The Spider

You can do the next exercise on any set of 2 adjacent strings. Since you are working your way up the neck of the guitar with this one, it actually gets easier. You could reverse the direction and come back down as well.

Left hand fingers
    |
    1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4
    3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2
E:----------|---------|---------|---------|
B:----------|---------|---------|---------|
G:--1-2-3-4-|-2-3-4-5-|-3-4-5-6-|-4-5-6-7-|
D:--3-4-1-2-|-4-5-2-3-|-5-6-3-4-|-6-7-4-5-|
A:----------|---------|---------|---------|
E:----------|---------|---------|---------|

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This is the same exercise only skipping one string in the middle. This is more of a stretch.

Left hand fingers
    |
    1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4
    3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2
E:----------|---------|---------|---------|
B:----------|---------|---------|---------|
G:--1-2-3-4-|-2-3-4-5-|-3-4-5-6-|-4-5-6-7-|
D:----------|---------|---------|---------|
A:--3-4-1-2-|-4-5-2-3-|-5-6-3-4-|-6-7-4-5-|
E:----------|---------|---------|---------| 

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Here you are skipping 2 strings in the middle. The more strings you skip, the more the stretch.

Left hand fingers
    |
    1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4
    3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2   3 4 1 2
E:----------|---------|---------|---------|
B:--1-2-3-4-|-2-3-4-5-|-3-4-5-6-|-4-5-6-7-|
G:----------|---------|---------|---------|
D:----------|---------|---------|---------|
A:--3-4-1-2-|-4-5-2-3-|-5-6-3-4-|-6-7-4-5-|
E:----------|---------|---------|---------| 

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