Need advice on guitar exercises.?

Question

hey. i just started playing the guitar and i was wondering if there are any exercises that REALLY work the muscles that your fretting hand uses. they can be exercises that you actually play on the guitar or anything that involves weight liffting of some sort. i want to work those muscles because that's the most crucial aspect to first playing the guitar as a beginner. without that i can't even work on anything else, like accuracy and speed.

thanks if you can help

Answer 1

Keep squeezing a rubber ball. When you don't have your guitar to rip some scales on strengthen your left hand by squeezing a ball.

Answer 2

work on scales. USE YOUR PINKY. Work on your alternate picking.