{"id":8682,"date":"2015-09-28T03:02:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T03:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/?p=8682"},"modified":"2015-10-11T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T09:41:39","slug":"guitar-warm-up-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/guitar-warm-up-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Guitar warm-up exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/petersen.leadpages.co\/leadbox-908.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" data-leadbox=\"14a4e2273f72a2:944713b9d\" data-url=\"https:\/\/petersen.leadpages.co\/leadbox\/14a4e2273f72a2%3A944713b9d\/5905658549370880\/\" data-config=\"%7B%22type%22%3A%22time%22%2C%22settings%22%3A%7B%22seconds%22%3A0%2C%22days%22%3A0%2C%22views%22%3A0%7D%7D\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Blog-guitar-warm-up-exercises-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8701\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Blog-guitar-warm-up-exercises-600.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar warm-up exercises\" width=\"750\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Blog-guitar-warm-up-exercises-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Blog-guitar-warm-up-exercises-600-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Blog-guitar-warm-up-exercises-600-220x126.jpg 220w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Blog-guitar-warm-up-exercises-600-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">These 13 invaluable Guitar Warm-up Exercises are created to really get your hands moving and ready to play anything. This snippet is from the LICK FACTORY&#8217;s forthcoming &#8216;THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR&#8217; Video .<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When I perform I like to improvise around chord progressions, chord positions and solos. I never tend to play the same part exactly the same gig after gig. That\u2019s what I find fun and it has become an integral part of my playing technique.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At its core the most important part for me to execute ideas on the fly is to have my hands completely warm before hitting the stage. Ideally I\u2019d play the entire gig so my hands would be completely on fire, then go back in time and start the gig again.\u00a0To my knowledge there is no time travel stomp box just yet, so I do things the old fashioned way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We all know that the longer you have been playing in one consecutive session, the better your playing becomes.\u00a0As much as us guitar players like to think that we\u2019re invulnerable to the ails of the average man, out hands and fingers suffer the same muscle strains as any other person.\u00a0Using guitar warm-up exercises\u00a0before a serious practice session, rehearsal or gig is just as important as stretching before running or warming up before a gym session.\u00a0The warmer your hands are, the more limber you fingers become. Stretches become easier and your creativity will not be hindered by a lack of physical ability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These warm-up exercises are a part of my regular routine that I do before every rehearsal and show. Every player is different in their approach to warming up and these exercises are what I do to start. There is a full routine that I follow however that is way too much to talk about here.\u00a0These exercises focus on stretching your fretting hand as well as getting your picking hand in sync as well. Its important to realise that no matter how fast or limber your fretting hand is, unless your picking hand can keep up, you are in for some pretty sloppy playing.\u00a0The focus on your fretting hand is stretching and getting the muscles moving. The focus on the right hand is to get it loose for alternate picking as well as get your hand used to even picking patterns across varying rhythmic patterns.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Guitar Warm-up Exercises<\/h2>\n<h3>Exercise 1:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first step is to begin with the right hand. Left hand is not as important here. I use a single note from the G Major scale on the D string, 4th fret.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alternate Picking is important. Starting with a down stroke keep your picking at an even velocity for both the 16ths and the triplets. A metronome is extremely important here. The tempo is not really relevant. Its more about being rhythmically accurate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During this exercise, use your 1st finger for the 4th fret.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8683\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8683 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-1.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 1\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-1.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-1-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-Up Exercises 1: Targeted at warming up the picking hand using both 16th notes and triplets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 2:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This exercise gets the fretting hand moving. The fingering is based around a 3 note per string G Major Scale. Playing the notes on the D string, you\u2019ll be alternating between the B (4th fret), C (5th fret) and the D (7th fret).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\u2019s important to use correct fingering here, so you will be using your 1st on the 4th fret, 2nd on the 5th fret and 4th finger on the 7th fret to play this exercise.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8684\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8684 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-2.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 2\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-2.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-2-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-Up Exercises 2: This pattern uses the 1st, 2nd and 4th fingers across a pattern you would use in a 3 note per string Major scale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 3:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This one works on the second type of fingering that you would come across when using 3 note per string scales. With a 1,3,4 fingering pattern you will be playing notes from the A\u00a0Major scale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During this exercise, use your 1st finger for the 4th fret, 3rd finger for the 6th fret and 4th finger for the 7th fret.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8685\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8685 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-3.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 3\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-3.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-3-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-Up Exercises 3: This pattern uses the 1st, 3rd and 4th fingers across a pattern you would use in a 3 note per string scale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 4:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Working the next stretch, we\u2019re back to a 1, 2, 4 fingering across 5 frets. 1st finger on the 4th fret, 2nd finger for the 6th and 4th finger for the 8th fret.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8686\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8686 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-4.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 4\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-4.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-4-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 4: This exercise uses your 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers and is working the stretch between your 1st and 2nd fingers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 5:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This one is the toughest. Using a 1,3,4 fingering, you\u2019ll be playing the stretch that you\u2019d find in a 3 note per string Harmonic Minor scale.