This instructional DVD from Rock House Method is subtitled .X-Treme
Strength & Technique Training. that should give you some indication
about the content of this video. The instructor is John McCarthy who
is one of the founders of Rock House Method and has developed a set
of 3 exercise routines designed to build picking and left hand
fingering speed and accuracy as well as finger strength and dexterity.

Routine 1 begins with some simple alternate picking exercises and
hammer-on and pull-off examples and move on to some more difficult
exercises that help to isolate all of your left hand fingers and
fingering combinations. The routine finishes with an alternate picked
Minor Pentatonic pattern which is then transposed across the 5
Pentatonic patterns which is also a useful pentatonic scale memorising
exercise.

Routine 2 expands on the first starting with more advanced picking
patterns and scale exercises. John also has a couple of tricky
exercises named .The Killer. and .Finger Crusher. the first is
a chromatic pattern to get your fingers used to crossing strings
using an awkward fingering pattern which helps build strength and
coordination and the .Finger Crusher. moves a pentatonic pattern 2
strings at a time up and down the neck. There are also exercises
that just isolate your 3rd and 4th left hand fingers which is
something most guitarists need to do from time to time.

Routine 3 takes the first 2 lessons a step further with advanced
legato runs, incorporating open strings into patterns and string
skipping pentatonic licks. There is also a monster exercise called
simply the .Classical Exercise. which brings together all of the
exercises into something more musical, don.t worry all of these
exercises are included in a tab booklet with the DVD.

This DVD is meant to apply to players of all levels but I think
that Beginner to Intermediate players will find this DVD the most
useful, advanced players will already know a lot of these exercises
or will create some themselves. .Rock House Method - Hands Of Steel.
is available through RockHouseMethod.com for $19.99 but at the time
of writing is priced at $16.99 which is a pretty reasonable price.

As with all Rock House Method DVD.s the purchase also enables access
to the online resources for each DVD as well as the forums and
software such as a guitar tuner and metronome.

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