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On the 6th string play frets:
1,2,3,4 and keep all fingers down.
Then do the same on 5th string but only move 1 finger at a time.
So you're fretting 1,2,3,4 on 6th. Keep all fingers down and just move your index finger.
Then move 2nd finger etc.
Cover all strings to 1st, move up 1 fret then come back down the strings in the same way.
Move up a fret and repeat until you've covered the whole neck.
When I first started I literally couldn't move my 3rd finger, I picked it up and moved it with my right hand until i trained it how to move on its own. Took a week or so before I started to get movement.
I often use it as a warm up before gigs too.
It's the one exercise that I swear by that gave me independent finger movement better than anything else.
Does that make sense? If not I can record quick vid of me doing it.
1234
2341
3412
4123
Then move to the 5 other variations:
1243
2431
4312
3124
1324
3241
2413
4132
1342
3421
4213
2134
1423
4231
2341
3412
and finally, the upside down version of the first one:
1432
4321
3214
2143
Then try doing them across the strings:
Low E string: 1234
A string: 2341
D string: 3412
etc. when you get to the top, move up a semitone and come down:
top E: 3413
B string: 4132
Etc.
Then, using one string, slide up a semitone each set of four notes:
1234
3452
5634
7456
5678 etc.
And down again.
All ascending
All descending
Alternating ascending/descending
Alternating descending/ascending
These will massively improve your control in both hands. And as @monquixote said, pay attention to how to things are sounding as you’re playing.
I usually do some bending and vibrato exercises when I pick the guitar up. Worth spending a minute or two on that imo
also working with that solo app on intervals that Tom Quail & David Bebe have produced seems a worthwhile task
Strictly D U D U alternate picking. Fingering is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e------6-----8---5-----7----
B---5----7----------6------8
G-------------------------------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
It's deceptively tricky. The first 4 notes are outside picking and the second 4 are inside. Work with a metronome. Focus on accuracy. As you get better you can move it up and down the neck and across the strings. You can also do it on non-adjacent strings to work on string skipping.