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8687\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8687 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-5.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 5\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-5.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-5-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 5: Using the stretch from the 3 note per string Harmonic Minor scale, this exercises works the stretch between your 1st and 3rd fingers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At this stage of the game, you should be starting to feel the warm up taking effect. For best results you should keep your metronome on the same tempo and plough through the lot in one go. If you feel the burn in your hands, that is a good thing. Keep going until your muscles don\u2019t respond and you can no longer keep time. Take 5 and you\u2019ll really notice the difference.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next bunch of exercises start working on moving up and down the strings. Remember to keep your picking even both across the 16th&#8217;s and the triplets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each exercise focuses on the same 4 stretches so ensure you are using the correct fingering for the exercise. The variations of each exercise is to ensure that you don\u2019t fall into a rhythmic boredom. You will be playing runs as both 16th&#8217;s and triplets.<\/p>\n<h3>Exercise 6a<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8688\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8688 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-6a.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 6a\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-6a.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-6a-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 6a: Back to using your 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers, we start utilising the G string to get your hands moving across multiple strings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 6b<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8689\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8689 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-6b.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 6b\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-6b.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-6b-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 6b: Swapping the rhythmic patterns around from 6a, you continue working the same three fingers across multiple strings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 7a<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8690\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8690 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-7a.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 7a\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-7a.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-7a-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 7a: Now working the 1st, 3rd and 4th fingers across two strings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 7b<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8691\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8691 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-7b.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 7b\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-7b.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-7b-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 7b: Once again swapping the rhythmic pattern to ensure you are keeping your picking and fretting hand in sync.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 8a<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8692\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8692 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-8a.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 8a\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-8a.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-8a-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 8a: Working the stretch between the 1st and 2nd fingers as you would find in most 3 note per string scales.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>\u00a0Exercise 8b<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8693\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8693 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-8b.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 8b\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-8b.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-8b-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm up Exercises 8b: Getting your 1st to 2nd finger stretch moving across two strings and 16th note picking pattern runs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 9a<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8694\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8694 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-9a.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 9a:\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-9a.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-9a-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 9a: Start getting used to multiple string patterns using the Harmonic Minor 3 note per string stretch between the 1st and 3rd fingers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Exercise 9b<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8695\" style=\"width: 682px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8695 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-9b.jpg\" alt=\"Guitar Warm-up Exercises 9b:\" width=\"682\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-9b.jpg 682w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Warm-up-Exercises-9b-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guitar Warm-up Exercises 9b: The most challenging of these exercises, changing up the harmonic minor stretch with a 16th note picking pattern.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This article is from Kris\u2019 complete warm up routine video. The DRILL INSTRUCTOR coming soon to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/\">the LICK FACTORY<\/a><\/strong>. See all the currently available lessons and e-books <a href=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/#products\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Who&#8217;s your teacher?<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 20%; padding: 0 10pt 0 0; float: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8717\" src=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Kris-Pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kris Petersen 'Meet You' Profile Picture\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Kris-Pic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Kris-Pic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Kris-Pic-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/09\/Kris-Pic.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/nickycarrallphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicky Carrall Photography<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 70%; padding: 0px 10pt 0px 0px; float: right; text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Kris Petersen<\/strong><\/em> is a true veteran of the Australian Music Industry. From clubs to stadiums, Kris has performed on every continent in the world and shared the stage with some of the worlds biggest artists. In the last few years alone, Kris has shared the stage with Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Orianthi, Van Halen, Billy Joel, Matt Sorumn (Guns n Roses), Eric Martin, The Drifters, Buckcherry, Daryl Braithwaite, The Living End&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/thelickfactory.com\/the-blog\/whos-your-teacher\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These 13 invaluable Guitar Warm-up Exercises are created to really get your hands moving and ready to play anything. 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