Acoustic guitar finger training??

Hello do you guys know any finger training exercises? Do I just need to practice the strength and speed? Do I need to take anything else into account when training?

There's a site out there called www.justinguitar.com. Search on 'technique'-he's got some exercises on stretching, hammerons, and pulloffs that seem to be working for me-also, another good site for practicing is www.guitarprinciples.com- a little on the spacy side, but I 've learned a lot from her. Good Luck!

Just keep at it, your fingers will eventually get use be been put into different shapes to make chords and bar chords.

A good warm up I like to use is this. start at the top string and work your way down using all four fingers. 1st fret on top string with your pointer, 2nd fret on top string with your middle, 3rd fret with your ring, and 4th with your pinky, and then down to the next string, starting back at the 1st fret. once you can do this quickly and cleanly, go down the line of string and then, instead of jumping from bottom to top, just go backwards up the string starting with your pinky. Takes some time but your speed and timing will pick up. Kind of boring too but it will pay off. timing should be about 4/4 signature. 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4.

You should also get one of those grip-excersise things. You know, it's two pieces attached to springs, and you squeeze it. It'll help you be able to grip better and for longer (especially on an acoustic, where you tend to get sore quicker).

You can probably find one of those excersisers at Guitar Center, or your local music store.

Do not use one of those devices that are supposed to strengthen you fingers ; you can cause some serious damage to your hands that way.

Just practise regularly every day for at least one hour. One hour in the morning and one hour in the evening is good. Practise your open chords, bar chords and scales.

Practising the guitar is the best way to strengthen your hands...stay away from anything else.

there is nothing better or nothing that can take the place of time in the seat, or in this case, time with your fingers spent on the fretboard....it's the only way you're going to get the repetition and build that memory of the fretboard into your fingers, as well as building up the callouses in your fingertips to be able to play proficiently.......i would also suggest that after a year or so go up a gauge inn string size and then when you are comfortable with that then go up another size until you are playing on .012 size or .011 at the very least....the heavier gauge strings have much much better tone and sound less 'tinny' or metallic.......time and practice and more time and more practice is the only way to get there.....oh, and did i say practice? lol....i've been playing over 20 years now and still take at least one hours a day to PRACTICE....not just play, but actually practice scales and chord forms and changing from one chord to the other......good luck to you.....