Question about this warmup method

[Damani311]

It says do "whole-steps on each string, four notes per string, one note per finger"

Would this mean you have to do slides? Since i think i whole step is from A to B, etc.

Correct me please!

[KayCee]

Originally Posted by Damani311

It says do "whole-steps on each string, four notes per string, one note per finger"

Would this mean you have to do slides? Since i think i whole step is from A to B, etc.

Correct me please!

You don't need a warmup method, especially that one.

What book did that come from?

[Flongoid]

surely it means each semitone?
as far as i know a whole tone is 2 semitones, so 2 frets for each finger which is a massive stretch

[DocBop]

Originally Posted by KayCee

You don't need a warmup method, especially that one.

What book did that come from?

+1 The only thing I do is wash my hands in warm water and/or squeeze the tips of my fingers. This get blood into your fingers. After that just play start off playing easy for a few minutes and you'll be all set.

People tend to spend too much time doing warmups and exercises that aren't musical. Your practicing and playing tunes can get you all you need to develop technique. Plus you will learn things in a musical context the way you will be using them. Have trouble playing something in a song, take that piece of the song and make a exercise out of it.

You can tell when you hear players that spend hours and hours running scales and playing exercises because that is what their playing sounds like. Play music it can teach you everything.

[JimmyM]

I like Jeff Berlin's warmup exercise the best. He says, "Just play lightly for a few minutes." I think Jeff's advice is the best of all unless you have a specific health issue that needs to be addressed before you play. Like if you had carpal tunnel syndrome, you might have some exercises you'd do before you start. But this nonsense of doing specific exercises to warm up...hey, if that's your thing, do it. But it isn't going to make you warm up faster. I'd rather do exercises AFTER I warm up.

I will say, though, that this exercise with the whole steps is a fabulous exercise for working on your time. However, it should have read "half-steps," not "whole steps." Do half-steps with a metronome at a slow speed like 60 BPM, and try to be slightly behind the beat, and I guarantee you'll be a lot tighter with your time. People often forget that you have to work the slow tempos, too.