Play IMAM strings 1 to 5 then back to 1 using rest stroke
Slur 2 notes, then 4
1. 1234 0234 1034 1204 1230
2. 1243 0243 1043 1240 1203
3. 1324 0324 1304 1024 1320
4. 1342 0342 1340 1042 1302
5. 1423 0423 1403 1420 1023
6. 1432 0432 1430 1402 1032
7. 2134 2034 0134 2104 2130
8. 2143 2043 0143 2140 2103
9. 3124 3024 3104 0124 3120
10. 3142 3042 3140 0142 3102
11. 4123 4023 4103 4120 0123
12. 4132 4032 4130 4102 0132
13. 2314 2304 0314 2014 2310
14. 2341 2340 0341 2041 2301
15. 2413 2403 0413 2410 2013
16. 2431 2430 0431 2401 2031
17. 3214 3204 3014 0214 3210
18. 3241 3240 3041 0241 3201
19. 3412 3402 3410 0412 3012
20. 3421 3420 3401 0421 3021
21. 4231 4230 4031 4201 0231
22. 4213 4203 4013 4210 0213
23. 4312 4302 4310 4012 0312
24. 4321 4320 4301 4021 0321