A trill is a rapid alteration between two notes. If you have any weak fingers, practicing trills is a great way to isolate the problem digits and strengthen them a lot. To preform a trill rapidly hammer-on and pull-off between two notes. Below I will list all the finger combinations that you can do. Practice them all any place on the fretboard you want. A good way to practice is to set a timer to it. Play each one for a minute and then move on the next, etc. Repeat until you’ve done all the finger combinations.
Combinations
1) Index-Middle
2) Index-Ring
3) Index-Pinky
4) Middle-Ring
5) Middle-Pinky
6) Ring-Pinky
The last three are very hard to do if your pinky and ring fingers a weak. But if you do these trills daily, you’ll notice a lot of improvement very quickly.
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