Classical Guitar: Warmup excercises

It may be a little bit late already to ask for warm up excercises when I've been playing for years, but the truth is I don't have any. I can warm up with many pieces or studies, but I've found out that in piano for example, I have exercises that are true warmup excercises (like the Hanon method) and really improve my playing.

Does anybody know any?

Thanks a lot.

To warm up on classical guitar I tend to play chromatic scales with all different right hand finger combinations - im, mi, ma, am, ia, ai, ima, ami, etc. Then I'll play some Sor/Carcassi/Guiliani etudes, and perhaps go through a few of the Guiliani arpeggio studies, and that's usually all I do to warm up.

Now that you mention it, I used to play chromatic scales to warm up...

I'm doing that right now, picking up my guitar for the first time in all day and seems to be doing the job :)

I'm playing chromatic scales with rest stroke, free stroke, and legato.

Warm! I mean, cool! :P

Thanks

No problem :) I forgot to mention rest/free stroke actually - I've realised I tend to neglect rest stroke a bit, I should practice some scales rest stroke to get used to playing like that again :blush:

Hmm, let's see. I stretch, run a few miles, and then sit down and play.

Oh ...finger warms up.

Okay, well in that case.

I go through 3 major and 3 minor scales ( I pick them out of my hat) and run through some patterns I know. I loosen by fingers by doing some easy tremolo. I then pick a study based on what piece I am working on. For example, I wouldn't do Sor if my piece the piece I was working on was a Tango. i try to make sure the Study I am working on is relevant to whatever piece of music I am working on, so I can get into the mood.

I try to make sure the Study I am working on is relevant to whatever piece of music I am working on, so I can get into the mood.

Good advice, thanks. The problem is sometimes we work on many pieces at the same time, and they require different techniques. In that case, I guess I'd have to look for different studies.

OUT OF TOPIC: Do you play tango? In case you do, what tangos have you played?

By the way, I'm Argentinian :toothygrin:

Yea I have played many tangos. Name a tango, i've probably played it.

I guess you and I practice differently. I work on many different pieces, but I set different times through out the day for each piece, thus I can still just work on certain studies before I work on the piece. For me, that works best.

Good to know that people around the world play tango.

I try to do studies and pieces, I don't know... I guess we all do more or less the same. Playing chromatic scales though is now, again, the very first thing I do. As stupid as it may sound is in fact a real finger warmer.

Cheers

Good to know that people around the world play tango.

I try to do studies and pieces, I don't know... I guess we all do more or less the same. Playing chromatic scales though is now, again, the very first thing I do. As stupid as it may sound is in fact a real finger warmer.

Cheers

Well, i'm from Nica, so even though it isn't a huge part of my culture, it just exist in the Spanish element.